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(Telegram.) Hon. J. Carroll, Gisborne. Te Kao, 13th June, 1906. Go, the Right Hon. the Premier. Go, go the Parent of the tribes. Farewell, farewell. Mutu Kapa. Paratene Kapa. Xi a Timi Kara, Gisborne. Te Kao, 13 Hune, 1906. Haere atu te Raiti Hetana, Pirimia. Haere, haere te matua o nga iwi. Haere, haere. Mutu Kapa. Paratene Kapa. Kaikohe Native Women. (Telegram.) Hon. J. Carroll, Auckland. Kaikohe, 12th June, 1906. The honourable members : Greetings to you in the death of Mr. Seddon. Go, 0 Sir !Go to our gracious Queen. Great is the grief of us women for you and for your gracious beneficent acts. From the Ngapuhi Women's Committee. Marara W. Hongi. Erana Hongi. Pane Ngapua. ; i - Pine Whai. Hon. J. Carroll, Auckland. Kaikohe, 12 Hune, 1906. Nga mema honore : Tena koutou ia Te Hetana. Haere ePa ! haere ki to tatou Kuini atawhai. He nui to matou pouri to te taha wahine ki a koe mo au mahi atawhai. Na te Komiti Wahine o Ngapuhi. Marara W. Hongi. Erana Hongi. Pane Ngapua. Pine Whai. WESTERN MAORI ELECTORATE. Otaki Maori Racing Club. (Telegram.) Hon. J. Carroll, Wellington. £>taki, 23rd June, 1906. Greetings to you in this great calamity and the great grief for our parent the Premier. Our Maori Racing Club, Otaki, has voted £25 towards a memorial-stone for our parent. Teone Makitonore. Hon. J. Carroll, Wellington. Otaki, 23 Hune, 1906. Tena koe i roto ite aitua nui me te pouri nui ki to tatou matua kite Pirimia. Tenei kua pootitia eto karapu reihi Maori, Otaki, tetahi moni £25 mo te kohatu whakamaharatanga mo to tatou matua. Teone Makitonore. Feilding Natives. Sir,— " Aorangi," Feilding, 14th June, 1906. Greetings to you and to our loving parent, Mr. Seddon, whose spirit has been taken away from us. 0 Mr. Carroll! make known our love and our sorrow because of the death of our loving and kind elder having " mana "-power, whose administration was so clear and beneficial to the two races of New Zealand, reaching even to other islands ; and he died while formulating measures for the advancement of the colonies. Great is the sorrow and the soreness of the heart for his sudden death, leaving his wife and children as orphans. It is the earnest wish that the thoughts and the strength of the new Premier may equal those of our elder, Mr. Seddon. Sufficient. From us, The Hon. J. Carroll, Wellington. Rama Apakura (From all Ngatikauwhata). Xi a Timi Kara. " Aorangi," Feilding, 14 Hune, 1906. E pa, tena ra korua ko to tatou matua aroha ko Te Hetana kua tangohia atu nei tona tinana i a tatou. E Timi, mau c panui atu to matou aroha me to matou pouri mo te matenga o to tatou kaumatua aroha, atawhai, mana, marama kite whakahaere tikanga c puta ai te pai ki nga iwi c rua o Niu Tireni whiti atu ki era motu, a mate atu ia i te haeretanga kite whakahaere tikanga c tupu ai nga koroni. He nui te pouri me te mamae o te ngakau mo tona matenga ohoreretanga me te mahue panitanga iho o tana whaerere me tona whanau. He nui te hiahia kia pera ano nga whakaaro me te kaha ote Pirimia hou me te kaha me nga pai maha noa iho oto tatou Kaumatua oTe Hetana. Heoi. Na Matou, Rama Apakura, Na Ngatikauwhata katoa.