31 MARCH
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
577

National Roads Board—Notice Concerning the Stopping of Vehicles on Roads

It is hereby notified that pursuant to National Roads Board Bylaw 1958 No. 1*, the Board has by resolution carried at its meeting on 21 February 1966, prohibited the stopping of vehicles on those portions of State Highway No. 1 described in the schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE

No. 1 State Highway, Oamaru Borough.

(1) On the west side of Thames Street from its intersection with the north side of Severn Street at route mileage 370·70 and extending northwards for a distance of 224 ft.

(2) On the east side of Thames Street from its intersection with the north side of Coquet Street at route mileage 370·69 and extending northwards for a distance of 147 ft.

(3) On the south side of Severn Street from its intersection with the west side of Thames Street at route mileage 370·71 and extending westwards for a distance of 270 ft.

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of March 1966.

C. N. JOHNSON, Secretary.

*Gazette, 30 October 1958, No. 66, p. 1470

(N.R. 62/33/16)

Notice of Final Decision of the New Zealand Geographic Board Re Assigning of a New City Name

WHEREAS, pursuant to section 12 of the New Zealand Geographic Board Act 1946, notice was given on the 16th day of September 1965 of the intention of the New Zealand Geographic Board to assign the name Manukau to the new city in North Auckland Land District comprising the area of the former districts of the County of Manukau and the Borough of Manurewa:

And whereas, pursuant to section 13 (1) of the said Act, no objections have been received to the proposed name:

Now, therefore, pursuant to sections 14 and 15 of the said Act, notice is hereby given that on and after the date of publication of this notice in the Gazette, the name Manukau for the said city is a final decision of the Board.

Dated at Wellington this 15th day of March 1966.

R. P. GOUGH, Surveyor-General,
Chairman, New Zealand Geographic Board.

Decision of the Indecent Publications Tribunal

IN the matter of the Indecent Publications Act 1963 and in the matter of an application by the Comptroller of Customs in respect of two books—The Jewel in the Lotus by Allen Edwardes and Love Locked Out by James Cleugh.

DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL

THE Tribunal has been called upon to consider applications by the Comptroller of Customs in respect of two books: The Jewel in the Lotus by Allen Edwardes, and Love Locked Out by James Cleugh. Both have been published by Tandem Books Ltd., of 33 Beauchamp Place, London.

There was no appearance on behalf of the Comptroller of Customs nor on behalf of the publisher’s representatives in New Zealand. Accordingly no submissions were made to the Tribunal.

Love Locked Out is described on the cover as a survey of love licence and restriction in the Middle Ages which indeed it is. We do not regard it as having any great merit but it is a seriously written work expressing in particular the point of view that freedom in sexual matters has been unnecessarily inhibited by religious prejudices over a long period of time. We do not think any ban on its circulation is called for and decide accordingly that it is not indecent in terms of the Indecent Publications Act 1963.

Jewel in the Lotus is a book of somewhat different character. It is sub-titled a Historical Survey of the Sexual Culture of the East. It contains a description of the customs and practices of sexual life in the Orient and as such must be regarded as a serious work. We see no reason why an adult should be denied the opportunity of reading this study but because of the description of perverse practices we must regard it as unsuitable reading for young people. Though we are not prepared to impose a general ban we think its circulation should be restricted to persons of 18 years or over and so determine.

We should add that Mrs Black, recently appointed to act on the Tribunal during the absence in England of Mrs Cochran, not having had the opportunity to read these books, does not participate in our decision regarding them.

K. M. GRESSON, Chairman.

25 March 1966.

Decision of the Indecent Publications Tribunal

IN the matter of the Indecent Publications Act 1963 and in the matter of an application by the Comptroller of Customs in respect of 11 paperbacks enumerated below.

DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL

THE Tribunal has been called upon to consider an application made by the Comptroller of Customs in respect of 11 books enumerated below—for a decision regarding each whether it is indecent or for a decision as to its classification.

The books submitted are:—

1. Beyond Love by Kay Addams as told to Orrie Hitt.
2. Army Wife by Della Bannion as told to Con Sellers.
3. Passion Patients by Nurse Karen Gregg as told to Con Sellers.
4. Insatiable by Adam Coulter.
5. Cindy’s Many Passions by Jack Cascio.
6. The Tenth Bed by Jack Lynn.
7. Seduction Seminar by J. J. Proferes.
8. Anything—I’ll do Anything by Frank Cannon.
9. And Men my Food by Marcia Hall as told to Con Sellers.
10. The Love Seekers by Orrie Hitt.
11. The Passion Teacher by Philip Storey.

There was no appearance on behalf of the Comptroller of Customs nor of the publisher’s representative in New Zealand. Accordingly no submissions were made to the Tribunal.

All the 11 paperbacks are published by Novel Books Incorporated, Chicago, U.S.A. Each has an imprint on the left hand top corner of the cover “For Adults”. Each carries on the cover a brief synopsis of the plot calculated to emphasise the elements of sex or violence the book narrates; and on the front end paper of each an episode is described in such a way as to extend or heighten this emphasis. The covers are decorated with coloured photographs, some unexceptionable, some garish; but all are consistent with the interest emphasised in the titles, the cover synopsis and end paper extracts or paraphrases.

The first three books belong to a series called First Person Exclusive; so does the ninth. Numbers eight, four, five, and seven bear the description Taboo Original Novel, as do also the tenth and eleventh. Number six is termed a Tokey Wedge Exclusive—more fully, “Jack Lynn’s newest Tokey shocker”.

The first six above all exploit sex, violence, crime, perversion and cruelty in various mixtures. We have taken care to describe the form of production in order to sustain the word “exploit”. It is a frequent mark of indecent publications that, directly or implicitly, they display a concentrated appeal to the lowest tastes of readers. These books have little or no artistic merit. There is one which has some, being strongly plotted and well constructed, but not enough to outweigh its objectionable features. We regard all six as indecent and so hold.

As regards the last five listed above it is not possible to press so strongly the objections which have determined the Tribunal’s opinion of the others. The weightiest objection may be to the style of presentation described above, which may induce a reader to think them more lurid than they really are. In that event he will have to thank himself as well as the publishers and writers for his disappointment. On the whole we find these five books no worse than many now circulating in the community and apparently accepted. We do not think we should be justified in classifying them as indecent.

The Tribunal accordingly decides that the first six listed above are indecent within the meaning of the Indecent Publications Act but no such classification is made in respect of the last five listed, which accordingly we hold to be not indecent.

K. M. GRESSON, Chairman.

25 March 1966.

Order Prescribing Standard Terms and Conditions

PURSUANT to section 26A of the Air Services Licensing Act 1951, the Air Services Licensing Authority hereby orders that Part B of the Order Prescribing Standard Terms and Conditions dated the 20th day of August 1959 and published in the Gazette, on the 24th day of September 1959, is hereby revoked and that the terms and conditions set out hereunder be substituted therefor:

“B. In respect of Licences for Aerial Work Services:

2A. Unless otherwise ordered by the Licensing Authority in respect of a particular licence, the following standard terms and the meaning thereof shall be applicable in all licences for aerial work services in so far as they may apply to the type or types of such services as are authorised in the licences:

(i) “Aerial topdressing service” means any service by aircraft (whether fixed-wing or rotary-wing) for hire or reward whereby any fertiliser or lime is released from aircraft during flight in such a manner as to provide for the direct application of the material to the soil or to plant life thereon.

(ii) “Aerial insecticide pellet service” means any service by aircraft (whether fixed-wing or rotary-wing) for hire or reward whereby any pellets (including