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New-Zealanders in Kalgoorlie, West Australia. (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Kalgoorlie, 15th June, 1906. Large meeting of Neyv-Zealanders resolved express heartfelt sympathy loss most affectionate husband and father. We all share your grief. P. Brennan, Chairman. West .Australian Lancastrian Association. (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Sydney. Fremantle, 12th June, 1906. Lancastrian Association, West Australia, sends heartfelt sympathy in your severe tribulation. Dr. Horrocks, Chairman. F. J. Wayman, Hon. Secretary. West Australian Rugby Football Union. (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Perth, 12th June, 1906. Western Australian Rugby Football Union tender to you and your family their deepest sympathy in your sad bereavement. C. E. Thornton, Hon. Secretary West Australian Goldfields' Football Association. Dear Madam, — Kalgoorlie, 15th June, 1906. By direction and on behalf of the above association, I beg to extend to you and your family our sincerest sympathy in your recent sudden and sad bereavement. Yours, &c,. Mrs. R. J. Seddon, New Zealand. Thos. J. Brett, Hon. Secretary. Coastal Trades and Labour Council of West Australia. Dear Madam,— Perth, 11th July, 1906. I beg, on behalf of the above council, to convey to you our sincere sympathy in the loss you and your family have sustained by the death of your esteemed husband, Mr. Seddon. I desire to assure you that my council mourns with you and your family in the loss of one who during his lifetime has ever championed the cause of the working-classes; the effect of which has been of material benefit to the workers of every State in the Commonwealth, and endeared his name in the hearts of those who have benefited by the advanced legislation which he initiated and which has to a very large extent been adopted in Australia. I am, &c, Mrs. R. Seddon, Wellington. John J. Curran, Secretary. Sir N. E. Lewis. (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Hobart, Tasmania, 11th June, 1906. Deepest sympathy in your sad bereavement and in the serious loss sustained by the British Empire. Elliott Lewis. Borough of Portland, Tasmania. Dear Madam,— Portland, 12th July, 1906. By direction of the Council, I have the honour to convey to you an expression of the regret and sympathy for you and your family, of the Council and townspeople of this the oldest settlement of this State, upon the sudden and lamentable death of your husband the Right Hon. Richard J. Seddon; and to express the conviction that is universally acknowledged here —that the loss to the country he loved so well and so faithfully served is one which is well nigh irreparable. Will you kindly accept this sentiment and convey it also to the other members of the late Premier's family. I have, &c, Mrs. R. J. Seddon, Wellington. T. Edward Henry, Town Clerk. Australian Natives' Association (Launceston Branch). Dear Madam, — 25 Patterson Street, Launceston, 16th June, 1906. At a meeting of the association, held on Thursday, I was instructed to write you and convey to you the sincere condolences of the members onyour great bereavement. We were all deeply shocked when we heard the sad news of the great loss that you and New Zealand had sustained, and believe me you have our most sincere sympathy. I am, &c, Mrs. R. J. Seddon, Wellington, New Zealand. Percy C Weetman, Secretary.