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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 234, 5 October 1869, Page 4

TO THE ELECTORS, OF THE PRO^CeC.OF : NELSON. GENTLEMEN,— The Governor's writ, having . been issued for the election of a SUPERINTENDENT of this Province,, I, beg to solicit a renewal of the confidence you have alreadyplaced in-.me — .. . — .- It is extremely gratifying to me that the important project to which I promised at my election to devote my most earnest attention, has met with a highly favorable reception at the bands 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 West; ort. Nothing, in niy opinion, could so effectually secure the permanent prosperity ofall parts of the Province as the execution of this great work, and no efforts on my part will be wanting to g.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 Hivers. The remaining" one, namely, the Nelson Dry Dock", is still" ih "abeyance. I induced the Provincial Council to vote a sum of money towards its construction", but the gr-at decline in the revenue that yet^r 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 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 Souih West Gold-fields, at one titpe far in exesss of the revenue derived from the district; and from first to last the expenditure witljin 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 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 oppose all attempts to dismember the province, which would I am convinced, be. disastrous to all parts 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 rcdre Beverelv felt in most of tbe 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 tlie best class of machinery and other wise,. to promote so desirable an accession to our small list of local manuiactures.'as I 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 iill I meet yon personally. I have the hoiior to be, Gentlemen, Your most obedient servant, OSWALD CURTIS. Nelson, Sept. 28, 1869. 2069 -p A N C T gAZAAE, TRAFALGAR STREET. o A. B. W. G OLDSMID ' Begs to inform the Inhabitants of Nelson and Suburbs that he is now opening (ex Abdul Medjid, from London), a consignment of— "Fancy Goods— Toys— Electro-Plate — Jewellery — Pocket-Books — Pictures"—- Pipes— Cigar Tubes aot Cases — and a large assortment of Tobacconists' Ware, &c. Which he is about to Retail at almost LONDON PRICES. N.B. No business transacted between Sunset on Friday and Dusk on Saturday' 2067 NELSON CADETS. A ALL CADETS who may have in their ,, A .Possession LONG or MEDIUM RIFLES are directed to return " them forthwith to the ORDERLY ROOMS (near Barraclough's Baths). By order, .-.-■■•- * - _ JOHN LOCKETT, Captain ahd Adjutant Militia and Volunteers. .":.... ..'•• -„ ! .2076' rr-. 1 „' " . ■ — .''',., , WMACLAREN, . 7.- . • : BOGT AND SHOE MAKER, , . Urira Bmwb-btmbt.