New Zealand Gazette – 1952 – No. 9

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✨ Proclamation and Order in Council

Numb. 9

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY
Published by Authority
WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 1952

Proclamation Notifying the Demise of the Crown
[L.S.] FREYBERG, Governor-General
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS by section 4 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-General 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, Bernard Cyril, Baron Freyberg, the Governor-General 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 Sixth died at Sandringham House, Norfolk, on the 6th day of February, 1952.
Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, and issued under the Seal of New Zealand, this 7th day of February, 1952.
K. J. IIOLYOAKE

Death of His Majesty—Public Observance as to Mourning
FREYBERG, Governor-General ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 7th day of February 1952
Present:
THE HON. K. J. HOLYOAKE PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
HIS Excellency the Governor-General, having been advised of the lamented death of His Most Gracious Majesty King George the Sixth, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby enjoins as follows upon His late Majesty's loving and lamenting subjects in New Zealand in token of their grief and sorrow for the great loss the Commonwealth and Empire have sustained:

All ministers of religion and all congregations are invited on Sunday next, the 10th February, 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 New Zealand.
The New Zealand ensign shall be displayed at half-mast on all public buildings in New Zealand till sunset each day and until sunset of the day appointed for the funeral.
All ships in the various harbours of New Zealand are invited to display their ensigns at half-mast each day until and including the day of the funeral.
And, it is enjoined that on the day of the funeral all places of business and public entertainment be closed.
T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Price 6d.]
By Authority: R. E. OWEN, Government Printer, Wellington.

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🏛️ Proclamation Notifying the Demise of the Crown

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated7 February 1952
KeywordsProclamation, Demise of the Crown, King George VI
👱🏽 Names

Bernard Cyril Freyberg (Baron), Issued proclamation
VI George (King), Deceased monarch

👩‍💼 Officials

Bernard Cyril, Baron Freyberg, Governor-General
K. J. Holyoke

🏛️ Death of His Majesty—Public Observance as to Mourning

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated7 February 1952
KeywordsOrder in Council, Mourning, King George VI
👱🏽 Names

VI George (King), Deceased monarch

👩‍💼 Officials

Bernard Cyril, Baron Freyberg, Governor-General
K. J. Holyoke
T. J. Sherrard, Clerk of the Executive Council

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