THE RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS.
The Waimate Times in an article on the labor trouble says :
But the men who hate made the most of the passing hour are the Railway Commissioners. A couple of months ago there were none so poor as them reverence. They could not administer—they could not rule—they could not understand the needs and convenieneies of the public in the least degree; and town and country were alike unanimous in their condemnation. Now, we have changed all this. The Commissioners have become most excellent men ; the very salt of the earth. It is wonderful. The railways have not undergone any improvement; there is the old steady grind ; and even more than the average amount of redtape and circumlocution. But the Commissioners have put on a very stout upper lip, talked in an Brcles vein to their employes, and dismissed a number of them, because they stood up for certain rights or privileges (fiee speech among them), —and the Commissioners having played these fantastic tricks have quite hit the taste of our big folks, who appear to prefer sacrifice to mercv.
Can such things be And overcome us like a snmmer’s cloud Without our special wonder?
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Temuka Leader, Issue 2104, 27 September 1890, Page 3
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197THE RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS. Temuka Leader, Issue 2104, 27 September 1890, Page 3
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