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Oxford Working-men's Club. (Telegram.) Mrs. "Seddon, Wellington. Oxford, 18th June, 1906. Members of the Oxford Working-men's Club wish to convey their deepest sympathy with you in your irreparable loss. H. Campbell, President. Sydenham and Addington Working-men's Club. Honoured Madam, — Sandvford Street, Sydenham, 14th June, 1906. I have the honour to inform you that I have been instructed by the managing committee of this club to convey to yourself and family its heartfelt sympathy for the irreparable loss you have sustained by the sudden death of our late respected and revered Premier. But it will be a satisfaction and consolation to feel that you do not mourn alone, for the country and the Empire are poorer to-day through the absence of the guiding hand of one of their noblest sons. As working-men we recognise that our late Premier always strove to improve our condition and raise us morally, socially, and intellectually; and much of the legislation he advocated has done so in a marked degree. The eulogiums paid to his memory by the Press of the Empire must be as gratifying to you as they were deserved by him during a long and useful life. I cannot better conclude than by expressing the sentiments of the club's members in the words of the Empire's greatest poet, " He was one on whom the gods had set their seal, to give the world assurance of a man." I have, <fee, Mrs. R. J. Seddon, Wellington. J. Beattie, Secretary. St. Mark's Young Men's Club. Madam. — Sussex Square, Wellington, 20th June, 1906. I am directed to convey to you the following resolution which was passed at the meeting of the above club last night: " The members of this club desire to place on record their high appreciation of the great services rendered to the colony and to the British Empire by the late Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, and also wish to express their sincere sympathy with Mrs. Seddon and her family in their sad bereavement." I have, <fee, Mrs. Seddon, Molesworth Street, Wellington. C B. Burdekin, Hon. Secretary. Wanganui South African Volunteers' Association. (Telegram.) Mrs. R. J. Seddon, Wellington. Wanganui, 20th June, 1906. Kindly accept deep and sincere sympathy of members of Wanganui South African Volunteers' .Association in your sad bereavement. Maurice Spurdle, Hon. Secretary. National Council of Women of New Zealand. (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Sydney. Christchurch, 11th June, 1906. On behalf of the National Council of Women of New Zealand, permit me to express deep sympathy with you and your family in your great bereavement. K. W. Shepherd, President. Pharmacy Board of New Zealand. Dear Madam, — Wellington, 18th June, 1906. I was directed at a meeting of members of the Pharmacy Board of New Zealand, held in this city, to express to you their deep sense of the great loss sustained by the colony in the sudden death of your husband, the late Right Hon. R. J. Seddon. On behalf of the Board, I beg to tender to you and the members of your family its sincere sympathy at the sad bereavement which has fallen upon you. I am, &c, Mrs. Seddon, Molesworth Street, Wellington. Chas. W. Nielsen, Registrar. New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association. Sir,— Wellington, 14th June, 1906. At a special meeting, the committee of the above Association adopted the following resolution : " That this meeting of the Management Committee of the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association deeply deplores the death of the Right Honourable R. J. Seddon, the Premier of New Zealand." And I would further tender the deepest sympathy of the Association to Mrs. Seddon, yourself, and the rest of the family. Yours, &c, Captain R. J. Seddon, Wellington. Geo. N. Goldie, Hon. Secretary.