New Zealand Gazette – 1909 – No. 73

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✨ Prorogation of Parliament

Num. 73. 2277

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1909.

Meeting of the General Assembly for the Despatch of Business.

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 ninth day of the month of September, one thousand nine hundred and nine, to have been commenced and held, and to every of you: GREETING.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the Meeting of the General Assembly stands prorogued to the ninth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and nine: Nevertheless, for certain causes and considerations I have thought fit further to prorogue the same to Thursday, the seventh day of the month of October, one thousand nine hundred and nine, so that neither you nor any of you, on the said ninth day of September, at the City of Wellington, are to be held constrained to appear; commanding and by the tenor of these presents enjoining you and each of you, and all others in this behalf interested, that on Thursday, the seventh day of the month of October, one thousand nine hundred and nine, personally you be and appear for the DESPATCH OF BUSINESS, at half past two o’clock in the afternoon, in the Parliament Houses, situate in Bowen Street, in 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 eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine.

J. A. MILLAR.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

By Authority: JOHN MACKAY, Government Printer, Wellington.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1909, No 73

The Old Government Buildings (depicted) were completed in 1876 and initially housed the entire Wellington-based civil service as well as the entire New Zealand Cabinet. The Executive Council met there until 1948.

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🏛️ Prorogation of the General Assembly

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated8 September 1909
KeywordsParliament, General Assembly, Prorogation, Proclamation, Wellington
👩‍💼 Officials

Plunket, Governor
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
J. A. Millar

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