New Zealand Gazette – 1941 – No. 8

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✨ Government Proclamation

Numb. 8.

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THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

EXTRAORDINARY.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1941.

Assumption of the Administration of the Government of New Zealand by the Right Honourable Sir Michael Myers, Chief Justice.

MICHAEL MYERS,
Administrator of the Government.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS His late Majesty King George V was graciously pleased, by Letters Patent passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, and bearing date at Westminster, the eleventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, to constitute the office of Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Dominion of New Zealand and its dependencies: And whereas His said Majesty was also pleased, by a Commission under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet, bearing date at Saint James’s the twentieth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five, to appoint the Right Honourable George Vere Arundell, Viscount Galway, to be Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over the said Dominion and its dependencies during His said Majesty’s will and pleasure: And whereas His Majesty was pleased, by a Commission under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet, bearing date at Saint James’s the twenty-third day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, amongst other things, to appoint the Chief Justice of the said Dominion for the time being to administer the Government thereof in the case of the death, incapacity, or removal, or of the departure from the said Dominion of the Governor-General appointed under the said hereinbefore-in-part-recited Letters Patent, with all and singular the powers and authorities granted by the said Letters Patent: And whereas the said Right Honourable George Vere Arundell, Viscount Galway, departed from the said Dominion on the third day of February instant:

Now, therefore, I, Sir Michael Myers, Member of His Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, the Chief Justice of the Dominion of New Zealand for the time being, do hereby proclaim and declare that I have this day taken the oaths prescribed by the hereinbefore-in-part-recited Letters Patent before the Honourable Harold Featherston Johnston, one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the said Dominion, and that I have assumed the administration of the Government of the said Dominion under and by virtue of His Majesty’s said Commission.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 3rd day of February, 1941.

[L.S.]

P. FRASER,
Prime Minister.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

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

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🏛️ Assumption of the Administration of the Government of New Zealand

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated3 February 1941
KeywordsProclamation, Administration, Government, Chief Justice, Governor-General
👱🏽 Names

Michael Myers (Right Honourable Sir), Assumed administration of the Government
George Vere Arundell Galway (Right Honourable Viscount), Former Governor-General
Harold Featherston Johnston (Honourable), Witnessed the oaths

👩‍💼 Officials

Michael Myers, Administrator of the Government
P. Fraser, Prime Minister

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