New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 142

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✨ Military Service Proclamation

Num. 142. 3609

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1917.

Military Service Act, 1916.—Enrolment of All Classes of the Second Division of the Reserve.

[L.S.] LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by a Proclamation made in pursuance of section five of the Military Service Act, 1916, the enrolment of the First Division of the Expeditionary Force Reserve was proclaimed and directed on the first day of September, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen :

And whereas by a Proclamation approved in the Executive Council and made in pursuance of section five of the said Act, the enrolment of the Second Division of the Expeditionary Force Reserve was proclaimed and directed on the second day of September, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen :

And whereas thereafter on the fourth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, by Order in Council made in pursuance of section four of the said Act, the said Second Division was divided into six classes in manner set out in that Order in Council :

And whereas thereafter by Order in Council of the third day of September, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, the said classification of the Second Division was in certain respects amended :

And whereas it is expedient that the said classes of the Second Division should be forthwith enrolled :

Now, therefore, His Excellency 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 of the authority conferred upon him by section five of the Military Service Act, 1916, doth hereby proclaim and direct, the enrolment of all classes of the Second Division of the Expeditionary Force Reserve.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Member of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House at Wellington, this seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Approved in Executive Council.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1917, No 142

NZLII — NZ Gazette 1917, No 142

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🛡️ Proclamation for Enrolment of Second Division Reserve Classes

Domain🛡️ Defence & Military
Dated17 September 1917
KeywordsMilitary Service Act, Enrolment, Second Division, Reserve, Proclamation
👩‍💼 Officials

Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor-General
J. Allen, Minister of Defence
J. F. Andrews, Clerk of the Executive Council

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