22 JULY
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
1453

Reservation of Land

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PURSUANT to the Land Act 1948, the Minister of Lands hereby sets apart the land described in the Schedule hereto as a reserve for education (pre-school) purposes.

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SCHEDULE

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT—WALLACE COUNTY

SECTION 36, Maori Hill Settlement (formerly part Section 17), situated in Block XI, Wajau Survey District: area, 1 acre 1 rood 5.7 perches, more or less (S.O. Plan 8011).

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of July 1971.

DUNCAN MACINTYRE, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 6/6/1043; D.O. 8/57)

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Reservation of Land and Appointment to Control and Manage

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PURSUANT to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, the Minister of Lands hereby sets apart the lands described in the Schedule hereto as a reserve for a site for a public hall and further, pursuant to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, appoints the Eastern Districts Sports Association Incorporated to control and manage the said reserve, subject to the provisions of the said Act.

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SCHEDULE

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT—WAIHEMO COUNTY

SECTION 77 (formerly part Section 75), Block XXXIII, Town of Palmerston: area, 34 perches, more or less (S.O. Plan 17134).

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of July 1971.

DUNCAN MACINTYRE, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 1/805; D.O. 8/4/59)

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Amending and Assigning Foreshore Licence for a Stock Loading Ramp at Port Fitzroy, Great Barrier Island

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PURSUANT to the Harbours Act 1950, the Minister of Marine and Fisheries hereby gives notice that the licence of 11 May 1966* authorising M. T. Burrill Ltd., Frederick Leslie Mabey, Murray John Mabey, Irene Amy Francis Hale, Reginald Garth Cooper, and Patricia Mavis Cooper, acting as trustees for the Port Fitzroy Stock Loading Committee, to use and occupy part of the foreshore and bed of the sea at Port Fitzroy, at Great Barrier Island as a site for a stock loading ramp as shown on plan M.D. 12296, is hereby amended as from 1 June 1970 by deleting the wharfage scale in the Second Schedule and substituting the following wharfage scale:

Cattle 12 months of age and over (each) ....... 30
Cattle under 12 months of age (each) ....... 20
Sheep (each) ....... 3

and further gives notice that the aforesaid licence is hereby assigned to the North Barrier Residents’ and Ratepayers’ Association (Inc.).

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of July 1971.

ALLAN MCCREADY, Minister of Marine and Fisheries.

*New Zealand Gazette, 26 May 1966, p. 857

(M. 54/8/26)

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No. 296

Decision of the Indecent Publications Tribunal

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IN the matter of the Indecent Publications Act 1963, and in the matter of an application by Murdoch Riley, company director, Wellington, as agent for the publishers for a decision in respect of the book How to Succeed with (the Opposite) Sex by Bert I. Gordon, published by Holloway House, Los Angeles.

Mr P. J. Downey appeared on behalf of the applicant and made submissions.

DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL

THIS book-of-the-film is written by the director and illustrated with stills from the film.

It is a satiric romp, at the expense of permissiveness and pornography, in which the hero, following a guide book, sets out as a matter of principle and male pride to “succeed” with his fiancée before marrying her. Cleverly compounded of parody, fantasy, spoof, and hilarity, the book could tend to corrupt only those too young to see the joke.

The Tribunal classifies the book as indecent in the hands of persons under the age of 16 years.

R. S. V. SIMPSON, Chairman.

13 July 1971.

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No. 297

Decision of the Indecent Publications Tribunal

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IN the matter of the Indecent Publications Act 1963, and in the matter of an application by the Comptroller of Customs for a decision in respect of the book The Bachelor’s Jokebook by Juliet Lowell, published by New English Library, London.

There was no appearance of the applicant nor of the publisher’s representative in New Zealand. Accordingly no submissions were made.

DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL

THIS book consists of over 100 pages of jokes invented or collected by Juliet Lowell who in the foreword is described as author of 12 best-selling books, contributor to the Encyclopaedia Britannica (on war humour), accomplished lecturer, scriptwriter, etc.

Given the appropriate setting some of these jokes might cause amusement but most of them are feeble, aged, crude, or offensive, serving merely to trivialise and debase; they do nothing to merit the permanence of print.

The Tribunal classifies the book as indecent.

R. S. V. SIMPSON, Chairman.

13 July 1971.

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No. 298

Decision of the Indecent Publications Tribunal

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IN the matter of the Indecent Publications Act 1963, and in the matter of an application by Murdoch Riley, company director, Wellington, as agent for the publishers, for a decision in respect of the book Sex Change and Deviations by Gilbert Oakley, published by Morntide Ltd., London.

Mr Downey appeared for the applicant and made submissions.

DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL

THE offensive cover does this book a disservice. It would seem that the publisher’s aim is not the same as the author’s.

This book is an informative account of the transvestite and the transexual. It includes popular-style case histories and personal evidence but the main emphasis is on analysis, comment, and discussion; details of psychological and surgical treatment are given in an objective, straightforward manner.

To those people wishing to understand the problems of sexual ambiguity but not disposed to tackle specialist textbooks this could well prove helpful.

The Tribunal classifies the book as indecent in the hands of persons under the age of 16 years.

R. S. V. SIMPSON, Chairman.

13 July 1971.

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No. 299

Decision of the Indecent Publications Tribunal

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IN the matter of the Indecent Publications Act 1963, and in the matter of an application by the Comptroller of Customs for a decision in respect of the book Eff Off by Sandy Hutson, published by Pan Books Ltd.

There was no appearance of the applicant nor of the publisher’s representative in New Zealand. Accordingly no submissions were made.

DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL

THIS Pan paperback presents a picture, from the teacher’s point of view, of life in an English State school for maladjusted children.

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