THE RAILWAY C0MM1SSIONERS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 299, 15 September 1888, Page 4

THE RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS.

Wiiiii.fM.T(»N, Sept. 13. In anticipation of definite action by the <Jo\ eminent in refeienee to the Railway Coinmif-sioner&hip, the ufcutil atnouut of speculation i& still being" indulged in us Lo the probable personnel of a Board formed in the colony. Both the \ Vatican ui papers revise the rumour that Mr Mifcchelfon is likely to be appointed Chief Commissioner, and the Wanganui "J-Jeaild" states that the salary will probably be fixed at £1,500, and points out methods of evading the Disqualification Act to allow Mr Mitchelson to acce^L a paid appointment. The same paper suggests that the Hon. E. Itiehardson would make an able coadjutor. Heading this between lines (Mr Ballance being proprietor of the '".Herald '), the "Post" prote&pes to recogni.se in the tuere announcement from such a source an agreement between tbeleader of fcheGoveinmentaiid the Opposition to provide the present and late Ministers for Works* with billets, and it foithwjth pioceeds to denounce the proposal, declaring that both Ministers have proved their incapacity to manage the railways* satisfactorily, and that they are notoriou&ly influenced by Mr Maxwell, who would be supreme if fetich a Board were constituted.