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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 233, 4 October 1869, Page 4

• ' '■■ -TO THE ELECTORS OF THE PROVINCE OF NELSON. ENTLEMEN,— The Governor's writ having k OT been issued for the election of a BUPEKINTENDENT of this Province, I beg to solicit st renewal of the confidence you have already placed in me. It is extremely gratifying to me that the im- , portant project to which I promised at ray election . to devote my most earnest attention, has met with . a highly favorable reception at the hands of a body of gentlemen of rank, influence, and capital, in London, and I firmly trust that the negotiations now in progress will result in the speedy commencement of a line of railway from Nelson to ; . Cobden and Westport. Nothing, in my opinion, could so effectually secure the permanent prosperity of all parts of the Province as the execution of this great work, and no efforts on my part will be wanting to ■ cure it. Of the other public works which I then specified, I have been enabled to complete the Nelson Waterworks, and the bridges over the Waimea and Hurunui Rivers. The remaining one, namely, the Nelson Dry Dock, is still in abeyance. I induced the Provincial Council to vote a sura of money towards its construction, but the gr r at 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, I have advertised both in this colony and in Australia for tenders under its provisions, which I hope will produce a practical result. A Tery 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 excess of the revenue derived from the district, and from first to last the expenditure within it has fully equalled the net revenue, both direct end 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 6hall be done to that district in the future, as it has been done in the past, but no amount of pressure will induce me to sacrifice the interests of the province as a whole to that or any other district, and I shall also strenuously <>| pose all attempts to dismember the province, which woujd . I am convinced, be disastrous to all p:irts of it, and more especially to the South-West Gold-fields themselves. The large reductions, amounting to nearly £12,000 per annum, which I made during the past year in the departmental expenditure of the Province, will, I think, have convinced you that although I have made no professions about .economy, I have neither been slow nor sparing in action. The depression which has for some time existed in all parts of the colony, although I believe rore severely telt in most of tue 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 a Mention 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 r am most anxious to promote everything which leads to the ■employment of labor and the permanent settlement of the country. I defer the consideration of many other topics till I meet you persona ly. I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Tour most obedient servant, OSWALD CURTIS. Nelson, Sept. 28, 1869. 2069

PANCT gAZAAR, TRAFALGAR STREET. ■A.. B. W. G OLDSMID - Begs to inform the Inhabitants of Nelson and Suburbs that be is now opening (ex Abdul Medjid, from London),' a consignment of— • ■Fancy Goods— Toys— Electro-Plate — Jewellery— Pocket-Books — Pictures — Pipes— Cigar Tubes and Cases— and a large assortment ■ of Tobacconists' Ware, &c. Which he is about to Retail at almost ! .LONDON PRICES. o N.B. No business transacted • between Sunset on Friday and Dusk on Saturday. 2067 ■ ■'. NELSON CADETS. A LL CADETS who may have in their -OJ Possession LONG or MEDIUM RIFLES are directed to return them forthwith to the ORDERLY* ROOMS (near Barraclough's Baths). By order, LOCKETT, Captain and Adiutant Militia and Volunteers. .'■'■■:*■. " ■'.- . 2076 TKT MACLAREN, -W • BOOT AND SHOK2 MAKER,