JULY 15]

Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, licensed

IN pursuance of section 10 of the Friendly Societies Act, 1909,
His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
license
Garth Edward Button, Esquire,
of Auckland; to act as a Public Auditor under the Friendly Societies
Act, 1909.
W. NASH,
Minister in Charge of Friendly Societies.

Arbor Day
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 6th July, 1948.
IT is hereby notified that Wednesday, 4th August, 1948, is to
be observed as Arbor Day, and, in view of the national importance of tree planting, local bodies throughout New Zealand
are requested to organize suitable celebrations on that date.
Where, on account of local climatic conditions in any district,
the 4th August is deemed unsuitable, the local bodies affected are
invited to observe some other suitable day in that month.
W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

Exemption Order under the Transport Legislation Emergency Regulations 1940
Pursuant to the Transport Legislation Emergency Regulations 1940,* the Minister of Transport doth hereby order and declare
that the provisions of clause (4A) of Regulation 5, and the requirement in subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1 in Form No. 5 of the
Motor-drivers Regulations 1940, so far as they relate to the driving
of a motor-omnibus, shall not apply to the person hereinafter mentioned, but in lieu thereof the following provision shall apply :-
A motor-driver's licence issued under the Motor-drivers
Regulations 1940 to J. H. Wyatt, of Dargaville, may authorize him to drive a motor-omnibus for the purpose of carrying the school-children and teachers of the Arapohue School, Dargaville,
but shall not authorize him to drive a motor-omnibus for any other
purpose.
Dated at Wellington, this 8th day of July, 1948.
F. HACKETT, Minister of Transport.

• Statutory Regulations 1940, Serial number 1940/206, page 689.
  Approval of Application by Nelson City Council for Declaration of
  a Zone of Parking Restriction
  Pursuant to Regulation 3 of the Traffic Sign Regulations 1937, as amended by the Traffic Sign Regulations 1937,
  Amendment No. 1, the Minister of Transport doth hereby approve
  of the application made by the Nelson City Council for a declaration
  that the continuous parking of motor-vehicles shall be restricted
  to a maximum period of sixty minutes for any vehicle between the
  hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. in the zone of parking restriction described
  in the Schedule hereto.
  SCHEDULE
  ALL that portion of Trafalgar Street extending from the Chief
  Post-office to Trafalgar Square; portion of that part of Bridge
  Street between Haven Road and Collingwood Street; portion of
  that part of Hardy Street between Rutherford Street and Collingwood Street; and the whole of Alma Street. As the said area is
  more particularly delineated in blue colour on plan marked
  TT. 1983, deposited in the office of the Commissioner of Transport
  at Wellington.
  Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of July, 1948.
  F. HACKETT, Minister of Transport.
  (TT. 9/2/20.)
  The Servicemen's Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943.-Notice
  declaring Land taken for the Settlement of a Discharged Serviceman
  WHEREAS an application has been made for the consent of the Land Sales Court to a transaction which relates to the land described in the Schedule hereto and to which Part III
  of the Servicemen's Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943, applies :
  And whereas the Land Sales Committee to which the application
  has been referred is of opinion that the land to which the application relates is farm land suitable for the settlement of a discharged serviceman:
  And whereas the said committee, not being satisfied that the
  Crown had decided not to acquire or arrange for the acquisition
  of the land, did on the 21st day of April, 1948, make an order
  determining the basic value of the land and no appeal from the said
  order was made within the time prescribed by the said Act or within
  any further time allowed by the Court:
  And whereas the said land is not the land of any serviceman who is for the time being serving outside New Zealand in any of His Majesty's Forces or in any British ship:
  Now, therefore, the Minister of Lands, acting in pursuance of section 51 of the said Act, doth hereby declare that the said land
  is taken for the settlement of a discharged serviceman, and hereby
  specifies the 10th day of August, 1948, as the date on which the
  said land shall be deemed to be vested in His Majesty the King.
  SCHEDULE
  NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT
  All that parcel of land situated in Block II, Rodney Survey District,
  containing by admeasurement forty-nine (49) acres, more or less,
  being Allotment 143, Omaha Parish, and being all of the land described in certificate of title, Vol. 153, folio 199 (Auckland Registry).
  As witness my hand, this 13th day of July, 1948.
  C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.
  (L. and S. 36/1444/1605.)
  The Servicemen's Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943.-Notice
  declaring Land taken for the Settlement of a Discharged Serviceman
  WHEREAS an application has been made for the consent of the Land Sales Court to a transaction which relates to the land described in the Schedule hereto and to which Part III of the Servicemen's Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943, applies :
  And whereas the Land Sales Committee to which the application
  has been referred is of opinion that the land to which the application
  relates is farm land suitable or adaptable for the settlement of a
  discharged serviceman:
  And whereas the said committee, not being satisfied that the Crown had decided not to acquire or arrange for the acquisition of the land, did on the 2nd day of June, 1948, make an order determining the basic value of the land and no appeal from the said
  order was made within the time prescribed by the said Act or within
  any further time allowed by the Court:
  And whereas the said land is not the land of any serviceman who is for the time being serving outside New Zealand in any of His Majesty's Forces or in any British ship:
  Now, therefore, the Minister of Lands, acting in pursuance of section 51 of the said Act, doth hereby declare that the said land
  is taken for the settlement of a discharged serviceman, and hereby specifies the 12th day of August, 1948, as the date on which the
  said land shall be deemed to be vested in His Majesty the King.
  SCHEDULE
  OTAGO LAND DISTRICT
  All that parcel of land containing by admeasurement one hundred
  and seventy-six (176) acres two (2) roods thirty (30) perches, more
  or less, being Section 40, and parts of Sections 35 and 41, Block VI,
  Maungatua Survey District, and being part of the land in certificate
  of title, Vol. 196, folio 173 (Otago Registry).
  As witness my hand, this 3rd day of July, 1948.
  C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.
  (L. and S. 21/149/3394.)
  The Servicemen's Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943.-Notice
  declaring Land taken for the Settlement of a Discharged Serviceman
  WHEREAS an application has been made for the consent of the Land Sales Court to a transaction which relates to the land described in the Schedule hereto and to which Part III of the Servicemen's Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943, applies :
  And whereas the Land Sales Committee to which the application
  has been referred is of opinion that the land to which the application
  relates is farm land suitable or adaptable for the settlement of a
  discharged serviceman:
  And whereas the said committee, not being satisfied that the Crown had decided not to acquire or arrange for the acquisition of the land, did on the 2nd day of June, 1948, make an order determining the basic value of the land and no appeal from the said
  order was made within the time prescribed by the said Act or within
  any further time allowed by the Court:
  And whereas the said land is not the land of any serviceman who is for the time being serving outside New Zealand in any of His Majesty's Forces or in any British ship:
  Now, therefore, the Minister of Lands, acting in pursuance of section 51 of the said Act, doth hereby declare that the said land
  is taken for the settlement of a discharged serviceman, and hereby specifies the 12th day of August, 1948, as the date on which the
  said land shall be deemed to be vested in His Majesty the King.
  SCHEDULE
  OTAGO LAND DISTRICT
  All that parcel of land containing by admeasurement two hundred
  and sixty-three (263) acres two (2) roods ten (10) perches, more
  or less, being Sections 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25, and parts of Sections 26
  and 34, Block VI, Maungatua Survey District, and being part of
  the land in certificate of title, Vol. 196, folio 173 (Otago Registry).
  As witness my hand, this 3rd day of July, 1948.
  C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.
  (L. and S. 21/149/3394.)