1938
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 70

SCHEDULE

Local Authority and Name of Loan
Amount
Consented
to
$
Otamatea County Council: Maungaturoto Water
Supply Loan (No. 2) 1967 ......
60,000
Upper Hutt City Council: Stormwater Drainage
Loan No. 3, 1967 ......
50,000
Whakatane Borough Council: Ancillary Flood
Protection Works Loan 1967
28,000
Dated at Wellington this 3rd day of November 1967.
S. C. PARKER, Assistant Secretary to the Treasury.
(T. 40/416/6)

The Indecent Publications Act 1963

IN the matter of the Indecent Publications Act 1963 and in
the matter of an application to the Tribunal for a decision
regarding the book Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby
junior, published by Calder and Boyars, London.

DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL

THE Tribunal has considered the application of the Secretary
for Justice for a decision in respect of the above-named
book—whether it is indecent or not or for some other decision
as to its classification. The Justice Department was represented
and in a letter made submissions drawing the attention of
the Tribunal to paragraph (a) of section 11 (1) of the
Indecent Publications Act 1963, and claiming that the dominant
effect of the book as a whole “outweighed its acknowledged
honesty of purpose”. The publishers made no submissions
as their agents hold no stocks in New Zealand at the present
time and the book would seem to have “run its course” here.
The book submitted is in a hard back edition selling in
England at 30s.

Last Exit to Brooklyn describes life in a district of New
York where an underprivileged and frustrated population is
reduced to the extremes of lawlessness and vice. The dominant
effect of the book may well be one of revulsion which could
nevertheless evoke salutary compassion and concern; it has
the stamp of honesty and anger; such a document should not
be ignored.

Its proper use however is not as casual reading for the general
public because it deals almost exclusively and in sickening
detail with the grossest forms of evil. We therefore classify
this book as indecent except in the hands of adults engaged
in work or research in sociological and related fields.

K. M. GRESSON, Chairman.
1 November 1967.

Indecent Publications Tribunal

I, Victor Worth Thomas, Comptroller of Customs, give notice
that I have applied to the Indecent Publications Tribunal for
a decision as to whether the book The Girls From Whisper,
No. 3, published by the Kings Cross Whisper, is indecent or
not or for a decision as to its classification.

Indecent Publications Tribunal

I, Victor Worth Thomas, Comptroller of Customs, give notice
that I have applied to the Indecent Publications Tribunal for
a decision as to whether the book Female Auto-Erotic
Practices, by Havelock Ellis, M.D., published by Monogram
Publications Inc., Inglewood, California, U.S.A., is indecent
or not or for a decision as to its classification.

Indecent Publications Tribunal

I, Victor Worth Thomas, Comptroller of Customs, give notice
that I have applied to the Indecent Publications Tribunal for
a decision as to whether the book Unusual Female Sex
Practices, by David O. Cauldwell, M.D., published by Banner
Books Inc., Inglewood, California, U.S.A., is indecent or not
or for a decision as to its classification.

Indecent Publications Tribunal

I, Victor Worth Thomas, Comptroller of Customs, give notice
that I have applied to the Indecent Publications Tribunal for
a decision as to whether the book Female Masturbation, by
G. Lombard Kelly, M.D., published by Monogram Publications
Inc., Inglewood, California, U.S.A., is indecent or not or for a
decision as to its classification.

Indecent Publications Tribunal

I, Victor Worth Thomas, Comptroller of Customs, give notice
that I have applied to the Indecent Publications Tribunal for
a decision as to whether the book Sexual Anatomy, by
Joseph Dow, M.D., published by Monogram Publications Inc.,
Inglewood, California, U.S.A., is indecent or not or for a
decision as to its classification.

Tariff Notice No. 1967/90—Revocation of Approval of
Textile Fabrics Under Part II, Reference 11.0 of the Tariff

NOTICE is hereby given that the approval in respect of all
woven textile fabrics containing man-made discontinuous
fibres and weighing more than 5½ oz per sq. yd., will be
revoked with effect from 31 December 1967.

This revocation covers all approvals of individual textile
fabrics and also the following decisions published under
Section XI and heading 58.04:

Section XI Tickings, mattress.
Heading 58.04 Woven pile fabrics being imitation fur
fabrics, but not including fabrics assem-
bled by sewing, gumming, or similar
operation.

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of November 1967.
V. W. THOMAS, Comptroller of Customs.

Tariff Notice No. 1967/89—Applications for Continuation of Approval

NOTICE is hereby given that applications have been made for continuation of the following approvals of the Minister of Customs:

Any person wishing to lodge an objection to the granting of these applications should do so in writing on or before 30 November 1967.
Submissions should include a reference to the application number, Tariff item, and description of goods concerned, be addressed to the
Comptroller of Customs, Private Bag, Wellington, and supported by information as to:

(a) The range of equivalent goods manufactured locally;
(b) The proportion of New Zealand and imported materials used in manufacture;
(c) Present and potential output; and
(d) Details of factory cost in terms of materials, labour, overhead, etc.

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of November 1967.

V. W. THOMAS, Comptroller of Customs.