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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY.
Published by Authority,
WELLINGTON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1936.
Proclamation notifying the Demise of the Crown.
[L.S.] GALWAY, Governor-General.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by section four of the Demise of the Crown
Act, 1908, it is enacted that any demise of the
Crown shall not affect anything done in New Zealand before
the day whereon the Governor by Proclamation notifies
such demise, and all things done in New Zealand at any
time after such demise but before the day of the publication
of the Gazette containing the aforesaid Proclamation, and which
but for the said Act might be affected by any such demise,
shall have the same effect and be of the same force as if no
such demise had happened:
Now, therefore, I, George Vere Arundell, Viscount Galway,
the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in
pursuance of the provisions of the said section and for the
purposes thereof, do by this Proclamation hereby notify that
His Most Gracious Majesty King George the Fifth died at
Sandringham House, Norfolk, on the twentieth day of
January, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six.
Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued
under the Seal of that Dominion, this 21st day of
January, 1936.
M. J. SAVAGE.
GOD SAVE THE KING!
Death of His Majesty.-Public Observance as to Mourning.
GALWAY, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 21st day of
January, 1936.
Present:
THE HON. M. J. SAVAGE PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General, having been advised
of the lamented death of His Most Gracious Majesty
King George the Fifth, and acting by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby enjoin
as follows upon His late Majesty's loving and lamenting
subjects in the Dominion of New Zealand in token of their
grief and sorrow for the great loss the Empire has sustained:-
- All ministers of religion and all congregations are invited
on Sunday next, the twenty-sixth instant, and also on the day
appointed for the funeral of His late Majesty, to hold solemn
services of public worship and mourning on behalf of the
people of the Dominion. - The New Zealand ensign, with a scarf of crape attached
to the flagstaff one foot above the flag, shall be displayed at
half-mast on all public buildings in the Dominion till sunset
each day and until sunset of the day appointed for the
funeral. - All ships in the various harbours of the Dominion are
invited to display their ensigns at half-mast each day until
and including the day of the funeral. - All officers of the Government are enjoined to wear
mourning until further notified, and all other subjects of His
late Majesty are requested to do the same, in such manner
as their loyalty and feelings direct. - And, generally, until after the day of the funeral, it is
enjoined that all festivities of a public nature be suspended,
and that on that day all places of business and public enter-
tainment be closed.
C. A. JEFFERY,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
By Authority: G. H. LONEY, Government Printer, Wellington.
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🏛️ Proclamation notifying the Demise of the Crown
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration21 January 1936
Proclamation, Demise of the Crown, King George V, Death
- George Vere Arundell Galway (Viscount), Issued proclamation
- V George (King), Deceased monarch
- George Vere Arundell, Viscount Galway, Governor-General
- M. J. Savage
🏛️ Order in Council regarding public mourning
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration21 January 1936
Order in Council, Public Mourning, King George V, Funeral
- V George (King), Deceased monarch
- George Vere Arundell, Viscount Galway, Governor-General
- M. J. Savage
- C. A. Jeffery, Clerk of the Executive Council