New Zealand Gazette – 1936 – No. 6

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✨ Accession of His Majesty

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THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY.

WELLINGTON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1936.

Accession of His Majesty.

GALWAY, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 22nd day of January, 1936.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice of the Executive Council, doth hereby approve of the Proclamation set out in the Schedule hereto with respect to the accession of His Majesty King Edward the Eighth, and doth direct that the following formalities be observed in connection therewith :—

(1) That the Proclamation be publicly read in the front of Parliament Buildings at eleven a.m. on Thursday, the twenty-third instant.

(2) That in the case of public buildings, all flags be mast-headed from eleven until sunset on Thursday next, and thereafter be at half-mast until after the funeral of His late Majesty.

(3) That, in the case of other than public buildings, and of ships, the observance of the last preceding clause be requested on the part of the public.

(4) That the public be requested to observe a holiday between the hours of ten a.m. and twelve noon on Thursday next.

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SCHEDULE.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it hath pleased Almighty God to call to His mercy our late Sovereign Lord King George the Fifth, of Blessed and Glorious Memory, by whose decease the Imperial Crown of Great Britain, Ireland and all other His late Majesty's dominions is solely and rightfully come to the High and Mighty Prince Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David.

We, therefore, George Vere Arundell, Viscount Galway, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, Michael Joseph Savage, Prime Minister of the said Dominion, and the Members of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, assisted by Members of both Houses of the General Assembly, Judges and Magistrates, Ministers of Religion, Mayors, Chairmen and Members of Local Bodies, and numerous other representative European and Maori citizens here present, do now hereby, with one voice and consent of tongue and heart, publish and proclaim that the High and Mighty Prince Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David is now, by the death of our late Sovereign of Happy Memory, become our only lawful and rightful Liege Lord Edward the Eighth, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India: To whom we do acknowledge all faith and constant obedience, with all hearty and humble affection; beseeching God, by whom kings and queens do reign, to bless the Royal Prince Edward the Eighth with long and happy years to reign over us.

Given at Wellington in the Dominion of New Zealand, this twenty-third day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six.

GOD SAVE THE KING !

C. A. JEFFERY,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

By Authority: G. H. LONEY, Government Printer, Wellington.

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🏛️ Order in Council regarding the accession of His Majesty King Edward the Eighth

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated22 January 1936
KeywordsAccession, Proclamation, King Edward the Eighth, King George the Fifth, Public Holiday, Flags
👱🏽 Names

George Vere Arundell Galway (Viscount), Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand
Michael Joseph Savage, Prime Minister of the Dominion of New Zealand
Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David (King), Proclaimed as King Edward the Eighth
George (King), Late Sovereign Lord King George the Fifth

👩‍💼 Officials

George Vere Arundell, Viscount Galway, Governor-General
C. A. Jeffery, Clerk of the Executive Council

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