DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL

THIS book is a mixture of semi-scientific material and stories
of group sex and orgies told in cheap popular style. The
tone is approving rather than objective and as a serious study
it fails to convince; it therefore offers no setting which would
justify or render acceptable the inclusion of these so-called
case histories.

The Tribunal classifies this book as indecent.

R. S. V. SIMPSON, Chairman.

28 June 1972.

No. 498

Decision of the Indecent Publications Tribunal

IN the matter of the Indecent Publications Act 1963, and in
the matter of an application by Marketing Services (N.Z.)
Ltd., for a decision in respect of the magazine Fact, Vol. I,
No. 6, published by Williams Publishing and Distributing
Co. Ltd., London.

Mr Downey, solicitor, appeared on behalf of the applicant
and made submissions.

DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL

THE number of this magazine which is before us deals with a
variety of topics connected with sex. The articles are informative;
the letters, even if not genuine, are answered sensibly;
the panel of consultants is made up of well-qualified men from
reputable universities. There appears no reason to judge it
indecent, but the intimate and adult nature of most of the
subjects covered inclines us to impose an age limit.

The Tribunal classifies this book as indecent in the hands of
persons under the age of 18 years.

R. S. V. SIMPSON, Chairman.

28 June 1972.

No. 499

Decision of the Indecent Publications Tribunal

IN the matter of the Indecent Publications Act 1963, and in
the matter of an application by Seven Seas Pty. Ltd., for a
decision in respect of the book A Collector's Erotica, Book I,
anonymous, published by Riverhaven Ltd., London.

Mr Downey, solicitor, appeared on behalf of the applicant
and made submissions.

DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL

THIS volume consists of two novelettes in the pseudo-Victorian
pornographic genre. In spite of the special pleading in the
foreword by John Savage, PH.D., there is little in either story
but salacious accounts of depravity and vice.

The Tribunal classifies this book as indecent.

R. S. V. SIMPSON, Chairman.

28 June 1972.

No. 500

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 Bikers by Alex
Stuart, 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 novel is similar in style and content to another from the
New English Library, Chopper, England's King of Angels,
which has already been classified by the Tribunal in decision
350.

The Bikers deals with rival motor cycle gangs as they
approach and disrupt a rock-and-roll festival; it contains a
large measure of ruthless brutality and crude language, which
is inevitable in such a context. It is, however, not ill-written
and sustains the tension of ugly lawlessness pitted against the

violence of the law's restraint. The picture drawn is near
enough to a true one to give sociological value to the book
for any but the most immature reader; nowhere is the scene
glamorised, but, in case the hero riding off into the noonday
sun with his old woman behind him should seem heroic to
children and invite emulation of some of his other exploits,
some age restriction seems advisable.

The Tribunal classifies this book as indecent in the hands
of persons under the age of 18 years.

R. S. V. SIMPSON, Chairman.

28 June 1972.

No. 501-3

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: Variety is the Spice of Marriage by Jeffrey Rabb; The Laughing Lady by Lee Digby; There was a Young Lady from Windmere by Waco Brazos; all published by Venice Publishing Corporation, California.

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

IN these three books various sexual activities are described
and savoured with unrelieved crudeness. They are debased and
debasing.

The Tribunal classifies all three books as indecent.

R. S. V. SIMPSON, Chairman.

28 June 1972.

No. 504

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 Juliette de Sade by Maude Poiret, published by Universal Publishing and Distributing Corporation, New York.

There was no appearance of the applicant. Mr Downey,
solicitor, appeared on behalf of the publisher's representative
in New Zealand and made submissions.

DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL

ALTHOUGH the sexual incidents in this novel about a young
girl's entrance into a world of pleasure and vice in Rome are
neither as detailed nor as numerous as those in many novels
rejected as indecent by the Tribunal, the tone is just as
objectionable. The novel seeks to glamorise what it presents
and what it alludes to as the heroine delights in what she
meets. The title and the cover material seek to capitalise
on interest in bizarre sexual activities and there is no substance
in the characterisation or plot (or reality in the setting) to
give the emphasis on sexual and criminal exploitation any
justifying context of artistic purpose.

The Tribunal classifies this book as indecent.

R. S. V. SIMPSON, Chairman.

28 June 1972.

No. 505

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 Woodstock by Richard
Hubbard, published by Universal Publishing and Distributing
Corporation, New York.

There was no appearance of the applicant. Mr Downey,
solicitor, appeared on behalf of the publisher's representative
in New Zealand and made submissions.

DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL

IN this novel about a rock festival there is strong, tense
plotting and also much hackneyed, trivial treatment of the
sensational events.

The festival's mounting frenzy and its violent climax are
portrayed with some detachment, but the sexual incidents,
particularly those centred on the holidaying corporate lawyer