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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 250, 23 October 1869, Page 4

Public Notices. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE PROVINCE OF NELSON. GENTLEMEN,— The Governor's writ having been issued tbr the election of a SUPERINTEND KNT <>f this Province, I beg to solicit a renewal oi the confidence you have already placed in me. It is extremely gratifying to me that the important project to which I promised at my election to devote my most e-.-rnest attention, ha* met wit a highly favorable reception at the hands of a body of gentlemen of rank, influence, and capital, in London, ami I firmly trust t atthe negotiations now in progress will result in the speedy commencement of a line of railway from .Nelson to Cobden and West ort Nothing, in my opinion, could so eff -dually secure tbe permanent pro--perity ofall parts of'the Province as the execution ot this great woik, and no efforts on my part will be wanting to secure it Or ihe other public w rks which I then specified, I have beeu enabled to complete the Nelson Waterworks, and ihe bridges over the Waiinea and Hi.runui Rivers. The remaining one, namely, the Nelson Dry Dock, is still in abcance. I induced the Provincial Council to vote a sum of money towards its construcion, but the gr'at decline in the revenue tha-: 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 tor tenders under its provisions, which 1 hope will produce a practical result. A very large expenditure in public works and otherwise has taken place during my short terra of office upon the Souih West Gold-fields, at one time far in exc;-ss of the revenue derived from the district, 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 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 of pose 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 annuin, which I made during the past year in ihe 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 exis'ed in all parts of the colony, although I believe :^ore severelv felt in most of tt>e 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 ' 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 personally. I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your most obedient servant, OSWALD CURTIS. Nelson, Sept. 28, 1569. 2069 TO THE ELECTORS OF THE PROVINCE OF NELSON. Gentlemen, — As the Election for the Superintendency, for the next term, takes place shortly, at the suggestion of my friends I beg to announce my intention of becoming a CANDIDATE for your suffrages. As I deem it far better to see you personally than write a lengthened address in the papers, I propose shortly to ask you to meet me in Nslson, and at convenient places in the various districts of the Province, when I hope to be able to give you such explanations of the manner in which I would prop se to fulfil the duties of a Superintendent, and to satisfv you that, in the event of my being elected, my conduct during office would bear comparison with any promises I had made, lam Gentlemen, Your Obedient Servant. W. GIBBS. Totaranui, Sept. 27, 1869. 2066 NOTICE. TEE BUSINESS of the Undersigned is Rl' M< )VED to Private Residence, Tasman Street, opposite Hooper's Brewery. LADIES' STAYS, CORSETS, ELASTIC ABDOMINAL BELTS, made to order. 21V9 LUCY ANN AUGARDE. CL A N D O N; • SADDLER AND COLLAR MAKER, Trafalgar-street. 2329 EW . DEE, • TATLOR AND DRAPER, Opposite Hornby's Auction Mart, Bridge-st. 45 A '"DECK, Chimney Sweep, Nightman, :.;..XJ. &c. Orders left at the Mitre '■" and Galatea Hotels punctually attended to. 1975