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Liberal and Labour Federation (Tauranga Branch). Dear Madam,— Tauranga, 14th June, 1906. At a meeting of the Liberal and Labour Federation of Tauranga it was resolved that a copy Of the following resolution be sent to you : " That the Tauranga Branch of the Liberal and Labour Federation of New Zealand desire respectfully to tender their sincere sympathy with yourself and family upon the death of your esteemed husband, the late Premier of New Zealand, which they realise and regret as a national calamity. We have, &c, G. F. Spooner, President. Mrs. R. J. Seddon, Wellington. Thos. Edward Price, Hon. Secretary. Women Liberals of Waiapu. (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Molesworth Street, Wellington. Gisborne, 17th June, 1906. Deepest sympathy to yourself and family in your irreparable loss from the women Liberals of Waiapu. Mrs. Maynard, Vice-President. Liberal and Labour Federation (Wairoa Branch). (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Wairoa, 16th June, 1906. The Wairoa Branch of the Liberal and Labour Federation tenders you and your family its heartfelt sympathy in your sad bereavemeat. S. Bellamy, President. Liberal and Labour Federation (Whangamomona Branch). (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Whangamomona, 15th June, 1906. Accept from Whangamomona Branch of Liberal and Labour Federation their heartfelt sympathy in the irreparable loss of your dear husband and our much-loved Premier. J as. McCluggage, President. Farmers' Union (Auckland Branch). (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Auckland, 12th June, 1906. Accept deepest sympathy from New Zealand Farmers' Union, Province of Auckland, in your sad bereavement. L. Phillipps, Provincial President. Farmers' Union (Dannevirke Branch). (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. ' 18th June, 1906. Dannevirke Branch, Farmers' Union, tender our most sincere sympathy in your sad bereavement. M. Tansey, Chairman. Farmers' Union (Marima Branch). Dear Madam, — Marima, 11th July, 1906. The Marima Branch of the New Zealand Farmers' Union desire to convey to Mrs. Seddon and family their sorrow and regret at the untimely death of the great humanitarian, late Premier of New Zealand, and their sense of the great loss sustained by them and the whole colony in the death of the most sincere friend the people of New Zealand ever had. Signed on behalf of the branch, T. Fouhy, Chairman. Mrs. R. J. Seddon, Wellington. C. Downard, Secretary. Farmers' Union (Ngapaeruru Branch). Dear Madam, — Ngapaeruru, 15th June, 1906. I have the honour, by direction of the Ngapaeruru Branch of the New Zealand Farmers' Union, to write stating that we not only sympathize with you in your sad bereavement, but also mourn with you in your great loss, for we feel that with you we have lost one of the greatest statesmen the world has ever produced, and one for whom a hundred thousand hearts will mourn. And we humbly pray that that all-wise Providence, who has promised to be a father to the fatherless and a husband to the widow, may comfort you in your great trial, and that He will also keep and protect you until He calls you to be reunited to your dearly beloved husband, who " though dead yet speaketh." I have, &c, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. W. H. Wylie, Hon. Secretary. Farmers' Union (Southland Branch). (Telegram.) MrsT Seddon, Wellington. Invercargill, 16th June, 1906. The Southland Farmers' Union respectfully desire to express their deepest sympathy with yourself and family in their great bereavement. John Mac Queen, President.