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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 16

Commission appointing Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Cyril Louis Norton Newall to be Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of New Zealand.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1941.

THE following Commission, appointing Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Cyril Louis Norton Newall to be Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Dominion of New Zealand, is published for general information.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 85/1.)

[SEAL.]

GEORGE R. I.

George the Sixth, 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 Our Trusty and Well-beloved Sir Cyril Louis Norton Newall, Marshal of Our Royal Air Force, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of The Bath, Member of Our Order of Merit, Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Commander of Our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, on whom has been conferred the Albert Medal of the First Class, GREETING.

WE do, by this Our Commission under Our Sign Manual and Signet, appoint you the said SIR CYRIL LOUIS NORTON NEWALL to be, during Our pleasure, Our Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our Dominion of New Zealand, with all the powers, rights, privileges, and advantages to the said Office belonging or appertaining.

II. And We do hereby authorize, empower, and command you to exercise and perform all and singular the powers and directions contained in certain Letters Patent under the Great Seal bearing date at Westminster the Eleventh day of May 1917, constituting the said Office of Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief or in any other Letters Patent adding to, amending, or substituted for the same, according to such Orders and Instructions as the Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief for the time being hath already received, or as you may hereafter receive from Us.

III. And We do hereby appoint that so soon as you shall have taken the prescribed Oaths and have entered upon the duties of your Office, this Our present Commission shall supersede the Commission under the Sign Manual and Signet, of his late Majesty King George the Fifth, bearing date the Twentieth day of February 1935, appointing Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Cousin (now Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Cousin and Counsellor) George Vere Arundell, Viscount Galway, Lieutenant-Colonel on the Retired List and in the Reserve of Officers of Our Army, Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of Our Distinguished Service Order, Officer of Our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, to be Our Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our Dominion of New Zealand.

COMMISSION appointing
Marshal of The Royal Air Force SIR CYRIL LOUIS NORTON NEWALL, G.C.B., O.M., G.C.M.G., C.B.E., A.M., to be Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief, Dominion of NEW ZEALAND.

IV. And We do hereby command all and singular Our Officers, Ministers, and loving subjects in Our said Dominion, and all others whom it may concern, to take due notice hereof, and to give their ready obedience accordingly.

Given at Our Court at Saint James’s, this tenth day of February, in the Fifth Year of Our Reign.

By His Majesty’s Command,
P. FRASER.

By Authority: E. V. PAUL, Government Printer, Wellington