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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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of His Majesty’s Forces, or any goods or merchandise belonging to or destined for or required by His Majesty, whether in New Zealand or elsewhere, for any purpose in connection with the present war; or

(d.) The manufacture, production, output, supply, delivery, or carriage of goods or articles in or in connection with any industry declared by the Governor in Council, pursuant to the foregoing provisions of these regulations, to be essential for the public welfare, or otherwise to interfere with the effective conduct of any such industry; or

(e.) The effective conduct of any undertaking of His Majesty which is requisite for the public safety during the present war.

4. “Seditious lockout” means any lockout, or transaction in the nature of a lockout, or combination, agreement, common understanding, or concerted action on the part of any employers, which is intended or has a tendency to interfere with—

(a.) The effective conduct of military or naval preparations or operations during the present war, whether in New Zealand or elsewhere; or

(b.) The manufacture production, output, supply, delivery, or carriage of goods or articles required by His Majesty, whether in New Zealand or elsewhere, for any purpose in connection with the present war; or

(c.) The lading, unlading, manning, equipment, despatch, or use of any vessel carrying or about to carry from New Zealand any of His Majesty’s Forces, or any goods or merchandise belonging to or destined for or required by His Majesty, whether in New Zealand or elsewhere, for any purpose in connection with the present war; or

(d.) The manufacture, production, output, supply, delivery, or carriage of goods or articles in or in connection with any industry declared by the Governor in Council, pursuant to the foregoing provisions of these regulations, to be essential for the public welfare, or otherwise to interfere with the effective conduct of any such industry; or

(e.) The effective conduct of any undertaking of His Majesty which is requisite for the public safety during the present war.

5. Nothing in these regulations shall be deemed to revoke or affect any other War Regulations already in force, and all such other War Regulations shall remain in full force and effect according to their tenor concurrently with the present regulations, but so that no person shall be punished twice for the same offence.

6. These regulations shall be read together with and deemed part of the War Regulations of the 10th day of November, 1914.

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

Declaring the Coal-mining Industry to be an Industry essential for the Public Welfare.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this sixteenth day of February, 1917.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR JAMES ALLEN, K.C.B., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by clause one of regulations relating to seditious strikes and lockouts, made under the War Regulations Act, 1914, and the amendments thereof, on the sixteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, it is provided that the Governor, if satisfied that any industry is essential for the public welfare, may by Order in Council declare that industry to be an industry essential for the public welfare: And whereas I am satisfied that the coal-mining industry is an industry essential for the public welfare:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on me as aforesaid, and of all other powers enabling me in this behalf, do hereby declare that the coal-mining industry is an industry essential for the public welfare.

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

By Authority: MARCUS F. MARKS, Government Printer, Wellington.