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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 49, 28 February 1867, Page 1

Public Notices. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE PROVINCE OF NELSON. GENTLEMEN— Iu announcing to you that it is my intention to offer myselfas a candidate for the position of Superintendent Avhen that office ' shall have become vacant by the retirement of Mr Saunders, I should perhaps apologise for doing so in the absence of any formal requisition to that effect, signed by a. number of tlie constituency. But my experience of political affairs leads me to attach but a moderate value to such documents, and I prefer to place myself unreservedly in your hands, asking only for your unpledged aud unfettered support if, after carefully Aveighing tlie qualifications of the various candidates avlio may present themselves, you are satisfied that you Avould best serve the interests of the community by giving it to mc. "The gold-fields of the TTest Coast, to Avhich we are indebted, directly or indirectly, for so considerable a portion oi' our revenue, wiil continue to call for unremitting attention on the part of the Provincial Government. The prompt, energotio, and prudent management of these gohl■fivrlib by Mr Saunders has, as jun arc probably aware re*"'"'*' 'd my constant support ..s a ii.eiuuer of the Provincial Council ; and, as regards this part of the duties of the Superintendent, I should endeavor to carry out the policy Avhich hus been so ably initiated. I am iiowyver firmly convinced that the resources of the Avestern district of the province can never be fully developed, nor tlie full benefit of those resources be experienced by the community, until the projected railway from Nelson to Cobden and Westport lias been constructed. J. HO pjV'.'ci" iO o*-""C I'.'.*""'' !'! ]'■>}' '''*■ ■.."- ''■.'■" this most important Avork lias been y-:;> tea to mo Superintendent by an Act of the General Assembly, but it remains tu find contractors willing to undertake its execution upon these terms. To tlieet this object 1 should, in ihe event of 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 Avell aAvare of the difficulties Avhich have to be faced, and of the energy, determination, and perseverance Avhich are required to surmount them; but I should set to Avork animated by the hope and belief that those difficulties can be overcome, and that the contractors, as well as the province, Avould be largely benefitted by the undertaking. While looking upon the AVest Coast Raihvay as the public Avork Avhich, aliecting as it does so greatlv- the Avelfare of the province as a Avhole, claims the largest share of the attention of your Superintendent, there are others in which I have long felt deep interest, and vrhich I should do my utmost to carry iuto 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 iuhabuants of the City of Nelson, and the shipping of the Port, as avcll as for the prevention of calamitous fires ; and the erection of Bridges over the Waimea and Hurunui rivers. The active part which I have taken for manyyears 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 thai the subject would meet Avith no neglect or inciiiierciicu ac my hands. Mv general poi : ticai opinions mast be so well known to most of you. Unit I think it unnecessary to enter upon any expression of litem in this address; but wheu'tha "resignation of Mr Saunders has been officially announced, I shall lose no time in visiting the various electoral districts, so as to give tiie 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 PJKOVINCE OF NELSON. p\ ENTLEMEN,— It is my intention to become KX a candidate for the Superintendentship of the Province at the approaching vacancy. lam encouraged to take this step, not only trom general considerations of the very large support accorded to me at the last geueral election for that office, but by the direct invitation ot a large body of my then friends and supporters, as weft as bynumerous requests ou the part of those avlio did not on tbat occasion give me their support. Having so recently given my views on those questions of provincial interest on which it is necessary that a candidate should declare himself, I do not now feci myself called on to repeat them. The only important question of this character Avliich has Mnce arisen, is that of the railway from Nelson to the West Coast; and here I will merely say that no eflbrts of mine shall ever be wanting to the furtherance of a measure tending so incalculably in every Avay to the development of the various resources of the province and the increase of its prosperity. AAvaiting those opportunities that will soon occur for the fuller expression of my views. I have tbe honor to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, 1624 J. W. BARNICOAT.