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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 1, 2 January 1867, Page 1

TO 'THE ELECTORS OP THE FRO- - VINCE OF NELSON.' ' f^ KN.TLEMKN— In announcing to you that it vJT is my intention to offer myself as a candidate for the position of biipiiriuteijdeut when tiiat otlii-e shall have neeoine vacant bj thereiireii.tMit of Air Saunders, I shouUTperhaps wpoiojjise for doing bo in the absence of any formal requisition to iliac effeer, signed by a number of the constituency. Isut my experience of political affairs leads me to attach but a moderate value to such document*, and I prefer to pLu-e myself unreservedly in vour hands, asking only for your unpledged aiid unfettered support if, after carefully weighing the qualifications of the various candidates u ho may present themselves, you are salisiietl that you would best serve the interests of Hie community by giving it to me. The gold-fields uf the West Coast, to which we are indebted, directly or' indirectly, lor so considerable a portion ot our revenue, will continue to call for unremitting attention on the part of the Provincial Government., The- prompt,' enerjieiic, an I prudent management of these guhlfields by Mr S.iuiulers has. as you arc prouauly aware received my constant support as a member of the Provincial Council; and, as regards, this part of the duties of the Sniperiutetuient, I should endeavor to carry out the po.icy winch has been so ably initiated. I am however firmly convinced that the resources of the western district of thu province oin never be fully developed, nor the full benefit, of those resources be experienced by the community, until the projected railway lrum Nelson to Cobden anil Wt j srport lias bee.i constiucted. The power to give liind in payment tor tins most important work has beeu grained tu the Superintendent by an Ace of the General Assembly, but it remains to tin I conn-actors willing to undertake its execution upon these itwis. ' To effect this object I should, in the event of my election, devote myself heart and mind; believing as I do, that its accomplish men t is tiieone thing' needed to relieve the province irom the cnmp-irath e stagnation which has so long prevailed, and to hrmg greatly increased plummy to all classes of its inhabitants. lam well aware of the difficulties which have to be faced, and ot the energy, determination, and perseverance which are itquired tu surmount them; but I should set to work, animated b> the hope and belief that those difficulties can be overcome, and that the contractors, as well as the province, would be largely benefkted by the undertaking. 'While looking upon the West Coast Railway as the public woik which, affecting as it does so greatly the welfare of the province as a whole, (Liims* the largest share ot the attention of jour Superintendent, there are others in which 1 have long ff lt deep interest, and which i should do my utmost to carry into execution. Anmng-t them are the construction of a Dry Dock or I'atcnt blip in Nelson Harbor; the introduction of Pure Water for the supply of the inhabitants of the City of Nelson, and the shipping uf the Port, as .well as for the prevention of calamitous fires; and the erection of iiridg'es: over the Wainiea and Hurunni rivers. The active part which I have taken for many years past in pressing the value and importance of the Coal-fiw j l Is in various parts of the province upon the attention ot the Provincial Government and Cuuncil, makes it, I think, almost superfluous for me to assure you th it the subject Mould meet v\ ith no neglect or indifference at my hands. My geinTr.il, political opi -ions mast be so well known to most of you. that I think H unnecessary to enter UjVin any e-\pres-ioii or ine'ii tu UiL ad- j drc-»s; but w'.icn the resignation ot Mi Sounders lias been offitialiv Hiinomiiul, 1 shall lose nu tune in visiting the vanoiis electos.il districts, so as to ai've the whole constituency of t!ic province the opportunity -»f learning niv views upon all miojirth in which they leel an mteiest respecting them. I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your niost obedient servant, OSWALD CURTIS.

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