RIGHTS OF GERMANS AND AUSTRIANS.
The following is the text of a Proclamation issued last night:— Whereas His Majesty is now at war with the German Emperor and with the Emperor 0! Austria and King of Hungary : And whereas certain subjects of the German Emperor and the Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary are now peaceably resident in the Dominion of New Zealand, and it is desirable to extend to them the protection of the laws of the said Dominion. Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Expontive Council of the said .j.-.i.uion, do hereby proclaim and declare that all subjects of the German Emperor or of the Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary being now peaceably resident within the said Dominion are, and at all times since the commencement of the present state of war have been, within the peace and protection of His Majesty in the same manner as if they were the subjects of His Majesty, and that they may sue and plead accordingly in all Courts of Justice within the said Dominion in respect of all contracts, rights, injuries, and other causes of matters whatsoever, saving always the prerogative right of His Majesty in time of war to do with such persons as aforesaid and with all other His Majesty’s enemies in all respects according to his good pleasure.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1287, 22 August 1914, Page 3
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247RIGHTS OF GERMANS AND AUSTRIANS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1287, 22 August 1914, Page 3
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