✨ Opening of Parliament
Numb. 52.
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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1928.
THE Third Session of the Twenty-second Parliament of New Zealand was
this day opened by the Governor-General, when His Excellency was pleased
to make the following statement of the causes of the calling of this Session of
Parliament together:—
HONOURABLE GENTLEMEN OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, AND GENTLEMEN OF
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:—
It is with pleasure that I again meet you in Parliament assembled.
My visits during the recess to different parts of the Dominion which I had
not visited before have further convinced me of the loyalty of the people of this
Dominion to the Crown, and I have much appreciated the warmth of the welcome
that has been extended to me.
Since I last met you a most important step towards the peace and security
of the world has been taken by the Government of the United States of America
in their proposal for a multilateral treaty for the renunciation of war. The
principal articles of the proposed treaty are—
(1) The high contracting parties solemnly declare, in the name of their
respective peoples, that they condemn recourse to war for the solution
of international controversies, and renounce it as an instrument of
national policy in their relations with one another.
(2) The high contracting parties agree that the settlement or solution of
all disputes or conflicts, of whatever nature, or of whatever origin
they may be, which may arise amongst them, shall never be sought
except by pacific means.
An invitation to become an original party to the treaty has been extended
to New Zealand by the United States through His Majesty’s Government
in Great Britain. My Ministers have in reply expressed their warm
appreciation of the invitation, and their readiness in co-operation with His
Majesty’s Governments in other parts of the British Empire to associate
themselves with the Government of the United States in this movement to add
greater security to the peace of the world, and to share in any negotiations
leading to the conclusion of the proposed treaty.
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🏛️ Opening of the Third Session of the Twenty-second Parliament
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration28 June 1928
Parliament, Opening, Governor-General, Treaty, War Renunciation
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