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Town Council of St. Kilda, Victoria. Dear Madam,— Town Hall, 23rd June, 1906. I have the honour, by direction of the Council|of|St.|Kilda, to convey to you the expression of its deep sympathy with you and the members of your family in your sad bereavement. By the death of the Right Hon. Richard Seddon, P.G, one of the ablest statesmen of his time, not only the Colony of New Zealand but also the Commonwealth of Australia and the Empire at large have suffered an irreparable loss. I have, &c, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington, New Zealand. J. N. Browne, Town Clerk. Council and Residents of Williamstown, Victoria. !,k (Telegram.) t4,-_j§Mrs. R. Seddon, " Oswestry Grange," Sydney. Williamstown, Victoria, 11th June, 1906. On behalf of Council and residents of Williamstowr, accept sincerest and deepest sympathy in your sad bereavement. A national and irreparable loss. F. H. Bolton, Mayor. Mayor and Citizens of Port Adelaide, South Australia. (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Sydney. Port Adelaide, 11th June, 1906 Will you and your family please, accept the sincere condolence and sympathy of myself and the citizens in your sad bereavement. John Sweeney, Mayor. Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors of Norwood, South Australia. Dear Madam,-- Town Hall, Norwood, South Australia, 13th June, 1906. I am directed by His Worship]the Mayor (H. J. Holden, Esq., J.P.), the Aldermen, and Councillors of my Council to convey to you, and through you to the members of your family, their very sincere sympathy in the great loss and sad bereavement you have so unexpectedly and suddenly been called upon to bear by the death of your late husband, the Hon. Richard Seddon. Although personally unknown to the members of my Council, they could not fail to recognise and appreciate the whole-heartedness, integrity, and strength of purpose which have characterized for so many years his ev-ery public action; and by being cut off thus, at the very zenith of his poyvers, they feel that Australia as well as New Zealand has lost a true, noble, and upright son. I have, &c, Mrs. R. J. Seddon, Wellington, New Zealand. E. 0. Gooden, Acting Town Clerk. Mayor and Councillors of Thebarton, South Australia. Dear Madam, — Thebarton Corporation, Adelaide, South Australia, June, 1906. On behalf of His Worship the Mayor and the Councillors of the Corporation of the Town of Thebarton, I beg to convey to yourself and family my Council's sincere sympathy in your sad bereavement. My Council feel that the British Empire and the cause of humanity have sustained a great loss by the death of the Hon. R. J. Seddon. I am, &c, Mrs. R. J. Seddon, Wellington, New Zealand. Hubert H. Cowell, Town Clerk. Mayor and Citizens of Brisbane. (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Brisbane, 12th June, 1906. The citizens of Brisbane are in heartfelt sympathy with you and family in your great affliction. John Crase, Mayor. City Council of South Brisbane. Madam — » Municipal Chambers, 19th June, 1906. It was with the deepest regret that my' Council heard of the loss sustained by yourself and family in the decease of your late husband, a loss which, I am sure, is felt and mourned throughout the British Empire. Mr. Seddon had so endeared himself to all in the Southern Hemisphere by his whole-hearted efforts for the betterment of mankind, and by his earnest loyalty to his King as well as to his adopted country, that the loss is indeed a national one and is sincerely regretted by all classes of the community. My Council desires me to convey to you an earnest expression of its sympathy with yourself and family in your affliction, and trusts that the knowledge of the existence of a widespread sympathy may be some slight comfort to you in your grief. I have, &c. Mrs. R. J. Seddon, New Zealand. Alfred Leney, Town Clerk.