THE LATE PREMIER.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1784, 15 June 1906, Page 2

THE LATE PREMIER.

By, telegraph, Press [Aaa’n, Copynlght Capetown, Juno 18.

Universal rogrot in folk in Capo Colony ak Mr Soddon’s death. Tho English Afrikander nowspapers ouiogieo him as a great figure, ranking with Rbodos and Kruger.

London, Juno 13. Lord Roberts, spooking at tho National Borvioo Loague, and Mr Flotohor, prosid* ing ak tho New Zealand Trust Loan meeting, paid tributes to the late Mr Soddon.

Sydney, Juno 14. Qovornor Itawson was re-eleoted Grand Master of tho Masonic Grand Lodge, Ho made referonoo to tho death of Brother Seddon, who was an Imperialist of tho host type, and always worked for the advancement of Greater Britain. Ho proposed to cable their sympathy to the Grand Lodge of Now Zealand. Melbourno, June 14.

The Senate adjourned out of respeot to ihe lato Mr Soddon, and passed a resold* iion of sympathy.

(Ph Press Association.) Wellington, last night. Commissioner Dinnio has suggested to the police throughout the colony that for a month, while in uniform on duty, they wear a black band on tho loft arm as a tribute to the memory of the Premier. Hastings, last night. The fol'owihg is a translation of the telegram sent by the Maoris hero to Mr Carroll: —“ Wo are greatly shocked and grieved, and our hearts aro filled with sadness and lovo for our parent, who has been reft from U 3 by the strong hand of death. Do you convey our sympathy to the widow and children in (he house of mourning. Although we are not related by blood, his kind protection of the whole people makes us wondor were we will find a parent now. Great as your grief must be, ours is not less. Go, 0 great one. Go, O strong one, who wert as an impregnable fortress and a shield of protection. Go, bright Btar of morning. We shall seek in vain for one great enough to tread in your footsteps.” The Hon. Carroll left for Wellington this morning. An endeavor is being made to arrange a speoial tra ! n from Napier to Wellington on the night befoio the funera 1 . Mr Carroll will lay the matter before the aoting Minister for Railways. A large troop of Maoris from these parts will attend the funeral.

FUNERAL LIKELY TO BE ON TUESDAY.

Per Press Aesociatlcnj Wellington, last night. The New Zsaland Times says: It is expected that the remains of the late Premier will be interred in Wellington, with all tha oeremonial attaching to a State funeral. Although not yet fully dreided, it is believed the interment will take place on Tuesday next, certainly not earlier. Members of Parliament and others at a distance who wish to be present at the last rites should therefore be in Wellington by Tuesday morning. It is understood that for one or two days prior to the funeral the body will lie in State in the Parliamentary lobby, so that people may have an opportunity of taking a last look at the well-known form and features.

The Wellington Harbor Board to day passed the following resolution: "The Wellington Harbor Board places on record its sincere regret at the unexpected demise of the Right Hon. Mr S addon, Primo Minister of New Zealand. His great public services to the colony and the Empire will live in the memory of tbe people. The Board also conveys to Mrs S:ddon and the members of tbe family its deep sympathy in the los3 they have sustained,” _ __

BURIAL PLACE FOR OUR GREAT MEN.

(Per Press Association-) Wellington, last night. The City Ccuncil to-night passed a resolution regretting Mr Seddon’s death, and sympathising with tbe bereaved family. The ordinary business was not dealt with. Tbe question of a site for Mr Seddon’s grave, if he be buried in Wellington, was left to the Mayor to confer with others interested. laoidentally the Mayor said the Council might consider the question of setting aside an area for the interment of New Zealand's great men,-it being right that they should be interred in the capital city of the colony. The Wellington branch of the Navy League has sent a resolution to Mr Hall Jones, expressing regret at Mr Seddon’s death.

Wanganni, last night. At a meeting of tbe Wanganui Rugby Union to-night a motion was oarried that th 9 Wanganui Rugby Union hears with deep regret of the umimely death of the Right Hon. R J. Seddon, and respectfully tenders its deep sympathy to Mrs Seddon and family.

THE GREAT AUSTRALASIAN LIBERAL.

