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Hokitika Guardian, 5 April 1929, Page 5

Two Acts passed at the 1928 session of Parliament—-the Auctioneers’ Act and the Public Deserves, Domains and National Parks Act—came into operation on April Ist. The Auctioneers’ Act, besides consolidating the existing law, also revises it and brings it up to date. Auctioneers are to be licensed bv Magistrates instead of local bodies, and are required to provide a bond tor £SOO before being permitted to carry in business. The Act also prescribes that all moneys received by an auctioneer on behalf of a client must be paid into a trust account, as a protection to the public. The Public Reserves, Domains, ancl National Parks Act is also largely a consolidating measure, but alters the principal Act materially in some respects. The Governor-Gen-eral may revoke the reservation of any reserve, subject to Parliamentary sanction in the case of reserves set apart for public health and recreation, the proceeds from which, if they are sold, must be invested in the purchase of lands for a similar purpose. Another section relatives to the number of days in which a charge may he made for admission to public reserves.