New Zealand Gazette – 1909 – No. 67

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✨ Prorogation of General Assembly

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NumB. 67.

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1909.

Further proroguing the General Assembly.

PLUNKET, Governor.

To the LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS of the Dominion of New Zealand, and
the MEMBERS elected to serve in the House of REPRESENTATIVES
of the said Dominion, summoned and called to a Meeting of the
General Assembly of the said Dominion, at the City of Wellington,
on the nineteenth day of the month of August, one thousand nine
hundred and nine, to have been commenced and held, and to every
of you : GREETING.

WHEREAS on the seventeenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and
nine, the General Assembly of New Zealand was prorogued to the nine-
teenth day of the month of August, one thousand nine hundred and nine, at which
time you were held commanded to appear : Now know ye that for divers causes and
considerations I have thought fit to relieve you and each of you of your attendance
at the time aforesaid, hereby convoking and by these presents enjoining you and
each of you that on Thursday, the ninth day of September next, you meet in
Parliament, at the City of Wellington, there to take into consideration the state
and welfare of the said Dominion of New Zealand, and therein to do as may seem
necessary.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable
William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the
Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor
and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty's Dominion
of New Zealand and its Dependencies ; and issued under
the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House, at
Wellington, this eleventh day of August, in the year of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine.

(L.S.)

D. BUDDO.

GOD SAVE THE KING !

By Authority: JOHN MACKAY, Government Printer, Wellington.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1909, No 67

After a massive fire destoyed the wooden Parliament complex in 1907, Old Government House (depicted) became the seat of Parliament until 1918. Demolished in 1969 to make way for the Beehive.

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏛️ Further proroguing the General Assembly

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated11 August 1909
KeywordsProrogation, General Assembly, Legislative Council, House of Representatives
👩‍💼 Officials

William Lee, Baron Plunket, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
D. Buddo
John Mackay, Government Printer

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