Re Yellowlees' Application - [1953] NZLR 482

Mining — Coal Lease — Application for Coal Lease on State Forest Area — Letter from Conservator of Forests notifying Warden of No Objection to Grant of Lease and Supplying Conditions for Insertion in Lease — Crown later applying for Coal Lease over, inter alia, Same Area — Minister of Forestry notifying Intention to consent to Crown Application and not to consent to Original Application — Minister of Forest's Consent to Original Application effective as from Date of Conservator's Letter — Warden's Duty to Act thereon — Forests Act, 1949, ss 4(5), 35(1) — Coal Act, 1948, s 37 — Coal Mines Act, 1925, ss 3, 4(1)(f).