23 MARCH
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
637

Temporary Protection of Industry

NOTICE is hereby given that an application has been received
for temporary protection, in terms of the Tariff and Development
Board Amendment Act 1967, for the following goods:
Tariff Item Goods
Ex 97.03.002 Inflatable plastic beach and similar balls.
Ex 97.03.009 Inflatable plastic toys.
Dated at Wellington this 17th day of March 1972.
M. T. LEECH, Assistant Comptroller of Customs.

No. 421
Decision of the Indecent Publications Tribunal

IN the matter of the Indecent Publications Act 1963, and in
the matter of an application by Panther Books for a decision
in respect of the book Sick Friends by Ivan Gold, published
by Panther Books, London.
Mr Heron, solicitor, appeared for the applicant and made
submissions.
DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL
THIS novel (originally published in the United States in 1969)
is an account of the relationship between a New York writer
and a young woman of Armenian descent; after a period of
on-again off-again living together, they almost marry but in
the end don't. The sexual side of their relationship is depicted
with considerable frankness and detail, but it does not unduly
dominate the book, which deals with their total relationship.
The Tribunal classifies this book as indecent in the hands
of persons under the age of 16 years.
R. S. V. SIMPSON, Chairman.
13 March 1972.

No. 422
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
for a decision in respect of the book Female Homosexuality
by Frank S. Caprio, M.D., published by Gold Star Publications
(Australia) Pty. Ltd.
There was no appearance of the applicant. Mr Downey,
solicitor, appeared on behalf of the publishers and made
submissions.
DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL
THIS is a paperback reprint of a book originally published in
1954. It is a study of lesbianism in its historical and psychological
aspects, with a good many case histories. It has a
substantial bibliography. It appears to be a serious study, and
as such should be generally available; because of the frankness
of some of the case histories and the inappropriate cover,
however, we consider it desirable to impose an age restriction.
The Tribunal classifies this book as indecent in the hands
of persons under the age of 16 years.
R. S. V. SIMPSON, Chairman.
13 March 1972.

No. 423
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
for a decision in respect of the books Sex in Marriage, Vols.
I and II, by Wendell M. Koble, M.D., and Richard Warren,
published by Style Publicity Ltd., Surrey.
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
THESE 2 books purport to be marriage manuals but we have
reason to doubt their honesty of purpose. They make fulsome
and obviously false claims to be "the most comprehensive
study ever undertaken of the effects of sex on the human
body"; the scrappy text is made up of question-and-answer
sequences that have little plan about them; the authors' use
of language is inexact; the photographs have only sketchy
relation to the text, are fatuous, unnecessary, naively captioned,
and objectionable in that many show the erect penis about
to enter the vagina without there being any discoverable
justification for this particular type of picture--they are
posed in a deliberate and therefore unrealistic way which
brings them into the pornographic category. These photographs
are the real reason for the publication and they do it
no service.
The Tribunal classifies these 2 volumes as indecent.
R. S. V. SIMPSON, Chairman.
13 March 1972.

No. 424-429
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
for decisions in respect of the following books: Anal Delight
by Barbara Stoner, Do It Again by Richard Blakely, High
School Slut by Enoch Grove, In My Mother's Bedroom by
L. S. Knudson, Sin After School by Ellen Stacey, The Thrill
Seekers by Frank Upland, all published by E. I. Publishing Co.
Inc., New York.
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
THESE 6 books have nothing in them except sexual exploits
dwelt on in the crudest detail. They ask for the same direct,
prurient response as the illustrations of pornographic magazines,
which each of these books contains in an advertisement
section, and which on their own are sufficient to justify
rejection of the books.
The Tribunal classifies these books as indecent.
R. S. V. SIMPSON, Chairman.
13 March 1972.

No. 430
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
for a decision in respect of the book The Exquisite Corpse
by Alfred Chester, published by Sphere Books Ltd, London.
There was no appearance of the applicant. Mr Downey,
solicitor, appeared on behalf of the publishers and made
submissions.
DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL
THIS difficult novel has been described as striving to record
"the implications of an obsession, to document the tyranny
and anguish of compulsive fantasy, to chronicle the torments
of the nightmare world that can grow out of idle daydreams".
This account of the book's purpose makes clear that the
sordid, fragmentary lives of the homosexual figures in the
novel are presented as just that--sordid, fragmented, and
tormented--and the book's impact on the reader is strong
and complex. The casual reader will not get very far with the
book; those who persevere will be shocked and moved by it.
The Tribunal concludes that the book has genuine literary
interest and quality and that its treatment of the incidents it
presents is neither so detailed nor so explicit as to require an
age restriction.
The Tribunal classifies this book as not indecent.
R. S. V. SIMPSON, Chairman.
13 March 1972.

No. 431
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
for a decision in respect of the book The Lovers by Tina
Tranter, published by Charles Skilton Ltd, London.
There was no appearance of the applicant. Mr Downey,
solicitor, appeared on behalf of the publishers and made
submissions.
DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL
THIS book, which will cost about $12 in New Zealand, largely
consists of photographic studies of various moments and
moods in lovemaking. The preliminary text is slight and