New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 134

Page 3323

✨ War Regulations Notice

No. 134. 3323

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1917.

Notice under the War Regulations declaring certain Companies, Firms,
and Persons to be Enemies; also removing Others from List.

WHEREAS the Attorney-General for the Dominion of New Zealand
is satisfied that the companies, firms, and persons mentioned in
the First Schedule hereto are carrying on business to a substantial
extent for the benefit of alien enemies resident out of New Zealand:

Now, therefore, I, Alexander Lawrence Herdman, His Majesty's
Attorney-General for the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby, in
pursuance of clause 20 of the War Regulations of the 3rd day of April,
1916, under the War Regulations Act, 1914, declare each of the com-
panies, firms, and persons mentioned in the First Schedule hereto to be
an enemy; and do also, in pursuance of the said clause 20, revoke the
notices in the Gazette of the 30th June, the 11th August, the 6th Sep-
tember, and the 24th October, 1916, and the 5th February, the 27th
April, the 16th May, the 19th June, and the 30th July, 1917, declaring
certain companies, firms, and persons to be enemies in so far as they
relate to the companies, firms, and persons mentioned in the Second
Schedule hereto.

Dated this 25th day of August, 1917.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

ADDITIONS TO LIST.

Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

All companies, firms, or persons whose names appear in the Statutory
List under any one or more of these three countries are included in
the Statutory List for each and all of these three countries.

Bennevitz, R., Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Dávila, José, Calle Bartolome Mitre 857, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Eppenstein, P., and Company, Passo de Julio 643, Buenos Aires, Argen-
tina.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1917, No 134

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⚖️ Declaration of Enemy Companies, Firms, and Persons

Domain⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Dated25 August 1917
KeywordsWar Regulations, Enemy Declaration, Companies, Firms, Persons
👱🏽 Names

R. Bennevitz, Declared an enemy
José Dávila, Declared an enemy
P. Eppenstein, Declared an enemy

👩‍💼 Officials

Alexander Lawrence Herdman, His Majesty's Attorney-General for the Dominion of New Zealand

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