New Zealand Gazette – 1916 – No. 16

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✨ War Regulations

Num. 16.

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THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1916.

Additional Regulations under the War Regulations Act, 1914.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this eleventh day of February, 1916.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is desirable, for the encouragement of recruiting in the Expeditionary Forces raised for service in the present war, that a distinctive badge should be issued to and worn by men who have served or offered to serve in that war, or who are for any proper reason exempt from any obligation to serve therein:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, 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, in pursuance of the War Regulations Act, 1914, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in that behalf, make the following regulations; and do, with the like advice and consent, declare that the said regulations shall come into force on the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

REGULATIONS.

THESE regulations shall be read together with and deemed part of the War Regulations made on the 10th day of November, 1914.
The Minister of Defence may approve of a badge to be worn by men who—

(a.) Have been enlisted or enrolled for active service in the present war but have not yet been called up; or

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1916, No 16

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🛡️ Additional Regulations under the War Regulations Act, 1914

Domain🛡️ Defence & Military
Dated11 February 1916
KeywordsWar Regulations, Badge, Recruiting, Expeditionary Forces
👩‍💼 Officials

Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor
W. F. Massey, P.C., Presiding in Council

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