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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 5, 7 January 1867, Page 1

TO THE ELECTOES OF;;THE pROr ; VINCE' 'OF NELSdN/;;' :./-]'/ (~*i ENTLEMEN— In announcing to you. that it \JT is my intention' to offer myself as a candidate for the position: of Superintendent when that office shall have become vacant by the retirement of Mr ' Saunders, I should perhaps apoldgisefor doing so , in the absence of any for mar requisition to 'that effect, signed by a number of the constituency. But my experience of political affairs leids me , to attach biit'a moderate value to such documents, arid I prefer to place myself unreservedly in your hands, asking only for your unpledged arid unfettered support if, after carefully weighing the . qualifications of the various candidates who '; may present themselyes, . you are satisfied that/you, would best serve the'interests of the community 1 by giving it to me. i The gold-fields of the West Coast, to which we are .indebted, directly or indirectly, for so considerable a portion of our revenue, will continue to call for unremitting attention on the part of the Provincial Government. The prompt, ener r getic, and prudent management of these goldfields by Mr Saunders has, as you are probably aware received my constant support as a member ' of the Provincial Council ; and, as regards this part of the duties of the Superintendent, I should endeavor to ' : carry out the policy which has been , so ably initiated. ....,._. I am however firmly convinced that the resources of the western district of the province eaa never be fully developed, nor the full benefit . of those resources be experienced by the community, until the projected railway from Nelson to Cobden and Westport has been constructed. The power to give land hi payment for this most important work has been granted to the ! Superintendent by an Act of the General Assembly, but it remains to find contractors trilling to undertake its' execution upon these terms.. To effect this object I should, in the, event of 1 my election, devote myself heart and mind; believing as I do, that its accomplishment is the one thing needed to relieve the province from the comparative stagnation which has so long prevailed, and to bring greatly increased prosperity to all classes of its inhabitants. I am -well aware of the difficulties -which have to be faced, and of the energy, determination, and perseverance which are required to surmount them; but I should set to work animated by the hope and belief that those difficulties can be overcome, and that the contractors, as well as the province, would be largely benefitted by the undertaking. ' . While looking upon the West Coast Railway as the public work which, affecting as it does so greatly the welfare of the province as a whole, claims" the largest share of the attention of your Superintendent, there are others in which I .have long felt deep interest, and which I should do my utmost to carry into execution. Amongst them are the' construction of a Dry Dock or Patent Slip .in Nelson Harbor; the introduction of Pure Water for the supply. of the inhabitants of the City of Nelson, and the shipping of the Port, as well as for the prevention of calamitous. i fires; and the ' erection of Bridges over the . Waimea and Hurunui rivers. The active part which I have taken for many years past in pressing the value and importance of the Coal-fields in various parts of the province upon the attention of the Provincial Government and Council, makes-it, I think, almost superfluous for me to assure you that the subject would meet with no neglect or indifference at.my hands. My general political opinions must be so well : ' known to most of you, that I think it unnecessary to enter upon any expression of them hi this address; but when the resignation of Mr Saunders has been officially announced,.! shall lose no time in visiting the various electoral districts, so as to give the whole constituency of the province the opportunity of learning my'views upon all subjects in which they feel an interest respecting them. ' - I have the honor to be, - - •■'• Gentlemen, . . Your most obedient servant, OSWALD CURTIS. „..' CADELL & SCOTT, MAITAI BREWERY, Hardy-street Bridge. T>UBLICANS and Private Families supplied JL with the-bestiarticle. ■. .- ' Orders received by Mr. W. M. Stanton, Trafal-gar-street, Captain Heffer, the .Wood, arid W. ' J. . Scott, Collbgwood-street. N.B.— Barm, and Grains always on hand at the Brewery. , ..,._' ' • HOUSEHOLD COALS ii,f . ■•;. OF THE ;■-... .. ;r ,:.8 E ST-r. QUALITY. : • r,Grey River, West Wanganui, , Newcastle, .and . English Household, delivered , to .any, part of the City, in bags if- required,' at' the lowest market cS ' . , R. G. G1880N5,,,. •■-■'. 1033 Government Wharf.... COALS^ AND. FIREWOOD. ".;>, .; T7l VERY description of the above DELIVERED . JtVv "4n quantities of 1 cwt. and upwards, to any part of the Cityi.at;L'owest Market Rates. ;■,. .{ iv:-. }. - Best Newcastle Coals, 4ss. per.,Tqn,.in bags. .,. .„ . ; , , '47sr delivered in Town.' "'.'; "•' ,"., ; '. ' " . .'". ; ■; - '. - w^i; scpTT, i: . J ..,";;. " ii7i " /Collhig^ood-streei '