✨ Death of Prime Minister
Num. 44. 1513
THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1906.
Premier’s Office,
Wellington, 11th June, 1906.
IT is with deep regret that I have to announce the death
of the Right Honourable RICHARD JOHN SEDDON, P.C., Prime
Minister of New Zealand, on board the S.S. “Oswestry
Grange,” at sea, on the evening of Sunday, the 10th day
of June, at twenty-three minutes past six o’clock, fifteen
hours after leaving Sydney for New Zealand.
Officers of the Government service throughout the
colony are relieved from duty for to-day and to-morrow, and
only urgent public business will be transacted until the
day of the funeral, when the whole of the public offices
throughout the colony will be closed.
WM. HALL-JONES.
By Authority: JOHN MACKAY, Government Printer, Wellington.
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NZ Gazette 1906, No 44
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🏛️ Announcement of Death of Prime Minister Richard John Seddon
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration11 June 1906
Death, Prime Minister, Richard John Seddon, Government closure
- Richard John Seddon (Right Honourable), Died at sea on 10 June 1906
- Wm. Hall-Jones
- John Mackay, Government Printer