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Kamo School Committee, Teachers, and Scholars. (Telegram.) Hon. Hall-Jones, Wellington. Kamo, 16th June, 1906. The Kamo School Committee, teachers, and scholars tender sincere sympathy to Mrs. Seddon and family in their great and sudden bereavement. J. E. Roberts, Chairman. Karangahake School Committee. (Telegram.) Hon. Hall-Jones, Wellington. Karangahake, 19th June, 1906. Members Karangahake School Committee beg to tender expression of deepest sympathy to family late Premier. T. P. Heron, Chairman L. Izod, Secretary. Kereru School Committee. Dear Sir, — Kereru, 14th June, 1906. Will you kindly convey to Mrs. Seddon and family the unanimous heartfelt sympathy of our Kereru School Committee in their sad bereavement. Enclosed also is a resolution from our schoolchildren expressing their sorrow. We all feel the loss keenly. Yours, &c, Mr. Hall-Jones, Acting-Premier. S. A. Broadbent, Chairman. (Copy of Resolution.) On the receipt of the sad news of Mr Seddon's death, the following proposal was unanimously carried by the children of the Kereru School: " The children of the Kereru School wish to express their sorrow at hearing of the death of the late Mr. Seddon, and to sympathize with Mrs. Seddon and her family in their great bereavement." W. H. Clark, Head Teacher. Lawrence District High School. (Telegram.) Hon. Hall-Jones, Wellington. Lawrence, 16th June, 1906. The Committee and staff of the Lawrence District High School express their deepest sympathy with Mrs. Seddon and family in their sore bereavement. John Norrie, Chairman. Householders of Malvern School District. Dear Sir, — Waddington, 18th June, 1906. I am instructed by the householders of the Malvern School district to forward you the following resolution : " That this meeting of householders desire to express their sorrow for the death of the Minister of Education ; and that you convey to Mrs. Seddon their deepest sympathy with herself and the members of her family in their irreparable loss." I have, &c, The Hon. the Premier. David McMillan, Chairman. Marton District High School. Sir,— Marton, 12th June, 1906. I have the honour, by direction, to convey to you the subjoined copy of a resolution passed by this Committee last evening, viz. : " That the Marton School Committee desires to place on record its sense of the loss the colony has sustained in the untimely death of the late Premier, the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, and wishes to convey to Mrs. Seddon and family its deepest sympathy in their sad bereavement". I have, &c, Hon. the Acting-Premier, Wellington. Harold Richardson, Hon. Secretary. Masterton District High School Committee. Sir,— Masterton, 15th June, 1906. I have the honour, by direction of the Masterton District High School Committee, to convey to you a copy of a resolution passed by my Committee prior to adjourning its meeting yesterday as a mark of respect to the late Minister of Education. May Ibe permitted to add an expression of my own sorrow for the loss we have sustained : " That the Masterton District High School Committee deeply deplores the great loss sustained by the colony and the Empire through the untimely death of the Right Hon. the Premier, Richard John Seddon, and offers its warmest sympathy to Mrs. Seddon and the bereaved family in their heavy affliction." I have, &c, The Hon. the Premier, Wellington. W. M. Easthope, Secretary.