New Zealand Gazette – 1914 – No. 88

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✨ Proclamation Regarding Rights of Germans and Austrians

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THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

EXTRAORDINARY.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1914.

Rights of Germans and Austrians resident in New Zealand.

[L.S.]

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS His Majesty is now at war with the German Emperor and with the Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary: And whereas certain subjects of the German Emperor and of the Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary are now peaceably resident in the Dominion of New Zealand, and it is desirable to extend to them the protection of the laws of the said Dominion:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby proclaim and declare that all subjects of the German Emperor or of the Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary being now peaceably resident within the said Dominion are, and at all times since the commencement of the present state of war have been, within the peace and protection of His Majesty in the same manner as if they were the subjects of His Majesty, and that they may sue and plead accordingly in all Courts of Justice within the said Dominion in respect of all contracts, rights, injuries, and other causes or matters whatsoever, saving always the prerogative right of His Majesty in time of war to do with such persons as aforesaid and with all other His Majesty's enemies in all respects according to his good pleasure.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Member 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 nineteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fourteen.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Issued in Executive Council.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE KING !

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🏛️ Proclamation on Rights of Germans and Austrians Resident in New Zealand

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated19 August 1914
KeywordsProclamation, War, Germans, Austrians, Residents, Legal Rights, Protection
👩‍💼 Officials

Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand
J. Allen, Minister of Defence
J. F. Andrews, Clerk of the Executive Council

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