THE ALIEN DANGER.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 225, 21 September 1915, Page 9

THE ALIEN DANGER.

NEW REGULATIONS GAZETTED^ (By Teleiraph —Press Association ,i .WELLINGTON. Monday. A ''Gazette Extraordinary contain*', new- regulations under the War Regulations Act. By order of tho military . authority any alien who is reasonably . suspected of being disalTected and dan- . gi roi'.s may be arrested and detained during the authorities' pleasure, unless discharged by the Minister for Defence. ( No person shall incite or encourage via- l . lence. lawlessness, or disorder, or cm- ' j press any .seditious intention. No per- I ton shall print, publish, sell, distribute, 1 j orhaveinhis possession any document £ which incites violence, lawlessness or disorder, or expresses any seditious intention. No person shall sell, transfer, or supply, or procure any firearm or ammunition save in pursuance of a permit j issued under this regulation. No per- 1 son shall bring or cause to be brought or, gent into New Zealand any firearm or I ammunition save in pursuance of a per mit issued in that behalf under this regulation. The Minister for Defem :• may. from time to time. by notice published in the "Gazette," de-| clare any area as an area in which possession of firearms or ammunition [ without a permit i*. prohibited. No ]>er ! son shall carry a firearm or other dun gcrous weapon except for some law fill. . . c—",-r and sufficient purpose, and the _ ~burden of proving tho existence of such - ■pi'ij.o-e -hull lie upon accused. No person shall, by the discharge of fin- | arms, or in any other 'manner whatever, j endanger tho safety of any member ot the police force, or of the Defence forces. No person, without the written per mission of tho superintendent or inspo. tor of police, shall, on or in tho vicinity of any railway, dock, wharf, harbour or ihip. have in his possession any explo- , »|vc substance or highly inflammable liquid in quantities exceeding tho imme- | diate requirements of his business or Occupation. In thr*e retgiilalions terms "firearms" and "ammunition" shall not include — fai shotguns of tho kind ordinarily used in Now Zealand for sporting purposes; (hi ammunition ot the kind ordinarily vised for such shotguns: (c) firearms or ammunition tM'longing to or supplied by any department of the executive Government, and lawfully in the poMossion of any member of lbDefence force*, police force or any other person The Minister for Defence may by notice in the "Gazette." declare any highway adjoining or intersecting nny camp of military training or exorcise closed for traffic, except with consent of the military authorities.