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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 13, 16 January 1867, Page 1

TO THE ELECTORS. OF THE jPRO- . VINCE OF NELSON. GENTLEMEN— In. announcing to you that if 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 apologise for doing sc ' in the absence of any formal requisition to that ! effect, signed by a number of the constituency. But my experience of political affairs leads me ! to attach but a moderate value to such docu- ! ments, and I prefer to place, myself unreservedly in youi* hands, asking only for your unpledgied and unfettered support if, after carefully weighing the qualifications of the various candidates who may present themselves, you are satis'fied" that you would best serve the interests of the community by giving it to me. The gold-fields ofthe West Coast, to which we are indebted, directly or indirectly, for so con--1 siderable a portion of our revenue, will continue to call for unremitting attention on ,the part oj the Provincial Government. The prompt, energetic, and prudent management. of these goldfields by Mr Saunders has, as you are probably aware received my constant support as -a membei ofthe 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 can 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 in 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 willing to undertake its execution upon these terms. To effect this object I should, in the event oi 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 surmounl them; but I should set to work animated by the hope and belief that those difficulties cau be overcome, and that the contractors, as well as the province, would be largely benefitted by the undertaking. While looking upon the West Coast Railwaj as the public work which, affecting as it does sc greatly the welfare of the province as a whole claims the largest share of the attention of youi Superintendent, there are others in which I have long felt deep mterest, and which I should dc my utmost to carry into execution. Amongsl them are the construction of a Dry Dock oi Patent Slip in Nelson Harbor; the introductior 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 fires ; and the erection of Bridges over the Waimea' and Hurunui rivers. The active part whicli I have taken for manj years past in pressing the value and importance of the Coal-fields in various parts of the province upon the attention of the Provincial Governmen: and Council, makes it, I think, almost superfluous for me to assure you that the subject would nieel with no neglect or indifference at my hands. My general political opinions must be so wel] known to most of you, that I think it unnecessary to enter upon any expression of them in this address; but when the resignation of Mr Saunders has been officially announced, I shall lose no time in visiting the various electoral districts, so as tc 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. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE PROVINCE OF NELSON. GENTLEMEN,— It is my intention to become a candidate for. the Superintendentship o the Province at the approaching vacancy. lan encouraged to take this step, not only from gene ral considerations of the very large support ac corded to me at the last general election for tha ollice, but by the direct invitation of a large bodj of my then friends and supporters, as well as bj numerous requests on the part of those who dit not oii that occasion give me their support. Having so recently given my views on thosi questions of provincial interest on which it i necessary that a candidate should declare himsell I do not now feel myself called on to repeat theni The only' important question of this characte ' which has since arisen, is that, of the railwa] from Nelson to the West Coast; and here I wil merely say that no efforts of mine shall ever hi wanting to the furtherance of a measure tending so incalculably in every way to the developmen of the various resources of the province and the . increase of its prosperity. ' Awaiting those opportunities that, will soor occur for the fuller expression of my views. I bave the honor to be, G-entlemen, Your obedient servant, 1624 J. W. BARNICOAT.