AGE CONDEMNS SO CALLED MARK OF RESPECT.

PARLIAMENT BEVERELY OEN SURED FOR ADJOURNING.

B® telegram, Fresn Aan’n, Copyright Beoeived 9 43 p m ; Jane 14. Melbourne, Jane 14. The Age, in a leading article, says ; In the crisis of the Boer War Mr Seddon was an inspiration of Australian action. The paper severely deals with the ad. journment of Parliament at a mark of respect, It eays: “It seems a pitiful anachronism that the death of eueh a man as this, whoso life was given up to tha eervioa of the pub'ic, should have been made the ocoasion for another of those unmean ing Pail amentary adjournments that are always se/'zid upon with a avidity as a waste of time. Parliamentary adjourn ment as respect is a senseless proceeding hat means nothing more than setting a ide public duty to pureue private amusement. and they dignify this proceeding by the cou.tesy title of ngpect for death. In the ca«e of Borne mpn wbQ3e lives are a prolonged act of idleness, running away from duty would be in keeping, however little it of respect; but to follow-'that oourse in'the case of Mr Seddon, whose while life was deHeated to sedulous performance, was a sorry affair ; yet it gave up the entire sitting to an empty form of the very kind that Mr S:dJon despised. If Parliament had voted money to a statue scholarship or any other means of lmking the name of Mr Seddon with the nation’s sersa of boinr and gratitude, it would have discharged a duty to the great Australasian Liberal, but t> imsgine that it did any honor to Mr Ssddon by abstaining from the performance of its duty is about tho severest satire it could pass upon his memory.” - |

WISE SUGGESTION,

WESTLAND AS THE MECCA OF LIBERALISM.

(Per Press Association.) Hokitika, last night. A prominent Dunedin journalist, in a wire to Mr Mande, ex-Mayor of Hokitika, and one of the Bight Hon. B. J. Seddoo’a most intimate frleods, soggests that Westland should reoeive the late Premier’s remains, and beoome the Meooa of Liberalism,

The feeling throughout the d'sttict f.ille in with this suggesticn.

GBEYMOUTH COUNCIL

Par Praia Association,

Greymoutb, last night.

The Borough Counoil passed tbe following motion : “ This Council expresses its sorrow and regret at the untimely death,of

tb& lato Riohard John Seddon, and places on record its appreciation of the high qualities of tho dooeaßed statesman, and tonderß to his wife and relatives their heartfelt sympathy with them in their bereavement.” Ths Counoil will be re* presented at the funeral.

MESSAGES AND REPLIES.

PILES OF TELEGRAMS BEING ANSWERED.

(Per Press Association.) Wellington, last night.

Hundreds upon hundreds of tributes to the late Premier era still coming to tho family and Acting-Premier. Tho Government have been busy answering pilos of telegrams received sinoe Monday. Only a few can be quoted,

HIS MAJESTY.

To His Majesty the King the following message was despatched : 11 The Government and people of New Zealand desire to thank His Majesty for his gracious mes* sago of sympathy on the death of Mr Seddon. The deceased statesman had won the affeotion and confidence of New Zealanders to a degree unprecedented in our history, and it is most gratifying to His Majesty’s subjects in New Zealand to know that cut gracious Sovereign appreciates tbe loyal and distinguished services which Mr Seddon bas rendered towards uniting and strengthening the hands of kindship between the Mother Country and the outlying dominions of the Empire."

PRINCE OF WALES.

To H.R.H. the Prince of Wales: " The Act'mg Premier respectfully requests His Exoellenoy to oonvey to His Royal Highness the appreciation of the Government and people of New Zealand of His Royal Highness' gracious message of sympathy.”

IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT. To the Secietary of State for the Colonies : “ On behalf of Mrs Seddon and the people of New Zealand tbe Government desire to return their sincere thanks to His Majeety’s Government for their message of sympathy. Oar late Prime Minister had won a reputation beyond the narrow bounds of oar own colony, and in thought and in deed he was ever, wishfnl to pro* mote the great ideal of Imperial unity. The kind feelings.of regret and appreoia* tion expressed by His Majesty’s Government will find a response in the heartß of all New Zealanders.” OTHERB MESSAGES.

