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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 252, 26 October 1869, Page 4

Public Notices TO THE ELECTORS" OF THE PROVINCE OF NELSON. GENTLEMEN,— The Governor's writ having been issued for the election ofaiSUPEl^INTENDKNT of this Province, I beg to solicit a renewal oi the confidence you have already placed in me. It is extremely gralifvins to me that the important project to which I promised at my election to devote my most earnest attention, ha* me l ; wif a highly favorable reception at the hands of a body of gentlemen of rank, influence, and capital, in London,- and I firmly trust t;:at the negotiations now in progress will result in the. speedy commencement of a line of railway from Nelson to Cobdeu and West ort Nothing, in my opinion, could so effectually secure the ptrmanent prosperity of all parts of the Province as the execution of this great work, and no efforts on my part wiil he wanting to secure it. Of .'he 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 stiil in abeiance. I induced the Provincial Council to vote a sum of money toward* its construe' ion, but the gr.at decline in the revenue that, year compelled me to abandon the project. But the assent of Hie Governor li.-tvinsf a few weeks since been given to an amended Guarantee Act, I have advertised both iu this colony and in Australia for 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 olSce 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 and indirect. Statements of an opposite character have, however, been industriously circulated, and u petition for separation has beei> presented to the General As.-fenjbly. ' I shall, if re elected, take care that full justice shall be < J .one to that district in the future, as it h;ts been done in the past, but no amount of pressure wil induce me to sacrifice the interests of the province as a whole to that or any other district, and I shall also strenuously or pose all attempts to dismember the province, which would I am convinced, be disastrous to all parts of it, and rnoru especially to the South-West GoLi-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 a 1 though 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 r-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 ' 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 i;ersonaily. I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your most obedient servant, OSWALD CURTIS. Nelson, Sept. 28. 1869. 2069 TO THE ELECTORS OF THE PROVINCE OF NELSON. Gentlemen, — As the Election for the Superintendency, for the next term, t>tkes 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 Nalson, 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 th< j event of my being elected, my conduct during office would bear cbmparison with any promises I had made. I am Gentlemen, Your Obedient Servant. W. GIBBS. Totaranui, Sept. 27, 1869. 2066 WHITE TTART TTOTEL, XX XX Richmond. jyj" R S. .-T£ I T E Begs to inform Travellers and the Public generally thnt she has re-opened the above Hotel (lately kept by_ G. Moonlight), where they will find every accommodation. Extensive Stabling and Good Paddocks. 2270 CL A N D O N; • SADDLER AND COLLAR MAKER, Trafalgar-street. .2329 EW. DEE,, • TAILOR AND DRAPER, Opposite Hornby!s Auction Marti Bridge-st. 45 A TSECK,'. Chimney Sweep,; Nightman, ii'JzLm ,^X)I/i&c.Ll ; Oxders ; leffc;at the y Mitre and Galatea Hotels punctually attended to. 1975