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SPECIAL ORDER
"THAT, pursuant to the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act
1950, the Manaia Town Council hereby declares, by way of
special order, that the plants mentioned in the Schedule hereto
are noxious weeds within the Town District of Manaia.

SCHEDULE
Barley grass (Hordeum murinum).
Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus and Rubus laciniatus).
Californian thistle (Cirsium arvense).
Caper spurge (Euphorbia lathyris).
Cape tulip (Homeria collina).
Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare).
Giant buttercup (Ranunculus acer).
Inkweed (Phytolacca octandra).
Nodding thistle (Carduus nutans).
Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea).
Winged thistle (Carduus tenuiflorus and Carduus pycnocephalus)."
Dated at Wellington this 5th day of February 1970.
G. J. ANDERSON, Assistant Director-General.
(Ag. 20649A)

Decision of the Indecent Publications Tribunal
No. 196
IN the matter of the Indecent Publications Act 1963, and in
the matter of an application to the Tribunal for a decision in
respect of the book The Song of the Loon, by Richard Amory,
published by Tallis Press, London.
DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL
THIS book, a paper-backed edition, priced in New Zealand
at $1.55, was submitted to the Tribunal by leave of the
Minister of Justice. Mr Downey appeared as Counsel for the
publishers.
It contains a fictional account of the experiences of an
Itinerant fur trapper among members of what is referred to
as the Red Indian Loon society, whose tolerant acceptance of
the homosexual and homosexuality are said to provide him
with the freedom of action and thought he has longed for.
The treatment is sentimental: we doubt whether the approach
is a sincere one. Homosexual acts are described with revolting
anatomical detail. The book has some literary merit but in
the opinion of the Tribunal its indecency outweighs such merit.
It is classified as indecent.
L. G. H. SINCLAIR, Chairman.
9 February 1970.

Decision of the Indecent Publications Tribunal
No. 197
IN the matter of the Indecent Publications Act 1963, and in
the matter of an application by Murdoch Riley, of Wellington,
company director, as agent for the publishers for a decision
in respect of the book Vice in Bombay, by Allen V. Ross, a
paper-back edition published by Tallis Press, London.
DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL
Vice in Bombay was originally published in the United States
of America under the title Bombay after Dark, and in that
form was a companion volume to two other books already
considered by the Tribunal and adjudged not indecent, namely
Mexico after Dark and Hong Kong after Dark.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 9

The present volume, however, differs from the others in its
unremitting pursuit and description of sexual adventures; its
altered title is a much more accurate summary of the contents
and clearly recognises the author's concern to see and savour
sexual sensations at any hour at all. The urgent desire of
author and publisher to share such experiences with their
readers is evident in the preliminary blurb: "A thousand and
one nights of ecstasy are yours in Bombay after Dark, with
... girls who go by the book—that is, the Kama Sutra and
its sixty-four positions; ... men who dress as women, but who
will perform with either sex; ... temple prostitutes who com-
bine their age-old calling with perverse religious rituals; ...
lesbians for hire—but only for husbands of bored wives; ...
men and women who use yoga to prolong the sex act to unbe-
lievable lengths of time: the sin people of Bombay—the
more bizarre your pleasure, the better they like it." The front
cover itself promises "Prostitutes ... child sex shows ... blue
films ... boy brothels ... a sin-soaked sexual abyss revealed
in all its shocking excess!"
From this kind of presentation there can be no appeal what-
ever to standards of accurate social reporting or an intelligent
concern to understand the mores of a society different from
our own. This book may inform incidentally but its pervasive
libidinous tone and its persistent presentation of the author's
own indulgences as surrogate experiences for the reader make
it quite clearly indecent within the meaning of the Act. We
therefore declare it to be indecent.
L. G. H. SINCLAIR, Chairman.
9 February 1970.

Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1954—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 Taranaki Motion Picture Projectionists Industrial Union
of Workers, Registered No. 1449, situated at 27 Dartmoor
Avenue, New Plymouth, is hereby cancelled as from the date
of the publication of this notice in the Gazette.
Dated at Wellington this 11th day of February 1970.
H. G. DUNCAN,
Registrar of Industrial Unions, Department of Labour.

The Standards Act 1965—Draft Amendment to New Zealand
Standard Specification

PURSUANT to subsection (3) of section 23 of the Standards Act
1965, notice is hereby given that the following draft amend-
ment is being circulated:
Number and Description of Draft
D 138 Draft amendment to NZS 1755 : 1965, Light gauge
copper tubes for water, gas, and sanitation.
All persons who may be affected by this amendment and
who desire to comment thereon may, on application, obtain
copies on loan from the Standards Association of New
Zealand, New Zealand Display Centre Building, Sturdee Street
(or Private Bag), Wellington 1.
The closing date for receipt of comment is 5 March 1970.
Dated at Wellington this 11th day of February 1970.
G. H. EDWARDS, Director,
Standards Association of New Zealand.
(S.A. 114/2/8)

New Zealand Post Office—Schedule of Civil Engineering, Building, and Housing Contracts of $20,000 or More in Value
Name of Work
Successful Tenderer Amount of
Tender
Accepted
$
Otahuhu-Remuera Ducts: Contract A
Pople and Green Ltd. ... 20,392.82
Otahuhu-Remuera Ducts: Contract B
Pople and Green Ltd. ... 21,964.80
E. W. DE LISLE, Engineer-in-Chief.