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incidents is so great as to suggest that the book is an attempt
to capitalise on the success of The Happy Hooker by providing
sensational material for vacarious pleasure. The dominant
effect of the book is to present the pursuit of sexual
experience, including some perverse practices, in a manner
and with an emphasis which we consider injurious to the
public good.
The Tribunal classifies this book as indecent.
22 November 1973.
R. S. V. SIMPSON, Chairman.

Indecent Publications Tribunal
I, Maurice Teasdale Leech, Acting Comptroller of Customs,
give notice that I have applied to the Indecent Publications
Tribunal for decisions as to whether the books described
below are indecent or not, or for decisions as to their
classification.

1. Title: American Flyer Funnies No. 2.
   Author: Larry Wetz, Larry Todd, and Larry Sutherland.
   Publisher: Last Gasp Eco Funnies Inc., California.
2. Title: The Best of the Rip Off Press, Vol. 1.
   Author: Anonymous.
   Publisher: Rip Off Press Inc., California.
3. Title: Big League Laffs No. 4.
   Author: Jim Himes.
   Publisher: Last Gasp Eco Funnies Inc., California.
4. Title: Slow Death No. 5.
   Author: Anonymous.
   Publisher: Last Gasp Eco Funnies Inc., California.
5. Title: Two Fisted Zombies No. 5.
   Author: Anonymous.
   Publisher: Last Gasp Eco Funnies Inc., California.
6. Title: Wimmen’s Comix No. 2.
   Author: Anonymous.
   Publisher: Last Gasp Eco Funnies Inc., California.
7. Title: La Vida De Dos Novios.
   Author: Martin Vinaver.
   Publisher: John Muir Publications, New Mexico.

Taranaki Education Board—Election of Member for the
Ohura Ward (Extraordinary Vacancy)
PURSUANT to the Education Boards’ Administration Regulations 1965, it is hereby notified that the result of the poll
to fill the extraordinary vacancy in the Ohura Ward of
the Education Board of the District of Taranaki was as
follows:

Votes
Eady, Peder Malcolm (elected) ..... 22
Hagenson, Keith Ronald ...... 20
Total number of valid votes recorded ......... 42
Total number of votes rejected as informal ....... 2
Dated at New Plymouth this 14th day of November 1973.
P. MERCER, Returning Officer.
(E. 14/3/3)

Reserve Bank of New Zealand
PURSUANT to section 33 of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Act 1964, the Reserve Bank, acting with the approval of
the Minister of Finance, hereby gives notice that, as from
and including the 1st day of December 1973 and until
further notice, each trading bank shall maintain on average
during each calendar month balances at the Reserve Bank
plus holdings of Reserve Bank notes and of New Zealand
Government securities together equal to an amount which
shall not be less than the aggregate of:
Forty-seven percent of that bank’s average demand deposit
liabilities in New Zealand in the immediately preceding
calendar month as shown by an average of the weekly
returns of Banking Statistics under the Statistics Act
1955, plus
Nineteen percent of that bank’s average time deposit
liabilities in New Zealand in the immediately preceding
calendar month as shown by an average of the weekly
returns of Banking Statistics under the Statistics Act
1955.
For the purposes of this notice:
(1) The monthly average of a trading bank’s holdings of
Reserve Bank notes shall be the average of the figures as

shown by the weekly returns of Banking Statistics under
the Statistics Act 1955 for that bank received in the calendar
month to which the requirement applies.
(2) The monthly average of a trading bank’s balances at
the Reserve Bank and holdings of New Zealand Government
securities shall be the average of all daily figures for
that bank in the calendar month to which the requirement
applies.
(3) Government securities shall consist of Government
stock and Treasury bills (all at nominal value) including
advance subscriptions for stock lodged by a trading bank
with the Reserve Bank.
(4) Balances at the Reserve Bank shall include both
demand deposit balances and time deposit balances.
Dated this 23rd day of November 1973.
R. W. R. WHITE, Deputy Governor.

Price Order No. 2249 (Argentinian Oranges)

PURSUANT to the Control of Prices Act 1947, I, Clifford Ernest
Beard, pursuant to a delegation from the Secretary of
Trade and Industry acting under a delegation from
the Price Tribunal, hereby make the following price order:

1. This order may be cited as Price Order No. 2249 and
   shall come into force on the 30th day of November 1973.
2. References in this order to metropolitan areas are
   references to the metropolitan areas described in the Schedule
   hereto.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER
3. This order applies with respect of all Argentinian oranges
sold by way of retail in New Zealand.

MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES
4. (1) The maximum price that may be charged or received
by any retailer for any Argentinian oranges to which this
order applies shall be—
(a) When sold by a retailer carrying on business in any
of the metropolitan areas of Auckland, Wellington,
Christchurch, or Dunedin, or in any of the Cities
or Boroughs of Whangarei, Takapuna, Hamilton,
Tauranga, Rotorua, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Stratford, Hawera, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Napier,
Hastings, Masterton, Blenheim, Nelson, Greymouth,
Timaru, Westport, Oamaru, Balclutha, Gore, or Invercargill—
18 cents per pound.
(b) When sold by a retailer carrying on business elsewhere—
1 lb, 19 cents;
2 lb, 37 cents;
3 lb, 56 cents;
4 lb, 74 cents;
5 lb, 93 cents;
6 lb, $1.11.
Fractions of a pound shall be calculated at 19 cents per
pound. Quantities in excess of 6 lb shall be calculated at the
rate of 18½ cents per pound.
(2) If in respect of any lot of oranges sold by a retailer
the maximum price calculated in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause is not an exact number of
cents, the maximum price of the lot may be computed to the
nearest whole cent.

SPECIAL PRICES WHERE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGES INCURRED
5. Subject to such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit, the
Tribunal, on application by any retailer, may authorise special
prices in respect of any Argentinian oranges to which this
order applies where special circumstances exist, or for any
reason extraordinary charges (freight or otherwise) are incurred by the retailer. Any authority given by the Tribunal
under this clause may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of oranges or may relate generally to all Argentinian oranges to which this order applies sold by the retailer while the approval remains in force.

DUTY IMPOSED ON RETAILERS
6. Every retailer who offers or exposes any Argentinian
oranges for sale in any shop shall keep in a prominent position
in such proximity to the oranges to which it relates as to
be obviously descriptive thereof, a ticket, placard, or label
on which shall be stated in legible and prominent characters
the following particulars:
(a) The retail price per pound of the oranges. Retailers to
whom clause 4 (1) (b) of this order applies shall state at
least the prices for 1 lb and 2 lb lots.
(b) The words “Argentinian”.