Military Service Act Recruiting Districts




Numb. 109.

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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1916.

Military Service Act, 1916.—Constitution of Recruiting Districts.

WHEREAS by section 32 of the Military Service Act, 1916, it is
provided that the Minister of Defence may, for the purposes of
that Act, by order signed by him, divide New Zealand into such recruiting
districts as he thinks fit:
Now, therefore, I, James Allen, Minister of Defence for the Dominion
of New Zealand, do hereby, in pursuance of the authority so conferred
upon me, order and declare as follows:

  1. For the purposes of the Military Service Act, 1916, New Zealand
    is hereby divided into twenty-one recruiting districts under the designa-
    tions set out in the Schedule hereto.
  2. Each such recruiting district shall comprise the counties and other
    areas named or described in the Schedule hereto as comprised in that
    district.
  3. Each such recruiting district shall comprise all cities, boroughs,
    and town districts which are included within the exterior boundaries of
    any county comprised in that recruiting district.
  4. Each such recruiting district shall comprise all cities, boroughs,
    and town districts which are contiguous to the exterior boundary of any
    county comprised in that recruiting district, or which are contiguous
    to any other city, borough, or town district comprised in that recruiting
    district.
  5. If any city, borough, or town district is so situated that the appli-
    cation of the foregoing provisions would place it in two or more recruit-
    ing districts, such city, borough, or town district shall form part of such
    one of those recruiting districts as bears the lowest distinguishing number
    in the Schedule hereto.
  6. For the purposes of the foregoing provisions, a city, borough, or
    town district shall be deemed to be contiguous to the boundary of a
    county or of another city, borough, or town district, notwithstanding the
    fact that it is separated therefrom by a river, stream, or highway.
  7. Except so far as otherwise provided in the Schedule hereto, every
    island not comprised in any county, but adjacent to the coasts of New
    Zealand and within ten miles thereof or lying within any gulf, bay,


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🛡️ Constitution of Recruiting Districts under Military Service Act, 1916

🛡️ Defence & Military
26 September 1916
Military Service Act, Recruiting Districts, New Zealand, Minister of Defence
  • James Allen, Minister of Defence