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Colonist, Volume X, Issue X, 12 February 1867, Page 1

TO the ELECTORS of the PROVINCE ■ OF NELSON. Gentlemen —In announcing to you that it is my intention to o.ffer myself as a Candidate for the portion of Superintendent when that office shall have become vacant by the retirement of Mr. Saunders, I should, perhaps, apologise for doing so in the absence of any formal requisition to that effect signed by a number of the constituency. But my experience of political affairs leads me to attach but a moderate value to such documents, and I prefer to place myself unreservedly in your hands, asking only for your unpledged and uufettered support if, after carefully weighing tho qualifications of the various candidates who may present themselves, you are satisfied that you would best serve the interests of the community by giving it to me. The gold-fields of the West Coast, to which vn are indebted, directly or indireotly, for so considerable a portion of our l'evenue, will continue to call for unremitting attention on the part of the Provincial Government. The prompt, energetic, and prudent management of these gold-fields by Mr. Baunders has, as you are probably aware, received my constant support as a Member of the Provincial Council; and as regards this part of the dutie3 of the Superintendent, I should endekvor to carry out the policy which has been so ably initiated. I am, however, firmly convinced that the resources of the western district of tho province can never be fully developed, nor the full benefit of those resources be experienced by the community, until the projected Railway from Nelson to Cobden and Wcstport has been constructed. The power to give land in payment for this most important work has been granted to the Superintendent by an Act of the General Assembly, but it remains to find contractors willing to undertake its execution upon these terms. To effect this object I should, in the event of my election, devote myself heart and mind ; believing as I do that its accomplishment is the one thing needed to relieve the province from the comparative stagnation which has so long prevailed, and to bring greatly increased prosperity to all classes of its inhabitants. I am well aware of the difficulties which have to be faced, and of tho energy, determination, and perseverance which are required to surmount them but I should set to work animated by the hope and beliei that those difficulties can be overcome, and that the contractors, as well as the province, would be largely benefitted by the undertaking. While looking upon the West Coast Railway as the publio work which, affecting as it does so greatly the welfare of the province as a whole, claims the largest share of the attention of your Superintendent, there are others in which I have long felt deep interest, and which I should do my utmost to carry into execution. Amongst them are the construction of a Dry Dock or Patent Siip in Nelson Harbor ; the introduction of Pure Water for the supply of the inhabitants of the City of Nelson, and the shipping of (he Port, as well as for the prevention of calamitous fires ; and the erection of Bridges over the Waimea and Hurunui rivers. The active part which I have taken for many years past in pressing the value and importance of the Coal Fields in various parts of tile province upon the attention of the Provincial Government and Council, makes it, I think, almost superfluous for me to assure you that the subject would meet "with no neglect or indifference at my hands. My general political opinions must be so well known to most of you, that I think it unnecessary to enter upon an expression of them in this address, but when the resignation of Mr. Saunders has been officially announced, I shall lose no time in visiting the various electoral districts, so as to give the whole constituency of the province the opportunity of learning my views upon all subjects in which they feel an interest respecting them. I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your most obedient servant, Oswald Curtis. Nolson, December 17, 1866. 1006 TO DAIRY-KEEPERS. WANTED GOOD FRESH BUTTER AND EGGS. THE HIGHEST CASH PRICE GIVEN. H. V. PHILLIPS, . BEE-HIVE STOEE, Corner of Bridge and Collingwood-street. 217 TTTANTED, AGENERAITsERVANT. VV — Apply to Mrs. Johnstone, The Parsrnage, Nelson. 2t5 TyANTED, a GENEfiAL FEMALE Vf SERVANT.—AppIy to Mrs. H. Davis. Waimea-road. 146 WANTED, EMPLOYMENT at a Station, by a MAN and WIFE, with one child. The man to look after a few sheep, and the woman to manage a small dairy. Apply by letter, A.8., office of this paper. 231 mEACHER WANTED for the UPPER JL WAKEFIELD SCHOOL. Salary, £100 a year, witli use of 10 acres of ground and Dwellinghouse. There is also an allowance of £12 per annum for a sewing class. All applicants must have a certificate from W. C. Hodgson, Esq., Inspector of Schools, Nelson. Duties to commence May 6. Applications to be sent in not later than the 31st March to JAMES PEARSE, 223 Chairman of the Local Committee. ■jfjlOß SALE by the undersigned, the JO FARM known as PLEASANT CREEK, TURAKINA, near the Bonny Glen Road, four and a-half miles from Turakiua, and seventeen miles from Wanganui, comprising-*----525 ACRES of LAND, fenced vrith a substantial fence 35 ACRES of CROPS, fenced with a live fence. 2 Substantial HOUSES, built of the heart of totara, ; 700 SHEEP, and a DATRY of COWS, 1 PLOUGH and RIDING HORSES, : Carts, Plough, Harrows, &c, and everything ; necessary to carry on the Farm. 1 Most of the land is ready for the plough ; and is &v 1 excellent opportunity for any one desirous of farming. A never-failing supply of water on the premises. For terms or particulars, apply to Mr. WILLIAM Williams, on the Premises; to Messrs. Watt 7 and Taylor, Wangavmi; to E. Peaece, Esq., " Wellington ; or to Mr. John James, Waimea Nelson. 830 f '"' FOR SALE. . 1 IOAAACRES of J^AND, fit for a > X^UU SHEEP or CATTLE RUN, having ' two-thivd? water frpntage to the Mahakipawa and Hayelflck B,ays in the Pelorus Sound. p. Far particulars., apply to Mr, W, C. Hodgson, Wei»on ; Qf Mr. 11. Gab?, Maliakipawa. 934 mOBE LET, rWO"cOTTAGE HOUSES I situate in Brook-street Valley, with immediate possession. Apply to Mrs. Polgxase, Broolt-atreotVuUey ; or to Mr, Sevebne, at the School in Waiuaea-tt, 222