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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 64, 18 March 1867, Page 1

Election Notices. TO THE ELECTORS OF TKE PROVINCE OF NELSON. (""1 ENTLEMEN— In announcing to you tbat it jf is my intention to offer myself as a candidate for the position of Superintendent when that office shall have become vacant by tbe retirement of Mr Saunders, I should perhaps apologise for doing so in the absence of any formal requisition to that effect, signed hy a number of tbe 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 bands, asking onlyforyour unpledged and unfettered support if, after carefully weighing the qualifications of the various candidates who may present themselves, you are satisfied that you would best serve the interests of the community by giving it to me. The gold-fields ofthe West Coast, to whicb 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, energetic, and prudent management of these goldfields by idr Saunders lias, as you are .probably aware received my constant support as a member ofthe Provincial Council; and, as regards this part of the duties of tlie 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 ean never be tally developed, nor the fuii benefit of those resources be experienced by the community, until the projected railway trom Nelson to Cobden and Westport has been constructed. The power to give land in payment for thi3 most* important work has been granted to the Superintendent by an Act of the General Assembly, but ic remains to find contractors willing to undertake its execution upon these terms. To effect this object I should, in tbe event of my election, devote myself heart and mind; believing as i do, that its accomplishment is the one tiling needed to relieve the province from the comparative stagnation whicli 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 wliich are required to surmount them; but I should set r> v. ork animated bythe bope and belief that those difficulties can he overcome, and that the cont factors, 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 hirgest share of the attention of your Superintendent, there are others in which I liave long felt deep interest, and which I should do my utmost to tarry 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 wtll as for the prevention or calamitous fires ; and the erection of liridges over the Waimea and Hurunui rivers. The active part which I have taken ior many years past in pressing the value and importance of the Coal-fiel ls in various parts of the province upon the attention of the Provincial Government and Council, makes it, 1 think, almost* superfluous for me to assure you that the subject «vouid meet with no ut gleet or indifference at my hands. My geueral political opinions must be so weli known to most of you. that I think it unnecessary to enter upon any expression of them in this address; but wben the resignation of Mr Saunders has been officially announced, i 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 iu which they ieel an interest respecting them. I have fhe honor to be, Gentlemen, Your most obedient servant, OSWALD CURTIS. ELECTION of SUPERINTENDENT. MR. CURTIS'S COMMITTEE. npi-IK Committee formed with the object of proX muting Mr. L-URTIS'S ELECTION as Superintendent, will MEET THIS EVENING (SATUHDAY), March i6, at half-past 7 o'clock, at lhe old Posi-otiice, Hardy-street. Gentlemen desirous of joining the Committee are also requested to attend. Nelson, March I G. 2044 ELECTION OF SUPERINTENDENT. MR. OSWALD CURTIS requests the ELECTORS of the undermentioned districts to MEET him at the plaees named, at 7 o'clock on the respective evenings : — Suburban South — Stoke School-room ... Monday, „ 18 Nelson, March 1. 1954 MR. CURTIS'S CANDIDATURE for the Superintendency.— COMMlTTlCKS in the COUNTRY for promoting the ELECTION of Mr. CURTIS, are requested to make their Communications with F. Huddleston, Esq., Nelson, Chairman of tbe Central Committee. Committee Rooms, Nelson, ■■:-*..■ March 'l-2/1887. -045