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Brunner Workers' Union. (Telegram.) Hon. Hall-Jones, Wellington. Brunnerton, 21st June, 1906. Kindly convey to Mrs. Seddon and family heartfelt sympathy from Brunner Workers' Union in the great sorrow that has come upon them. Of the late Premier it may be said without fear of contradiction that New Zealand could ill afford to lose him. James Heslin, Secretary. Waihi Workers' Co-operative Society. (Telegram.) Hon. W. Hall-Jones, Wellington. Waihi, 16th June, 1906. At committee meeting of the Waihi Workers' Co-operative Society a resolution was unanimously adopted expressing their deep sympathy in the recent sad bereavement occasioned by the death of Hon. Mr. Seddon, and would kindly request you to convey same to Mrs. Seddon and family. F. Boyer, Secretary. Canterbury Woollen-workers' Union, Kaiapoi. (Telegram.) Acting-Premier, Wellington. Kaiapoi, 12th June, 1906. Canterbury Woollen-workers' Union, Kaiapoi, desire to express heartfelt sympathy with Mrs. Seddon and family. H. C. Revell, Secretary.

POLITICAL BODIES. (TO MRS. SEDDON.) Executive of the Liberal and Labour Federation. Dear Mrs. Seddon,— 51 Mem Street, Wellington, 18th June, 1906. The members of the executive of the Liberal and Labour Federation of New Zealand desire to express their deepest sympathy with you and your family in your sad bereavement. The knowledge that your dear husband was held in such high esteem by the people of New Zealand will always be pleasing to you. And from every branch of the federation comes the same expression of regard and intense regret at the loss of our first president and founder. His work still lives and will be recorded for all time in the many marks of progress which he initiated, but above all in the many acts of kindness which have endeared him to all hearts. May God bless you and comfort you. Yours, &c, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. J. Findlay, Chairman Auckland Provincial Advisory Board of the Liberal and Labour Federation. Dear Mrs. Seddon,— Brighton Road, Parnell Auckland, 13th June, 1906. The members of the Auckland Provincial Advisory Board of the Liberal and Labour Federation of New Zealand desire me to convey to you and your bereaved family their sorrowful and heartfelt sympathy in your deep affliction through the loss of your beloved husband, their dear friend and president. They pray that .Almighty God, the great Consoler of the sorrowful, may comfort you in your deep grief, and trust that the knowledge that a whole nation mourns with you the loss of a loving guide and counsellor may, even in this hour of trial, be some slight solace to you in the irreparable loss you have sustained. On behalf of the members of the Board, and with deepest and most affectionate sympathy. I remain, &c, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Wm. Johns, Chairman. Bluff Branch Liberal and Labour Association. (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Bluff, 11th June, 1906. Bluff Branch, Liberal and Labour Association, deeply deplores loss of our leader, and sincerely sym pathizes with you and yours. G. Whealler, President Liberal and Labour Federation (Clevedon Branch). Dear Madam, — • Clevedon, 6th July, 1906. The Clevedon Branch of the Liberal and Labour Federation at a meeting on the 6th July expressed the deepest sympathy to yourself and family in the lamentable loss sustained by the death of your husband the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon. I am, &c, Mrs. Seddon,',Wellington. L. Wallis, Hon. Secretary.

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