The Railway Commissioners.
"By all means if the Cabinet will have it so, let a member of the House be one of the Commissioners, but the farming community will certainly hold to the frequently-expressed idea of - railway management by a non-political Board, and we think it would be wise on the Government's part to allow things to go on as they are going at present until Parliament has met and had an opportunity of advising the Cabinet by resolution passed as to the right line of conduct to pursue. The railway question has been actively discussed during the election campaign, and every constituency in the colpny has given prominence to the question, so that the new members of the House do not go to Wellington ignorant of the people's wishes. And it does not require any specially endowed mind to see that if the Commissioners were to be re-appointed for another five years, the electors of the colony would not feel very much affronted. The formers at least would grin and bear it — grin with satisfaction, and bear it with pleasure."— Ashburton Mail, The new Railway Commissioners are said to be Mr Hogg, M.H.R., Mr Hannay (one of the present Commissioners), and Mr T. K. McDonald. Mr Hannay will be the meat in the middle of the sandwich.
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 205, 3 January 1894, Page 2
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218The Railway Commissioners. Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 205, 3 January 1894, Page 2
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