CHIEF RAILWAY COMMISSIONERSHIP.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 259, 28 April 1888, Page 3

CHIEF RAILWAY COMMISSIONERSHIP.

Mothing i* decided as yet 1 expecting (.ho Cliiot C'omiiiis^ionei'rthip oi Railway*, but. it is> rumoured Unit in addition to applications leceived iv the regular course by the Ageut-doneral, which are deemed generally ineligible, theie ha\o been one or two put in in a more private manner through persons who do not choose the ii>lc ot appearing publicly as applicants, but Mho would l»e willing" to accept the appointment if ottered to them. It is suspected that the real object -of the ndver tisomenl was to elicit something of this kind. Ot cour.se the oiler ot a billet at £2,500 was sure to bring- out numerous candidates, of whom the majority would inevitably bo unsuitable, as in this instance, when a ho&t ot clerks and other subordinate officer* have already jumped at the chauco; but the more useful eilect that the advertisement would have was to lot it be publicly known in England and America that such a po&ition was^ vacant, thus giving an opportunity for I persons who, being already in a good 1 position, did not choose to become open applicants, nevertheless to intimate indirectly or privately that they were prepared to negotiate. Hopes are understood to be entertained that in this wav a man in {ill respects suitable will yet be secured, bul no delinite inlormation is yet in possession ol' the <J overt! tuonl.