New Zealand Gazette – 1916 – No. 144

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✨ Wool Requisition Proclamation

Num. 144. 3957

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1916.

Requisition of New Zealand Wool.

[L.S.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by reason of the exigencies created by the present war it is necessary that further supplies of wool should be obtained by His Majesty for the clothing and equipment of His Majesty’s Forces and for other purposes of the war: And whereas by Order in Council of the eighteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, the export of wool from New Zealand to any destination is prohibited, save with the consent of the Minister of Customs:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the prerogative right possessed by His Majesty in that behalf in time of war, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of that Dominion, do hereby proclaim that all wool of this present season’s clip in New Zealand is hereby requisitioned by and on behalf of His Majesty for the necessary purposes aforesaid in the manner and subject to the terms and conditions set out in the Schedule hereto.

THE SCHEDULE.

THE persons, firms, and companies mentioned in the Appendix I hereto, and hereinafter referred to as Government wool-brokers, will act as the agents of the Government of New Zealand in respect of the aforesaid requisition of wool.
All owners of wool shall, as soon as practicable, deliver their wool at the wool-store of a Government wool-broker at one of the following ports—namely, Auckland, Tokomaru Bay, Gisborne, Napier, Wanganui, Wellington, Nelson, Blenheim, Christchurch, Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin, and Invercargill.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1916, No 144

NZLII — NZ Gazette 1916, No 144

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🏭 Requisition of New Zealand Wool

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated21 December 1916
KeywordsWool, Requisition, War, Government wool-brokers, Export prohibition
👩‍💼 Officials

Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor

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