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Mayor, Councillors, and Residents of Yass, New South Wales. (Telegram.) Colonial Secretary, Wellington. Yass, 11th June, 1906. Kindly accept from Council and residents of Yass deep sympathy with New Zealand and your late Premier's family. Lynch, Mayor. Lord Mayor and Citizens of Melbourne. (Telegram.) Acting-Premier, Wellington. Melbourne, 11th June, 1906. Citizens of Melbourne deeply mourn the death of Mr. Seddon, and express sincerest sympathy yvith people of New Zealand in their great loss. Henry Weedon, Lord Mayor. Mayor, Aldermen, and Residents of Alexandria, Victoria. Dear Sir,— 14th June, 1906. May I ask you to convey to Mrs. Seddon and family the sincerest condolence of His Worship the Mayor and Aldermen of this borough, likewise the residents, in the irreparable loss sustained by them through the untinely death of the Right Hon. R. Seddon, whose personality was the admiration not alone of New-Zealanders but of the whole British people, and whose loss the British Empire mourns. Permit me also to tender, through you, to the New Zealand Government the profound sorrow we feel at their loss, which may be-truly said to be a loss to humanity. I have, &c, The Hon. W. Hall-Jones. James L. Sutton, Council Clerk. Mayor and Citizens of Ballarat, Victoria. (Telegram.) Acting-Premier, Wellington. Ballarat, 11th June, 1906. City of Ba'larat tenders your State sympathy and condolences terrible loss you have sustained death Right Hon. Richard Seddon. John Whykes, Mayor. Mayor and Councillors of Ballarat East, Victoria. (Telegram.) Acting-Premier, Wellington. Ballarat, 12th June, 1906. Mayor and Councillors Town of Ballarat East deeply regret death of Mr. Seddon, and desire to express heartfelt sympathy. John Ritchie, Mayor. Mayor and Citizens of Bendigo, Victoria. (Telegram.) Acting-Premier, Wellington. Bendigo, 11th June, 1906. Bendigo citizens condole with New Zealand in irreparable loss sustained by the death of its statesman Premier. Luke Murphy, Mayor. Fitzroy City Council, Victoria. Sir,— Fitzroy, 19th June, 1906. I have the honour, by direction, to say that at the last meeting of the City Council a resolution was unanimously carried deploring the death of the Right Hon. Richard J. Seddon, P.G, Premier of New Zealand, and placing on record its high estimation of his sterling personal qualities, and of the noble work done by him as an Empire builder. I am also directed to convey to you and your colleagues the sincere condolences of the Mayor and Councillors with you in the loss which you and your colony have sustained by his untimely decease. I have, &c The Hon. the Acting-Premier of New Zealand. A. Batson, Town Clerk. Citizens of Footscray, Victoria. (Telegram.) Acting-Premier, Wellington. Footscray, 13th June, 1906. Accept sympathy Footscray citizens in New Zealand's sad loss. D. Barnet, Town Clerk. Newmarket Borough Council, Victoria. Sir,— 19th June, 1906. I have been directed by the Newmarket Borough Council to forward you the following copy of a resolution which was passed at a special meeting of the Council on the 18th day of June, 1906 : " That

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