THE PREMIER'S FAREWELL. AUCKLAND, March 10.
Al a meeting to-night it was derided that the farewell to the Premier should take pfat o on March 19, after tho departuie of the ninth contingent Tho foiewell addrcs3 is to be presented at an open-au meeting. The 'iubtcription- col'tcted will go to the national fund, and will be sent to ChiUt church. Mr Myers stated that. a= tip rCsii't of a tanva-o of a few fiiend- 4 , lie had (O llcctud £210. Tho town < lerk reported ha\tug received £20.
The JJilayfield settlers forwarded a resolution congratulating the Prenaei on the honour conferred on him in connection with the King's Coronation, and expressing alarm at the rumour that possibly hU labour* may be required elsewhere. The Premier replied conveying his thanks for the telegram, and added:. "I have only to «ay that I love New Zealand and its people, and have no desira to leave them. 1 am profoundly unconscious of any cau=e for separation. Being unable to. I did not try to stem the tongue of rumour. 1 observed that the ldpti did not originate with my fiirnd?." Mr Seddon concludes with the remark that the few v. ho kindled the notion at his uerma-
uent leave taking were po== bly influenced by the feeling of the v. ish beuig father to the thought.
TNVERCARGILL, March 17. A very =ev''io earthquake w a-s experienced at Preserxa'ion Inlet on Friday evening.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2504, 19 March 1902, Page 30
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