4 DECEMBER
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
2541
SECOND SCHEDULE
Maori Land Development Notice Hamilton 1969, No. 97.
Dated at Wellington this 24th day of November 1969.
For and on behalf of the Board of Maori Affairs.
E. W. WILLIAMS,
for Secretary for Maori and Island Affairs.
(M. and I.A. H.O. 62/23, 15/2/326; D.O. 23/168)

Decisions of the Indecent Publications Tribunal
No. 184-187
IN the matter of the Indecent Publications Act 1963, and in
the matter of an application to the Tribunal for decisions in
respect of the following books, all published by Lancer Books
Incorporated, New York—
The Secret Diary of Ho Chi Minh’s Daughter.
Bestseller.
Mistress of Bayou Labelle.
My Secret Life with Older Women.
DECISIONS OF THE TRIBUNAL
THESE books have been considered by the Tribunal upon the
application of the Comptroller of Customs. In respect of each
book the Tribunal decides as follows:
The Secret Diary of Ho Chi Minh’s Daughter, by Lanh Ba.
This paper-back book, the true authorship of which is
described as a literary mystery, purports to tell the story of a
young Vietnamese girl who, after seduction by a priest, becomes
a prostitute in Saigon. Finally, by blackmail, she induces a U.S.
serviceman to marry her and take her to New York. After her
marriage has broken up she resumes her former way of life.
The emphasis throughout is on sex, perversion, and homo-
sexual practices and the narrative is so presented as to be
calculated to excite prurient interest. The title is misleading, for
the basis of the young woman’s relationship with Ho Chi Minh
is clearly a fabrication.
The Tribunal is of the opinion that the book is indecent
within the meaning of the Act, and classifies it accordingly.
Bestseller, by Toni Freedman.
This paper-back book is described on its suggestive cover as
“The electrifying, sensational novel of a genuine, 24 carat, all-
American bitch”.
It certainly measures up to this description in its detailed
account of the sexual adventures of a young lady who wrote
a best seller. The emphasis is on sex, presented in a false and
debased light. Drug-taking and various perversions are added
for good measure, to complete a sordid picture which is quite
meretricious and could very well be harmful.
We classify it as indecent.
Mistress of Bayou Labelle, by Lou Cameron.
This paper-back tells the story of a New Orleans prostitute
who, by deceit and murder, gains title to a plantation. It is
highly coloured, but not entirely without merit, set as it is
against a background which provides a picture of plantation
life at the time. The author has, however, thought fit to include
descriptions of sexual torture and other features which we
consider are presented in a manner calculated to exploit
prurient interest. It offends against almost every provision of
the Act which we are obliged to take into account.
We classify it as indecent.
My Secret Life with Older Women, by James Blaine.
This paper-back tells of the sexual adventures of a young
“spiv” in the field of gerontophilia. It portrays in crude terms
how this hero, by his sexual progress with older and thwarted
women, extracts from them extensive wealth. It ends with a
gloating description of a shockingly violent murder in the
midst of a sexual orgy. Its whole tone is antisocial.
It is clearly indecent and we classify it as such.
F. McCARTHY, Deputy Chairman.
24 November 1969.
Decisions of the Indecent Publications Tribunal
No. 188 and 189
IN the matter of the Indecent Publications Act 1963, and in
the matter of an application by the Comptroller of Customs
for decisions in respect of—

1. Sons of the Sun, the authors being A. Baege, Hannelore
   Mehner, Reinhard Thomas, and Klaus Uhse; published by
   Book Horizons, Harrow, Middlesex, England.
2. Sons of Sun and Health. The authors are Spencer Martin-
   dale and Doris Milward. Published by Sun and Health
   Ltd., Harrow, Middlesex, England.
   DECISIONS OF THE TRIBUNAL
   Both these books were imported by the Waverley Publishing
   Co. Ltd. with the consent of the Comptroller, so that they
   could be submitted to the Tribunal for classification.
   The first book is a colour photo album of nude males. Apart
   from two possible exceptions, there is nothing harmfully
   suggestive in the work. We classify it as not indecent.
   The second book differs from the first only in that the photo-
   graphs of nude males are accompanied by some text, dealing
   with the history of nudism and the approach over the years to
   the unclad human form. The text is well written, factual, and
   quite dispassionate. We classify this book as not indecent.
   F. McCARTHY, Deputy Chairman.
   24 November 1969.
   Decisions of the Indecent Publications Tribunal
   No. 179-183
   IN the matter of the Indecent Publications Act 1963, and in
   the matter of an application by Murdock Riley, of Wellington,
   company director, as agent for the publishers, for decisions in
   respect of the following books—
   A Courtesan’s Caresses.
   Coupled.
   Sexualis '69.
   Between Two Women.
   My Bed is Not for Sleeping.
   DECISIONS OF THE TRIBUNAL
   THE application is made by leave of the Acting Minister of
   Justice. Mr Downey appeared in support of the application.
   In respect of each book the Tribunal decides as follows:
   A Courtesan’s Caresses; a paper-back book, written by Anne
   Zorine and published by Brandon House, of California..
   The price of the book in New Zealand is $2.20. Despite a
   psychological and semi-philosophical introduction, entitled
   Maori Land Development Notice
   WHEREAS by Maori Land Development Notice Hamilton 1969,
   No. 96, a certain notice under Part XXIV of the Maori Affairs
   Act 1953 is revoked:
   Now, therefore, in replacement of such notice, the Board of
   Maori Affairs, acting pursuant to section 330 of the Maori
   Affairs Act 1953, hereby gives notice as follows.
   NOTICE
3. This notice may be cited as Maori Land Development
   Notice Hamilton 1969, No. 97.
4. The land described in the Schedule hereto is hereby
   declared to be subject to Part XXIV of the Maori Affairs Act

5. SCHEDULE
   SOUTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT
   ALL those pieces of land described as follows:
   A. R. P.
   Being
   14 0 0 Lot 125, Parish of Tamahere, situated in Block IV,
   Hamilton Survey District. All certificate of title,
   Volume 602, folio 49.
   29 3 0 Lot 126, Parish of Tamahere, situated in Block IV,
   Hamilton Survey District. All certificate of title,
   Volume 20, folio 101.
   6 2 38.8 Lot 128A 2, Parish of Tamahere, situated in Block
   IV, Hamilton Survey District. All certificate of
   title, Volume 3A, folio 251.
   11 0 27 Lot 128B 2, Parish of Tamahere, situated in Block
   IV, Hamilton Survey District. All certificate of
   title, Volume 634, folio 23.
   8 2 30 Lot 130B, Parish of Tamahere, situated in Block IV,
   Hamilton Survey District. All certificate of title,
   Volume 3A, folio 252.
   29 3 37 Lot 154, Parish of Tamahere, situated in Block IV,
   Hamilton Survey District. All certificate of title,
   Volume 602, folio 50.
   Dated at Wellington this 24th day of November 1969.
   For and on behalf of the Board of Maori Affairs.
   E. W. WILLIAMS,
   for Secretary for Maori and Island Affairs.
   (M. and I.A. H.O. 15/2/326; D.O. 23/168)