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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 256, 30 October 1869, Page 4

, Public Notices. TO THE ELECTOES OF THE PROVINCE 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 oi the confidence you have already placed in me. ltis extremely gratifying to me that the important project to which I promised at my election to devote my most earnest attention, has met witl 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 i:> the speedy commencement of a line of raihviiy from Nelson to Cobden and Westport. Nothing, in my opinion, could so effectually secure the permanent, prosperiiy of all parts ofthe Province as the execution of this great work, and no efforts on my part will be wanting to secure it. Of the other public works wliich 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 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, 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 South West Gold-fields, at one time far in exesss 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 bas been presented to the General Assembly. I shall, if reelected, 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, wliich 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 more severely felt in mbst 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 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 everyching 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, 1869. 2069 TO THE ELECTORS OF THE PROVINCE OF NELSON. Gentlemen, — As the Election for the Superintendence', 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 Nelson, 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 propose to fulfil the duties of a Superintendent, and to satisfy you that, in the event of my being elected.my conduct during office would bear comparison with auy promises I had made. I am Gentlemen, Your Obedient Servant. W. GIBBS. Totaranui, 5ept.. 27, 1869. 2066 WHITE TTART TTOTEL, Jtl 11 RicuMom M * S ~K ITE Begs to inform Travellers and the Public generally that 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 5 • SADDLER AND COLLAR MAKER, Tjkajfamab-stkeet. 2329 EW. D E E, • TAILOR AND DRAPER, Opposite Hornby's Auction Mart, Bridge-st. 45 A. T>ECK, Chimney Sweep, Nightman, • "JO Sce'Xf Orders left at the Mitre and Galatea Hotels punctually attended to. 1975