MR. SEDDON'S PREMIERSHIP.
A RECORD TERM IN BRITISH DEPENDENCIES. PEt PRESS ASSOCIATION. Grkymouth, April 30. On tbe Ist of M y tin Premier will have benn eight years Premier of New Zealand. He occupied tbe ferior post' tic-n in respect of 'ength of office of any Premier in the British depend»nrieg. Of tho e'ovon Pr m'vr.s w' o attended the lute Queen'* ,T t>»lee in 1897 Sir \V. LiunVr and Mr. S-ddou are the only two who rap-ninet coninuously in office, and Mr. 8 ddon bas the henor of t-eing the on'y me mh' r o' the House of Representatives v lio It is held his seat continuously since the general election * of 1879. It also falls to the lot of tha Premier thus prnc'icnlly to bave repre* ►onted <ne perple for 21 years and during 24 of Parliament. He started as a lumber of Wetrland local btdies in 1868.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 85, 1 May 1901, Page 2
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150MR. SEDDON'S PREMIERSHIP. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 85, 1 May 1901, Page 2
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