✨ Accession of His Majesty King George V Proclamation
Num. 44.
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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, MONDAY, MAY 9, 1910.
Accession of His Majesty.
PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this ninth day of May, 1910.
Present:
THE RIGHT HON. SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
HIS Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice of the Executive Council, doth hereby approve of the Proclamation set out in the Schedule hereto with respect to the accession of His Majesty King George the Fifth, and doth direct that the following formalities be observed in connection therewith:—
(1.) That the Proclamation be publicly read in the front of the Parliamentary Buildings at twelve noon on Tuesday, the tenth instant.
(2.) That in the case of public buildings all flags be mastheaded from twelve until sunset on Tuesday next, and thereafter be at half-mast until after the funeral of His late Majesty.
(3.) That, in the case of other than public buildings, and of ships, the observance of the last preceding clause be requested on the part of the public.
(4.) That the public be requested to observe a holiday between the hours of eleven a.m. and one p.m. on Tuesday next.
SCHEDULE.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS it has pleased Almighty God to call to His mercy our late Sovereign Lord King Edward the Seventh, of Blessed and Glorious Memory, by whose decease the Imperial Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and all other His late Majesty’s dominions is solely and rightfully come to the High and Mighty Prince George Frederick Ernest Albert: We, therefore, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, Joseph George Ward, a Member of His late Majesty’s Privy Council, Prime Minister of the said Dominion, and the Members of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, assisted by Members of both Houses of the General Assembly, Judges and Magistrates, Ministers of Religion, Mayors, Chairmen and Members of Local Bodies, and numerous other representative European and Maori citizens here present, do now hereby, with one full voice and consent of tongue and heart, publish and proclaim that the High and Mighty Prince George Frederick Ernest Albert is now by the death of our late Sovereign of Happy and Glorious Memory become our only lawful and rightful Liege Lord George the Fifth, by the grace of God, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India, Supreme Lord in and over the Dominion of New Zealand and its dependencies, to whom we do acknowledge all faith and constant obedience with all hearty and humble affection, beseeching God, by whom kings and queens do reign, to bless the Royal Prince George the Fifth with long and happy years to reign over us.
Given at Wellington, in the Dominion of New Zealand, this tenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten.
J. G. WARD.
J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
GOD SAVE THE KING!
By Authority: JOHN MACKAY, Government Printer, Wellington.
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NZ Gazette 1910, No 44
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🏛️ Proclamation of Accession of His Majesty King George the Fifth
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration9 May 1910
Accession, Proclamation, King George V, Royal Succession, State Funeral, Public Holiday
- Frederick Ernest Albert George (Prince), Successor to the Imperial Crown
- George George (King), New Sovereign of New Zealand
- Edward Edward (King), Late Sovereign
- Plunket, Governor
- Sir J. G. Ward, K.C.M.G., Presiding in Council
- Joseph George Ward, a Member of His late Majesty’s Privy Council, Prime Minister
- J. F. Andrews, Clerk of the Executive Council