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Address from Hon. Mahuta T. P. te Wherowhero, M.L.C, Henare Kaihau, M.H.R., and other Waikato Chiefs. Auckland, 18th June, 1906. There being many chiefs of the Maori tribes of the Waikato, Kawhia, Thames, Tauranga, and Taupo districts temporarily residing at Auckland, the Hon. Mahuta te Wherowhero, M.L.C, requested Mr. Henare Kaihau, M.H.R., to call them together on Tuesday last, and prepare an address of condolence and sympathy in connection with the death of the Premier, and to forward it to the Government. Among those present were Haora Tareranui, Patara te Tuhi, Te Para Haimona, Wirihana te Aoterangi, Anaru Eketone, and Rawiri Puhata, with a number of their people. The following address was agreed to:— " The lamentations of the chiefs and people of the tribes of the Waikato, Kawhia, Thames, Tauranga, and Taupo districts for the sudden death of the Right Honourable the Premier of New Zealand, Mr. Seddon. " Great are the lamentations, the darkness, and the sorrow of the Maori chiefs and people in consequence of the death of the father of the Maori people, the benefactor of the widow, the orphan, and the needy. Great is the honour we accord to him, because of the mighty works performed by him for the public benefit. He is now separated from us in this world, hence the great sorrow felt by us the people of these districts, and the whole colony. It is right to bid farewell to and mourn over Mr. Seddon, the Premier, who has been taken away by the Great Creator to the pillow which has no place where to fall, and to that bed which cannot be raised. Alas ! alas ! our grief and pain overwhelm us. Depart, 0, the mooring-post of the canoes of the two races. Depart, the mighty, towering totaratree of the forest; you have fallen by the axe of death, the irresistible ; death, the swallower of valuable greenstones. Although you have departed from among us, your virtues, your works, your love and affection, and your liberality to the people will not be forgotten by us. We retain the words of enlightenment which you afforded to us to be a guide and aid to carry out and complete your great works after you. It shall ever be to us as if you were still among us in this world directing us. Death is the great King of this earth ; it comes in many forms ; it has arbitrary power, and none can disobey its voice, be they ever so great or small; therefore we, the people, lament and sympathize. The heavens likewise have cried out, the storms arose, the lightning flashed, the thunder rolled across the sky ; the soft wind of the crying of the earth and the great stormy wind has passed through the forest; the other trees are sad, they cry, suffer, and groan with pain for the fall of the great totara-tree. Afterwards the people know of the death, and there is nothing greater than death. A man imagines he will continue for ever in the world, but he dies. The world thinks it rules itself, but when an earthquake shatters it, that is its form of death. In a similar way the waters think they have dominion, but when they dry up, that is their death. Stones rejoice in their hardness, and consider they cannot be broken up, but when they are shattered their death is accomplished. Death in its various forms rules everything, and cannot be averted. Thus arises the great pain and grief for you, our Premier, but in the midst of it we must not forget love to and condolence with the living. We tender our love, great sympathy, and heartfelt condolences to Mrs. Seddon and her family in their sad bereavement. May they be comforted in their great affliction and irreparable loss ! A man may be lost from his line, but the lines of hills built up by your beloved husband and father, and his fines of speech and action, cannot be removed, but will remain as a legacy to us all, to be treasured up in our hearts. Whence we may receive comfort and bind the fragments together, so that they may be conveyed to his tribes. And by thus doing it will be helpful towards assuaging the pain, darkness, and suffering of our hearts by the reflection that the great treasures left by our parent the Premier, the result of his life's labours in this world, will not be lost, but are duly appreciated, and will be ever remembered by succeeding generations. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but good works shall never pass away ; they live for ever." (Telegram.) Hon. Mahuta T. P. te Wherowhero. Hon. J. Carroll, Auckland. Huntly, 12th June, 1906. 0 Mr. Carroll ! Greetings to you, the representative of our elder who has now passed away to Po (the place of departed spirits). Great is the affection, the sadness, and the heart's lamentation. It, however, could not be averted, the World's Great One could not escape fate (death) which takes all the great ones of the world. Sufficient. Mahuta. Hou. J. Carroll, Auckland. Huntly, 12 Hune, 1906. E Timi, tena koe, te ahuatanga oto tatou kaumatua kua ngaro atu nei kite Po. Kei te nui te aroha me te pouri me te tangi ote ngakau. E taea te aha ite tangata nui oteao i a aitua. Nana i tango nga rangatira ote ao. Heoi. Mahuta. Friend, — Kohanga, Onewhero, Waikato, 19th June, 1906. Greeting to you in Aotea and Waipounamu. Greetings to you, the representative of our chief, who has passed away from us in this world. Go, the exalted one, go, go in the path that is for your chiefs ; go to the tribes ; go to the hapus ; go to the meeting-place of men in Po (the place of departed spirits) ; go, my chief This death, which overtakes each man, woman, and child, could not be averted. Go, my chief, go into the presence of the Heavenly Father. He will have you in his keeping. He will bless you. He will give you of all the blessed fruits of heaven now and for ever. Omy Chief ! this is a lament for thee, —