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Raolan County Council. (Telegram.) Acting-Premier, Wellington. Hamilton, 12th June, 1906. Raglan County Council regrets exceedingly the great loss the country has sustained. Hewett, Chairman. Rangitikei County Council. Hon. Sir,— Marton, 13th June, 1906. As Chairman of the Rangitikei County Council, permit me on their behalf, and that of the people of Rangitikei, to express our profound regret at the sudden death of the late Right Hon. Richard John Seddon, and our sense of the great loss the colony has sustained thereby. I would further ask you to tender to Mrs. Seddon and her family our deep sympathy with them in their great bereavement. I have, &c, The Hon. W. Hall-Jones, Wellington. R. N. Beckett. Rodney County Council. (Telegram.) Acting-Premier, Wellington. Port Albert, 11th June, 1906. Terrible news. Convey Rodney County Council's heartfelt sympathy to Mrs. Seddon. L. P. Becroft, Chairman. Selwyn County Council. (Telegram.) Hon. Hall-Jones, Wellington. Christchurch, 16th June, 1906. I desire, on behalf of the Selwyn County Council, to express its sense of the loss which the colony has sustained in the death of the Premier, and its appreciation of the great services he rendered to New Zealand and the Empire, and wish you to convey to Mrs. Seddon and family its sincere sympathy with them in their irreparable loss. Wm. Dunlop, Chairman. Southland County Council. (Telegram.) The Acting-Premier, Wellington. Invercargill, 15th June, 1906. On behalf of the Southland County Council, I wish to express the profound sorrow occasioned by the Premier's tragically sudden death. On their behalf I desire you to convey to Mrs. Seddon and family an expression of their sincere sympathy. James Fleming, Chairman. Stratford County Council. (Telegram.) Hon. Acting-Premier, Wellington. Stratford, 12th June, 1906. On behalf of people of Stratford County, I tender you and colleagues deep sympathy in death of Mr. Seddon, whom so many of us regarded as public benefactor and warm friend. Kindly assure Mrs. Seddon of sincere condolence of us all. G. A. Marchant, County Chairman. Taieri County Council. Dear Sir,— Mosgiel, 7th July, 1906. I have the honour, by direction of the Chairman of the Taieri County Council, to forward to you a copy of a resolution passed at the meeting of the Council held yesterday respecting the late Premier, and also to ask you to kindly convey to Mrs. Seddon the Council's sincere condolence: Resolved, " That the Taieri County Council places on record its profound regret at the decease of the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, and expresses its deepest sympathy with Mrs. Seddon and family at the loss they have sustained." I have, (fee, Hon. W. Hall-Jones, Prime Minister, Wellington. John Logan, County Clerk. Takaka County Council. (Telegram.) The Acting-Premier, Wellington. Takaka, 11th June, 1906. It is with extreme regret that we have just heard of the death of the Premier, and regret the irreparable loss to the colony. Kindly convey to Mrs. Seddon and family deepest sympathy from this county in their sad bereavement. " W. G Baigent, Chairman. Taranaki County Council. (Telegram.) Hall-Jones, Acting-Premier, Wellington. Waitara, 20th June, 1906. On behalf of residents of Tarana'ki County, accept deepest sympathy in our national loss, and conrey these sentiments to Mrs. Seddon and family. G. V. Tate, Chairman.