SERIOUS ILLNESS OF MRS SEDDON.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 11352, 15 August 1902, Page 5

SERIOUS ILLNESS OF MRS SEDDON.

(THOU OU_ OWK COBI—SPOMJENT.) LONDON, July 12. It is with sincere aregret that I have to mention the serious illness of Mrs Seddon, the Premier's wife, who has for some tinpast been confined to hex room, under the care of two doctors, and whose condition yesterday became so much worse as to excite great uneasiness. Mrs Seddon, while in South Africa, expwaencedl a sharp ajttack of influenza, which left her considerably weakened- The excitement and exertion which necessarily followed her arrival in England was, of course, very bad for 'her, and extreme nervous prostration set in. During the whole of the past week she has been under the charge of a trained professional nurse, and yesterday moming she seemed a little betfear, but early in, the afternoon, on the nurse -returning to the sick room after a brief absence, while Mrs Seddon was asleep, she was so greatly alarmed at her patient's appearance that medical aid was hastily summoned. An urgent message was sent to Mr Seddon, who, as his wife seemed better, had gone to the luncheon given by Lord and Lady Onslow. Captain Seddon, who was at the camp in Ale__dra Park, was also telegraphed for in hot haste. The father and son speedily arrived, and all feasible remedies were applied by the doctors, but, as I write, Mrs Seddon _ still. I am" sorry to say, in a very precarious state. Absolute quiet aad rest are imperatively ordered by her doctors, and so soon as -this shall t>e practicable, the patient will be -removed to some retired' spot near the sea, where she will be entirely free from risk of disturbance, and will be able to enjoy thorough rest and peace. Deep regret is felt throughout the "NewZealand Colony" in London, and the callers and kind enquirers at the Hotel Cecil have been very numerous, Mrs Seddon "having inspired war— liking and esteem among all who knew 'her.