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Mr. S. Crooke, President, Operative Bootmakers' Union, Christchurch, to Mrs. Ballance. (Telegram.) 4th May, 1893. Christchurch Operative Bootmakers' Union desire express members' sense of great loss sustained by yourself and colony by death of the late Premier.

Mr. V. Biet, Hon. Secretary, Mareretu Liberal Association, to the Hon. R. J. Seddon. (Telegram.) Paparoa, Bth May, 1893. The Mareretu Liberal Association desires to record its regret and sympathy with the Government and the House at the loss of Mr. Ballance, their renowned leader..

Mr. R. M. Houston to the Hon. the Peemiee. (Telegram.) Mititai, Bth May, 1893. Am instructed by the inhabitants of Aratapu, at public meeting, held Saturday night, to convey to the Government their sympathy in the loss sustained by the colony by the death of the Premier; also their sincerest sympathy with Mrs. Ballance in her great bereavement, which please convey.

Mr. V. Birt, Hon. Secretary, Liberal Association, Mareretu, to Mrs. Ballance. (Telegram.) Paparoa, Bth May, 1893. The Mareretu Liberal Association prays Mrs. Ballance will accept its expression of regret and condolence at the loss she and the colony has sustained by the decease of her illustrious husband.

The Knights of Labour (Eising Sun Assembly), Woodville, to Mrs. Ballance. Dear Madam,— Woodville, 4th May, 1893. By the desire of our assembly, we have to convey to you our heartfelt sympathy in the sad loss you and all of us have sustained in the loss of your late husband, who has done so much for the advancement of his adopted country. His memory and the memory of his great work will long remain firmly and gratefully fixed in the minds of the masses, whose interests he had always at heart, and in whose welfare he sacrificed his well-spent life. I am, &c, Mrs. Ballance. Charles Hall.

The Eecording Secretary, Knights of Labour (John Ballance Assembly), to Mrs. Ballance. Dear Madam, — Wanganui, 22nd May, 1893. On behalf of the officers and members of the local assembly of Knights of Labour, I am directed, in accordance with a resolution passed at their last meeting, to convey to you their most sincere and sympathetic regret they feel for you in the great loss you have recently sustained by the death of your husband ; and also to place on record the very many services he has rendered the working-classes throughout the colony. I am, &c, Mrs. Ballance. T. M. Perm, Eecording Secretary,

The Seceetaey, Operative Bootmakers' Union, Dunedin, to Mrs. Ballance. Deae Madam, — Cumberland Street, 22nd May, 1893. I am directed by the members of the Dunedin Operative Bootmakers' Union to convey to you, on their behalf, an expression of the deepest sympathy with you in your sad bereavement; also to express a hope that you may be sustained and comforted in this your day of severe trial. I have, &c, Mrs. Ballance. R. Feeguson, Secretary.

Mr. C. Buetton, MW., Knights of Labour, to Mrs. Ballance. Deae Madam, — Kumeroa, sth.June, 1893. I have been instructed by our assembly of the Knights of Labour to forward our heartfelt sympathy and condolence in your late bereavement. The loss of your noble husband is a national calamity, which we greatly deplore. I have, &c, Mrs. Ballance. Chas. Buetton, Master Workman.

The Chairman and Secretary, Mr. Buick's Political Executive, to the Hon. R. J. Seddon. Dear Sir,— Blenheim, 4th May, 1893. At a meeting of Mr. Buick's political executive last evening, we were requested to convey to you and the Government of the colony our heartfelt sympathy in the great political loss you have sustained in the death of the Hon. John Ballance, the man who, since taking the Premiership, has led the colony out of the great financial trouble of two years ago into the flourishing and healthy state of the exchequer of to-day, and we trust you may continue in the footsteps of your noble and honoured leader, whose memory will grow greener as years roll on, and the great and generous nature of his self-sacrificing life for the good of New Zealand, his adopted land, becomes more known. Long may the memory of John Ballance remain green. Kindly accept our sincere sympathy. We are, &c, Charles Feeguson, Chairman. The Hon. R. J. Seddon. Henry Jellyman, Secretary.

Mr. M. J. McEeynolds, Chairman, Meeting of Mr. McGuire's Constituents, to Mrs. Ballance. (Telegram.) Pungarehu, 11th May, 1893. At a meeting of Mr. McGuire's constituents, held here yesterday evening, the following resolution was unanimously carried : "That this meeting desires to express its sorrow in the great loss the