The Feilding Star. THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1890. "Dead Heads"
There is one thing the Commissioners of the Railways overlooked when they began to " kick against the pricks " by raising trouble with the newspapers, and that is the fact that they, and many of their subordinates iv responsible positions were on the "free lists." Now that " Railway dead heads" have been abolished, it naturally follows that none of the officials, high or lo.v, can see any of the pretty things written about them— which is a pity. Under the old regime whenever a paragraph appeared making adverse comment on the working of the rail ways, a hitch at a station, a blunder, or an impertinence by a " member of the staff," it was cut out and scut to the alleged offender for an explanation. Of course that can't be done now unless the Commissioners become " regular subscribers," and that is not a very likely contingency. There is nothing a " dead head " likes less than to have to pay.
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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 84, 9 January 1890, Page 2
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