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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 231, 1 October 1869, Page 3

JL ■,- ELECTORS .of theTRO^ITO%^MEET;%;| him in the Provincial :HiLi.J.^h!';Mpnliay|.!nex6'ic^' October 4j at Eight o'clock in the eye^ng^iik/X^ki; _ ' -„ ■ . ■ ■•' :,;,' ■' TO'THE"ELEOTORS^.bF^HK^^P*i ' PROVINCE, • ■' OJB\ : : ;; N^SOi|||||i| jT\ ENTLEMEtf,— The Governoirfs wriVhaving;^ \JC been issued tor the election of a:!>FPEK- ! i^' INTENDENT of this Province, I beg!tQ solicrty^ a renewal oi the confidence you have- already } S '< placed in me. -"■■_'" -, '."''_'.-■'.-•".; 'if^ : \f.;\ ; It. is extrpmoly gratifying to methat'theimr'^ '■■-'. ;i portant project to which I promised at«my election ; f to devote my most earnest attention , has metwitb, ; ', a highly favorable nception at the hands of a body of gentlemen of rank, influence, and. capital, in London, ami I firmly trust t'»at the negotiations now in progress will result in the speedy comr menctment of a line of railway from Nelson to. , Cobden and Westport. f „",., Nothing, in my opinion, conld so effectually secure the permanent prosperity of all parts of the Province as the extcutiuii of this great work, aud . no efforts on my part will be wanting to ■ secure it. . ' ' , '._, ' : , Of the other public works which I then specified, I have been enabled to complete the Nelson Waterworks, and the bridges over the W.aiinea^ and Hurunui Kivers. V The remaining one, namely, the Nelson Dry: Dock, is still in abetance. I induced the Provincial Council to vote a sum of money- towards its construction, .but the great decline' in . the .; revenue that year compelled me to abandon the project. But the assent of the Governor having a few weeks since been given to an amended Guarantee Act, 1 have advertised both in this colony and in Australia ior tenders under its provisions, which I hope will produce a practical result. ._: . . A very large expenditure in public works and otherwise has taken place during my short term of office upon the South West Gold-fields, at one time far in exesss of the revenue derived from the disirict, and from first to last the expenditure within it has fully equalled the net revenue, both direct and indirect. Statements of an opposite character have, however, been industriously circulated, and a petition ..' for separation has been presented to the General Assembly. I shall, if re elected, take care that full justice shall be done to that district in the future, as it has been done in the pa-t, but no amount of pressure wM induce me to sacrifice the interests of the province as a whole to that or any other district, and I shall also strenuously oppose all . attempts to dismember the province, which would I am convinced, be disastrous lo all parts of ie, and more especially to the South- West Gold-fields themselves. The large reductions, amounting to nearly £12,000 per annum, which I nude during the . past year in the departmental expenditure of the Province, will, I think, have convinced you that although I have madts no professions about economy, I have neither been slow nor sparing in action. The depression Avhich has for some time , existed in all parts of the colony, although I believe *"ore severely felt in most of the other Provinces than in Nelson, will, I trust, soon pass away, and be succeeded by prosperity of a more lasting and wholesome character than that which preceded it. The manufacture and cultivation of native flax are now deservedly attracting much attention in this light, and I am doing all in my power, by introducing the best class of machinery and otherwise, to promote so desirable an accession to our small list of local manufactures, as I am most anxious to promote everything which leads to the employment of labor and the permanent settlement of the country. I ilefer the conjuration of many other topics till I meet you persona l ly. I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your most obedient servant, OSWALD CURTIS. Nelson, Sept. 28, 1869. 2069 P .§ (^ S> °" "^ ;.:■■ ; sHd - - CO 1 *■ • NELSON CADETS. A LL CADETS who may have in their J\ Possession LO,NG. or^MEDIUM RIFLED ' are directed to return them forthwith to the QftDERLY ROOMS (near Barraclough's Baths). ■ '.■' ■ . '. By order, yf. ■ '. : ': ; -, r-; : ■./-•: *OHN> LOCKETT, ; \ .-; Captain and AdjtttantvMlitia and Volunteers; v .-. ; . .■ ■■•■ ■• ''■■'■: .-f.'^-v"^' I-:1 '-: *". MM