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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3103, 14 January 1889, Page 2

Tue unexpected has happened in the appointment of Mr McKerrow as Chief Commissioner of Railways. It is contended that he is unfit for the position in consequence of his want of technical and business knowledge; There is not much force in this argument, In every community are to be foand two or three hard-headed men, who are successful in all they undertake, not because they have bad special training and official experience, but simply because, to use an American expression, they have "level heads," We could pick several good men for a Ohief Commissionership, even in the Wairarapa, and the Government have had a much wider field for a selection, If 1 Mr McKerrow is the stamp of man we haye indicated (we have reason to believe that he is) he will do. If be is not, a seven years' apprenticeship as a traffic agent would not fit him for the post. The appointments of Messrs Maxwell and Hammy under Mr McKerrow will probably be deemed suitable, On the whole, it is evident that the Government haye not been trying to work points in constituting the Board, but have studied only the interests of the Colony, ■ A Board so selected ought to bo successful. .