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Mayor and Residents of Temuka. (Telegram.) Hon. Hall-Jones, Acting-Premier, Wellington. Temuka, 12th June, 1906. On behalf of residents of Temuka Borough, I have to express deepest sorrow at the loss to this town and the colony and Empire at large by the death of the people's Premier. Kindly convey our sympathy to Mrs. Seddon and family. Thomas Buxton, Mayor. Mayor and Residents of Timaru. (Telegram.) Hon. Acting-Premier, Wellington. Timaru, 11th June, 1906. On behalf of the people of Timaru, I have to express the sorrow of the community in the great, irreparable loss sustained by the colony, the Empire, yourself, and colleagues through the death our late esteemed Premier. I shall be glad if you will please convey an expression of our deepest sympathy to Mrs. Seddon and family in their great bereavement. James Cragie, Mayor. Mayor and Residents of Waihi. (Telegram.) The Acting-Premier, Wellington. Waihi, 12th June, 1906. On behalf of the people of Waihi, I desire to express their heartfelt sorrow at the death of Mr. Seddon. Every one here feels intensely that a great personal loss has been sustained, and that the colony has lost the foremost man in it. Kindly convey to Mrs. Seddon our deepest sympathy with her great loss. Thomas Gilmour, Mayor. Waihi Borough Council. Sir,— Waihi, 26th June, 1906. I have the honour to convey herein a copy of a resolution passed at the last meeting of this Council, the first one held since the death of the late Prime Minister. I have, &c, The Hon. W. Hall-Jones, Wellington. H. D. Morpeth, Town Clerk. " The Council of the Borough of Waihi desires to express its profoundest sorrow at the death of the late Richard John Seddon, P.C., LL.D., Prime Minister of the colony, and its heartfelt sympathy with Mrs. Seddon and her family; it feels that New Zealand has sustained an irreparable loss in the death of one who so long controlled the destiny of the colony, whose beneficient legislation has so improved the condition of the masses that it has attracted the attention of the civilised world, whose strong Imperialistic tendency has brought New Zealand so much to the front and demonstrated to the world the unity and solidarity of the British Empire, and whose greatness and force of character will perpetuate his name amongst the great statesmen of the British nation." Waimate Borough Council. Sir, — Waimate, 13th June, 1906. I have the honour to inform you that at a meeting of the Waimate Borough Council, held last night, the following resolution was unanimously carried: "That this Council, representing the inhabitants of Waimate, deeply deplore the sudden and untimely death of the Premier (Mr. Seddon), place on record their appreciation of his untiring efforts on behalf of the people of this colony, and tender to Mrs. Seddon and family, through the Acting-Premier, their deepest sympathy in their sad bereavement, and that the Council do now adjourn as a mark of respect to the memory of the late Premier." I have, (fee, The Hon. W. Hall-Jones, Wellington. J. Manchester, Mayor. Mayor and Citizens of Wanganui. (Telegram.) Hall-Jones, Wellington. Wanganui, 11th June, 1906. Wanganui mourns the death of New Zealand's greatest citizen. Mackay, Mayor. Wanganui Borough Council. Sir,— St. Hill Street, Wanganui, 18th June, 1906. I have the honour, by direction of my Council, to convey to you the following resolution, passed at its last meeting: " That the Borough Council of Wanganui place on record its sense of the great loss sustained by the colony in the death of the Right Hon. Mr. Seddon, and its appreciation of the value of his services to this colony and the British Empire: that the respectful sympathy of the Council be offered to the family of the deceased statesman." T am also directed to ask you to kindly convey the above resolution to Mrs. Seddon. I have, (fee, Hon. Hall-Jones, Acting-Premier, Wellington. Geo. Murch, Town Clerk.