New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 128

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✨ War Regulations on Wool

Num. 128.

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THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1917.

War Regulations.—Sale and Purchase of Wool prohibited.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this tenth day of August, 1917.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Proclamation made on the twenty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, it was proclaimed that all wool of the then present season’s clip in New Zealand was thereby requisitioned by and on behalf of His Majesty for the necessary purposes of the present war, and in exercise of the prerogative right possessed by His Majesty in time of war in that behalf: And whereas by reason of the exigencies of the war it is necessary to obtain further supplies of wool for the purposes aforesaid, and to requisition accordingly for the use of His Majesty the wool-clip of New Zealand for the coming season: And whereas in view of such contemplated requisition, and for the purpose of more effectively providing for His Majesty’s necessities in respect of the war, it is expedient to prohibit in manner and to the extent hereinafter appearing the sale of wool otherwise than to the New Zealand Government on behalf of His Majesty:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of that Dominion, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on me by the War Regulations Act, 1914, do hereby make the following regulations under that Act.

REGULATIONS.

SAVE as hereinafter provided, it shall not be lawful for any person in New Zealand to purchase or agree or offer to purchase, whether as

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🛡️ Prohibition of Sale and Purchase of Wool

Domain🛡️ Defence & Military
Dated10 August 1917
KeywordsWar Regulations, Wool, Prohibition, Sale, Purchase
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Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor-General

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