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Wellington College Old Boys' Association. Dear Mrs. Seddon, — Wellington, 13th June, 1906. I am directed by my committee to write respectfully tendering the sincere sympathy of the members of the Wellington College Old Boys' Association in the irreparable loss you have sustained in the untimely death of the Right Hon. Mr. Seddon. Your sons are all old boys of Wellington College; we feel therefore in a way that they belong to us, and we would assure you that we all feel deeply for you and yours in your time of trouble. I remain, &c, Mrs. Seddon, Molesworth Street, Wellington. H. E. Avery, Hon. Secretary. Central Pharmaceutical Association of New Zealand. Dear Madam,— Wellington, 15th June, 1906. At last night's meeting of this association I was instructed to convey to you the members' sincere sympathy with yourself and family in your sad bereavement, and their trust that Omnipotence will sustain you in this hour of great trial. I have, (fee, Mrs. Seddon. W. S. Coombridge, Hon. Secretary. Post and Telegraph Officers' Association (Dunedin Branch). Dear Madam, — * Telegraph Office, Dunedin, 14th June, 1906. The members of the Dunedin Branch of the Post and Telegraph Officers' Association wish to express their deep sympathy with you and your family in the irreparable loss you have all sustained. Mr. Seddon will be much missed amongst officers of our Department, to whom he was always a kind and sympathetic friend. Faithfully yours, Mrs. R. J. Seddon, Wellington. Edward Falck, Chairman. Wellington Private Nurses' Association. (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Sydney. Wellington, 12th June, 1906. Sympathy from Wellington Private Nurses' Association. A. Holgate, Secretary. Raetihi Progressive Association. Madam,— Raetihi, 27th June, 1906. At the monthly meeting of the above association, held on the 23rd June, I was instructed to forward you the following resolution : " That this association expresses its deep sorrow at the sudden death of the late Premier, and also tenders its sympathy to his family." I am, <fee, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. A. J. Parkes, Secretary. Wellington Referees' Association. Dear Madam,— Wellington, 19th July, 1906. I am directed by resolution to express to you the above association's sincere sympathy with you -and your family in the sad bereavement that recently fell to your lot to endure in the loss of your late esteemed husband, the Right Hon. Richard John Seddon, P.G, Prime Minister of New Zealand. We trust that, although the loss is irreparable, time, the great healer, may speedily soften down the sadness of your grief at losing one who after all has left this vale of tears for a brighter and happier existence. With best wishes for you and yours, ' I am, &c, L. Sievers, Hon. Secretary. Mrs. Seddon. Royal New Zealand Association of His Majesty's Veterans (Wellington Branch). Madam,— 20th June, 1906. On behalf of the above association, we 4>eg to tender you our sincere sympathy for the sad loss of your beloved husband and Neyv Zealand's greatest statesman. We trust you will be consoled by the remembrance that he was beloved by all classes, and that the statesmen of other countries looked upon him yvith feelings of admiration. Accept the assurance of our highest esteem. We have, &c, R. Tingey, Vice-President. James Malcolm May, Hon. Treasurer. Mrs. R. Seddon. S. Studolph, Hon. Secretary.