✨ Governor's Speech on Opening Parliament
Numb. 51.
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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1906.
THE First Session of the Sixteenth Parliament of New Zealand was this day opened by the Governor, when His Excellency was pleased to make the following
S P E E C H.
HONOURABLE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,—
My pleasure at meeting you in Parliament assembled is marred by the death of my late Chief Adviser, the Right Honourable Richard John Seddon, who for more than thirteen years occupied the position of Prime Minister of this colony. His long and uninterrupted tenure of that high office, unparalleled, I believe, in the annals of the British Dominions, is the most convincing proof of the confidence reposed in him by the Parliament and people of New Zealand. It was, however, not in colonial affairs only that Mr. Seddon achieved a position of great eminence and responsibility, for, apart from the services he rendered to New Zealand, his ardent devotion to the great cause of the unity of the Empire made him a notable figure in the domain of Imperial politics.
The universal sorrow and sympathy evoked throughout the Empire show that his strenuous advocacy of great Imperial and democratic ideals was appreciated in other lands than our own, and it is fitting that, as the King’s representative, in the presence of the representatives of the people whom Mr. Seddon served so faithfully and so long, and in whose service he died, I should bear testimony to the loss which has been sustained by his untimely death.
At my request the Honourable William Hall-Jones undertook the formation of a Ministry, which has now assumed office.
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NZ Gazette 1906, No 51
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🏛️ Governor's Opening Speech for Parliament Session
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration28 June 1906
Parliament opening, Governor's speech, Death of Prime Minister, Seddon, Hall-Jones
- Richard John Seddon (Right Honourable), Late Chief Adviser and Prime Minister
- William Hall-Jones (Honourable), Formed new Ministry