23 SEPTEMBER
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
1605

The Standards Act 1941—Specifications Declared to be Standard Specifications

PURSUANT to the Standards Act 1941 and the regulations made thereunder, the Minister of Industries and Commerce, on 28 July 1965, declared the under-mentioned specifications to be standard specifications:

Number and Title of Specification Price of Copy (Post Free)
s. d.
NZSS 1994:1965 Flexible load-bearing urethane foam components (polyether type) for vehicles; being BS 3379:1961 6 0
NZSS 1996:1965 Rigid PVC extrusion and moulding compounds; being BS 3168:1959 3 0
NZSS 1997:1965 Glass for signs and recommendations on glazing for signs; being BS 3275:1960 3 0

Application for copies should be made to the N.Z. Standards Institute, Bowen State Building, Bowen Street, or Private Bag, Wellington C. 1.

Dated at Wellington this 14th day of September 1965.

R. J. SMITH,
Acting Executive Officer, Standards Council.

(S.I. 114/2/2:2707–09)

The Standards Act 1941—Amendment of Standard Specifications

PURSUANT to the Standards Act 1941 and regulations made thereunder, the Minister of Industries and Commerce, on 24 August 1965, amended the under-mentioned standard specifications by the incorporation of the amendments shown hereunder:

Number and Title of Specification Amendment
NZSS 910:1965 Trichloroethylene; being BS 580:1963 No. A
NZSS 1620:1963 Life jackets of wholly inherent buoyancy (other than those for commercial vessels and aircraft) No. 1

Application for copies of the standard specifications so amended should be made to the N.Z. Standards Institute, Bowen State Building, Bowen Street, or Private Bag, Wellington C.1, or to the Government Bookshops at Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch, or Dunedin. Copies of the amendments will be supplied, free of charge, upon request.

Dated at Wellington this 14th day of September 1965.

R. J. SMITH,
Acting Executive Officer, Standards Council.

(S.I. 114/2/3:1488–89)

Decision of the Indecent Publications Tribunal

IN the matter of the Indecent Publications Act 1963 and in the matter of an application by Transworld Publications Ltd., of London, in respect of a paperback edition of Another Country by James Baldwin.

DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL

THE Tribunal has been called upon to consider an application made by Transworld Publications Ltd., of London—with the consent of the Minister of Justice—in respect of a paperback edition of the book Another Country by James Baldwin—whether it is indecent or not, or alternatively for a decision as to its classification.

The application was made some time ago but the hearing had been adjourned, pending the outcome of an appeal to the Supreme Court regarding a paperback edition of Lady Chatterley’s Lover in respect of which the Tribunal—by a majority—had declined to impose a restriction limiting circulation to persons over 18 years of age. The Supreme Court (in a majority decision) rejected the appeal.

At the hearing before us Mr R. A. Heron, on behalf of the publishers, made brief submissions. No submissions were made on behalf of the Secretary for Justice.

Our decision in respect of the hard-back edition of Another Country—given in March 1964—was that the book, presenting as it does a powerful and forceful picture expressed sincerely and honestly, was not indecent. We made the observation that the dust cover was simple and dignified and that the price at which the book was sold—26s.—was a relevant consideration. In fact the book had been on sale for some time, and about 1,400 copies had been sold. We said too, that “were it to be published in a cheap edition with a suggestive cover our view might well be otherwise”.

The book as now submitted to us is a cheap edition—it is to be retailed at 6s. 3d.—but the cover is neither lurid nor suggestive. It is simple and dignified. Just as we held that the hard-back edition did not call for condemnation as indecent, so too, we hold the same opinion regarding the paperback edition now submitted to us.

We are not disposed to make any order restricting distribution and hold accordingly that the book is not indecent in terms of the Indecent Publications Act 1963.

[L.S.]
K. M. GRESSON, Chairman.
13 September 1965.

Road Closed by Order of the Maori Land Court

NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to section 425 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, the Maori Land Court has made orders dated 2 October 1964 firstly declaring those areas of road described in the first column of the Schedule to be closed and vesting the same in the owners of the land set out in the second column to the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT

ALL those pieces of public road situated in Block IV, Mahanga Survey District, described as follows:

Area Land
A. R. P.
1 1 35 Kawaitau 1.
1 1 3 Kawaitau 6.

As the same are more particularly delineated on Survey Office Plan No. 5449 and thereon coloured green.

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of September 1965.

B. E. SOUTER,
Deputy Secretary for Maori Affairs.

(M.A. 22/5; D.O. M.A. 8/3/105)

Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1954—Proposed Cancellation of Registration of Industrial Union

PURSUANT to section 85 of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1954, it is hereby notified that the registration of the Manawatu Woolscourers’ Industrial Union of Workers, Registered No. 2078, situated at Kakariki, will, unless cause to the contrary is shown, be cancelled on the expiration of six weeks from the date of the publication of this notice in the Gazette.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of September 1965.

H. G. DUNCAN,
Registrar of Industrial Unions, Department of Labour.

BELL HOOPER CROMWELL GOLD LTD.

IN the matter of section 338 of the Companies Act 1955 and in the matter of Bell Hooper Cromwell Gold Ltd., a dissolved company, notice is hereby given as follows:

1. That on the 10th day of June 1965 it came to the notice of the Secretary to the Treasury that the estate in fee simple of the above-named Bell Hooper Cromwell Gold Ltd. in all that piece of land situate in the Cromwell Survey District containing, first, 58 acres 3 roods 18 poles, more or less, being Allotments 42, 43, 44, and 45, Sarita Subdivision on the public maps of the Cromwell District, being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 265, folio 299 (Otago Registry), and secondly, 35 acres 1 rood 5 poles, being Allotments 37 and 38, Sarita Subdivision on the public maps of the Cromwell District, being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 265, folio 134 (Otago Registry), had vested in the Crown pursuant to section 337 of the above-mentioned Act.

2. That on the date aforesaid application was received by the Secretary to the Treasury for the Crown’s title to the said estate to be disclaimed.

3. That no such application as aforesaid was received by the Secretary to the Treasury with respect to the said estate before the date aforesaid.

4. That the Crown’s title to the said estate is hereby disclaimed.

Dated at Wellington this 30th day of August 1965.

J. S. CLENDON,

Solicitor to the Treasury acting for the Secretary to the Treasury pursuant to an instrument of delegation given under section 9 of the Public Revenues Act 1953.

Tariff Notice No. 1965/81—Review of Former Tariff Concessions

DECISIONS in respect of goods approved by the Minister of Customs under item 448 of the former Tariff, as set out in Schedule I hereto, are to be reviewed.

Persons desiring, or objecting to, the admission of any of these goods under Part II of the Tariff now in force should lodge submissions in writing on or before 14 October 1965.

Submissions, headed “448 Review”, should be prepared separately for each of the decisions listed, and addressed to the Comptroller of Customs, Private Bag, Wellington, supported by information as to:

(a) Full details of composition and nature of the goods;
(b) Purpose for which they are to be used;
(c) Quantity and frequency of importation (in terms of actual annual requirements);