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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXV, Issue 123, 26 May 1891, Page 3

. To THE EftlTk 07 TBK "EVUNINO MwXi." . Sib,— Allow me to explain my move io the OounoHrcthe decline 61 population. I look upon the City Gounail as not only a board of works, but 4180 (he firat body io Jhe oify, aba, as such, (hose Who should Uke the lead in every publio movement for the welfare of the oily. Now Nelson ia at present Bustainea by the agricultural interest of the surround-* iug disfcriot, the foundries, stopping, and a few factories. These fire the whole interests (with the exoeeption of the few who hate chdßBß Nelson for the' olimate and draw, their support from outside) that BUBtain the populatiou of the oity, and wnless there is something outeide of thia interest to help us we shall inevitably sink, if we have not already done bo, to the exaot level which these interests will sustain. Now there are two things whioh have proved invaluable in the. growth of cities. The first, manufactories! whioh are at present out of the qaen. tion ; the second, olimate, of whioh it is acknowledged that we havo as good a one as there is in the Southern Hemisphere. But are we making oa good a use of it as we wight? Are We letting the people down sotlth, or in the north, or in Australia know know that we have this commodity that is so valuable to human health? I think not, and hence my endeavour to get the Oouuoil to move in the formation of an association of oitizeua to judiciously advertise this valuable commodity. Born in a notable watering place, I am old enough to remember the old ooaohing dnys, when that place was sustained by the fishing interests and the very few rich who could travel post chaise or by coaoh to enjoy its Bunny olime, It had then something like 17,000 in habitants. I have seen it grow under the impetus given to it by the increased f uoilitiea for travelling and the continual flow of visitors to it to enjoy a few weeks of a sunny Bky and sea breezes, till it has a population of 50,000. I have known the tradesmen of the place to grow wealthy, not a few, but many, by the natural increase of business through the natural growth of the place and the value of the investments in whioh they put their Bavinga, Pier Companies, Bus Companies, and Hotel Companies commonly yielding 10 per cent, and 1 know that the tradesmen unite for the purpose of makiug the merits of the place known by advertising, Buoh as the meun temperature, days oosf s bud shine, zymotio diseases, to., and that is something of the style of advertising needed for Nelson. I have not any doubt that our late medical visitors have ndvertißed us, and henoe the influx of visitors this seaBou.— l am, &0,, '' . J. PIPEB,