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Rakaia Road Board. (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Hororata, 14th June, 1906. Rakaia Road Board and ratepayers of district offer sincere condolences in your irreparable loss. R. N. Bealey, Chairman; Remuera Road Board. Dear Madam, — Remuera, Auckland, 16th June, 1906. I have been directed to convey to you the following resolution, which was passed at a meeting of the Remuera Road Board held last night: " That this meeting of the Remuera Road Board Jeeply regrets the loss the colony has sustained by the death of the Right Hon. Richard John Seddon, Prime Minister of New Zealand, and offers its heartfelt sympathy to his widow and family." I have, &c, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. W. J. Dinnison, Clerk. South Rakaia Road Board. (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Rakaia, 16th June, 1906. On behalf of the South Rakaia Road Board, I desire to express our sincere sorrow and sympathy in your sad bereavement. John Lambie, Chairman. Templeton Road Board. Dear Madam,— Yaldhurst, 22nd June, 1906. By direction of my Board, I have to convey to you their deep sympathy and sorrow, and to forward you the following resolution: " That the Board places on record its great sense of the loss the colony has sustained by the death of the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, and also to express its deepest sympathy with Mrs. Seddon and her family in their sad affliction." Personally I have also to tender sincere sympathy, and remain Yours, &c, Mrs. R. J. Seddon, Wellington. Geo. Maginness, Clerk. Waiuku Road Board. Dear Madam, — . Waiuku, 21st July, 1906. 1 am desired by the Waiuku Road Board to convey to you herewith the following resolution, having reference to your recent sad loss in the death of Mr. Seddon : " That the Waiuku Road Board tenders to Mrs. Seddon and family its sincere sympathy in their recent heavy bereavement, and trusts that the knowledge of the universal sympathy may in a measure assuage the deep grief which the sad event has occasioned." Yours, (fee, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. William J. King, Clerk. Waitoa Road Board. Dear Madam, — Waitoa, Auckland, 2nd July, 1906. At a meeting held on the 30th June a resolution was passed expressing the Board's deepest sympathy with yourself and family in the irreparable loss sustained, and placing on record its appreciation of the many excellent services rendered to the colony by the late Premier. I am, &c, Mrs. R. J. Seddon, Wellington. W. Abbey, Clerk. Christchurch Domains Board. Madam,— 218 Hereford Street, Christchurch, 18th June, 1906. I am instructed by the Board to convey to yourself and family its sympathy in the very great bereavement sustained in the death of the late Right Hon. the Premier. A special vote of condolence was passed to yourself and family at the meeting of the Board called for the 10th instant. This was the only business taken at the meeting, which was then adjourned out of respect to the late statesman. I have, &c, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Secretary. Mangere Domain Board. Dear Madam, — Onehunga, 15th June, 1906. At a meeting of the members of the Mangere Domain Board held this day, a vote was passed by the members expressing their sympathy with you in the great loss that you have sustained, and regret at the great loss the country has sustained, in the death of the late Premier. I have, &c, Mrs. Seddon. James Robertson, Chairman. Hutt River Board. Madam Lower Hutt, 14th June, 1906. I am directed to inform you that the ordinary meeting of the Hutt River Board called for Tuesday evening last was adjourned until Friday next, as a mark of respect to the memory of your late illustrious husband, and I was instructed to convey to yourself and family an expression of the Board's condolence in your sad bereavement. Yours, (fee, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. P. R- Purser, Clerk.