Messages have also been despatched by the Hon. Mr Hall-Jones to the first Lord of tbe Admiralty, the Speßker of tbe Federal Honse of Representatives, the 1 Governor-General of tbe Oommenweatb, the State Governors, and mmj others.

THE BURIAL PLACE. TWO WELLINGTON SITES SUGGESTED. A BEAUTIFUL KNOLL. (Per Press Association.)

Wellington, last night. It is Btated that some members of the late Premier’s family are inclined to favor his interment in Wellington. A site that has been reoommended is a knoll at Karori to the north cf the grayea of tbe Churoh of England, looking down a pretty valley by Wilton’s bush. The main road throngh the cemetery winds around the mound in a semi-oirele, setting it apart from the other lands. The ground slopes away east and west into gullies, making the site all the more commanding. It is a little bill in the midst of hills. On the western uplands are clusters of native trees, remnants .of the forest primeval. The rugged country on the east of the woods would have to be cleared away. Grassy undulations are cleft by a new road that meanders between Wadestown, Northland, and Karori. This scene is a symbol of Mr Seldon’s career. It shows the change from the wildernees of the Maori to the garden of the pakeha. A little creek divides the Past from the Present. The ground is at present unoonseerated, hot the Bishop of Wellington is to be aekel to bless the earth in oaee this eile is finally adopted. THE OTHER SITE.

Another suggestion recommends that Mr S:ddon should teoeive a piacs in the Bolton street cemetery, where many of Wellington’s founders lie, There is

ground available at the summit of the reserve by the observatory. This mound overlooks Thomson and the harbor, and tbe monument could be seen from the bay. ,

PROPOSED MEMORIAL. ON OBSERVATORY.

(For Presa Association.) Wellington, fast night It has been proposed that an appropriate memorial of the Premier would be on tbo observatory between the Botanical Gar dens and the oemetery, and in that oase on the site of the old building. A level section on top of the high grouod might be used to supplement any plot selected.

NAVAL HONORS. ADMIRALTY ORDERS. (For Press Association,} - Wellington, last night. It is understood that the Admiral has issued instructions for the men-of-war in the harbor to meet the Oswestry Grange and esoort the steamer into port, and also, it is understood, that salutes of guns be fired.

MEMORIAL SERVICE IN ABBEY,

SIR J. G. WARD UNABLE TO LEAVE TO DAY.

8* telegraph'. Pres* Aaa’n, Copyright Received 10 p m,, June 14. London, June 14- ; Sir Joseph Ward suggested that a memorial eervioe be held in Westminster Abbey on tbe day of Mr Seddon’s funeral. Sir Joseph Ward will not be able to leave for New Zsaland on Friday. The Colonial Institute and Independent Labor members of tbe House of Commons passe! resolutions of condolence in conneotion with the death of Me Seddon.

THE QUEEN’S SYMPATHY

ROYAL MESSAGE TO MRS SEDDON

'(P«r Ptesa A**ocl*tion.) Wellington, last night. The following has been sent to Mrs Seddon

" Accept deepest sympathy in your overwhelming forrow, whioh the whole of England shares.” (QUEEN) ALEXANDRA.

PRESBYTERIAN OHUROH.

(Per Press Association.) Dunedin, lost night. The Bev D. Borrip, Moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly, has forwarded the following to the ActingPremier : •' K'ndly convey to Mra BeddoD and family the deep sympathy of the Presbyterian Church with -them in their sudden and sore beroavemeht. Our stnse of tbe great loss sustained by them and the whole oolony in tbe death of Mr S ddon, and our prayer tbsit God willl abundantly support and comfort them.”

MASONIC BRETHREN

(Par Presa Association.) Christchurch, last night. Mr Ma'ccilm Ntoool, Grand Secretary of Masonic Lodge, has received tbe

following oable from Bir Hairy RawsoUi M.W. Grand Master oiNew South Wales: “ Freemasons of New South Wales send their deepest sympathy to your Grand Lodge on tho loss you have sustained by the death of Past Grand Master SoddoD.” Mr Nicool has also reoeived a telegram from the Grand Superintendent of Auckland, suggesting that u memorial servioe should be held at the time fixed for Mr Seddou's funeral.