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United Millers, Engine-drivers and Mill Employees of Canterbury. Sir, — 66 Lincolmßoad, Addington, Christchurch,'4th July, 1906. I am instructed to ask you to kindly forward the following resolution to Mrs. Seddon, passed a.v our meeting held our the 29th June, 1906 : " That this union desires to place on record its deep sense of the great loss the colony has sustained by the sad death of our late Premier, the Right Hon. Richard John Seddon ; also its deepest sympathy with Mrs. Seddon and family in their sad and great affliction." I remain, &c, The Hon. W. Hall-Jones, Wellington. Hubert K. Bowden, Secretary. Blackball Miners' Union. (Telegram.) Hon. Hall-Jones, Wellington. Blackball, 20th June, 1906. The Blackball Miners' Union desires you to convey to Mrs. Seddon and her family their depest sympathy in the sad bereavement they and the colony have sustained by the loss of the Right Hon. Richard John Seddon. Walter Rogers, Secretary. Homebush Collieries Industrial Union of Workers. Dear Sir, — Glentunnel, 13th June, 1906. At a meeting of the Homebush Collieries Industrial Union of Workers I was advised to forward to you an expression of feeling of the great loss the country has sustained by the death of the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon. The members also ask you to convey to Mrs. Seddon and family their sincere sympathy in their sad bereavement. I have, &c, Wm. J. Barlow, Secretary. The Hon. W. Hall-Jones, Wellington. Nightcaps Miners' Union. (Telegram.) Hall-Jones, Premier, Wellington. Nightcaps, 19th June, 1906. Please convey to Mrs. Seddon and family the deepest sympathy of the miners of Nightcaps in their sad bereavement. We also mourn the loss of him who was a father to the workers. A. R. Jackson, Secretary. Otago Coal-miners' Union of Workers. (Telegram.) Hon. W. Hall-Jones, Wellington. Kaitangata, 12th June, 1906. Convey to Mrs. Seddon and family the heartfelt sympathy of Otago Coal-miners' Union of Workers. We feel that we have lost a friend. H. Beck, Acting-Secretary. Puponga Miners' Union. (Telegram.) Acting-Premier, Wellington. Puponga, 16th June, 1906. Accept our heartfelt sympathy for our late Premier's family, also the loss our country has sustained in losing its great leader. Stevenson, Secretary. Rimu Miners' Association and Residents of Rimu and Woodstock. (Telegram.) Hon. Hall-Jones, Acting-Premier, Wellington. Rimu, 16th June, 1906. Kindly convey to Mrs. Seddon and family on behalf of the Rimu Miners' Association and residents of Rimu and Woodstock their heartfelt sympathy in their sad bereavement. D. Kelly, Secretary. Thames Miners' Union. (Telegram.) The Hon. Hall-Jones, Acting-Premier, Wellington. Thames, 14th June, 1906. Will you kindly convey to Mrs. Seddon the sincere sympathy of the officers and members of the Thames Miners' Union with herself and family in their sad bereavement. The members also desire to convey to yourself as the present head of the Government their deep regret at the great loss sustained by the Government and the colony at large in the untimely death of the late Premier, a loss that is universally mourned over by all classes of the community throughout the British Empire, and more especially in our colony of New Zealand, for the betterment of which he has laboured incessantly during the latter portion of his life ; and the liberal and advanced legislation introduced and carried out by him and his Goyrernment, which have done so much to increase the prosperity of the colony, will, we trust, remain as lasting memorials to his memory, which will ever be revered by the people of this colony to which he devoted his life. W. H. Lucas, Secretary.