Protection of Industry

NOTICE is hereby given, in compliance with the requirements
of the Tariff and Development Board Act 1961 and its amendments, that the Minister of Customs has received the final
report of the Tariff and Development Board on the following goods:

Goods
MCPB and 2, 4 DB Weedkillers; Simazine, 24 September 1974
Atrazine and Propazine
Dated at Wellington this 30th day of September 1974.
J. A. KEAN, Comptroller of Customs.

No. 829
Decision of the Indecent Publications Tribunal

IN the matter of the Indecent Publications Act 1963, and
in the matter of a reference by the Magistrate’s Court,
Wellington, in respect of the book Naked Lunch by William
S. Burroughs, published by Grove Press, U.S.A.
Mr Hawkes appeared on behalf of the Comptroller of
Customs and made submissions. Mr Alister Taylor appeared
on behalf of the importer and made submissions.

DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL

IN previous decisions on novels by William Burroughs the
Tribunal held Dead Fingers Talk to be not indecent (1964),
and The Soft Machine to be indecent in the hands of persons
under the age of 18 years (1971). Naked Lunch was
previously considered by the Tribunal in 1967 and found
to be indecent (decision No. 53, New Zealand Gazette, 23
November 1967). The paperback edition currently before
the Tribunal contains material from the successful defence
of the book before the Massachusetts Supreme Court in 1966,
including testimony by writers such as Norman Mailer and
Allan Ginsberg.
Burroughs is one of the major American experimental
novelists; while his common themes of drug addiction and
homosexuality may be unappealing to many, his seriousness
of purpose cannot be questioned. Neither situations nor
language are for the squeamish, but Burroughs’ involved
and rather impenetrable style make it unlikely many readers
would persevere with it for long unless they were serious
students of literature. We can see no good reason for continuing to deny the book to adult readers, and the Tribunal accordingly classifies Naked Lunch as indecent in the hands
of persons under the age of 18 years.
R. S. V. SIMPSON, Chairman.
20 September 1974.

The Standards Act 1965-Specifications Declared to be
Standard Specifications

PURSUANT to section 23 of the Standards Act 1965, the
Standards Council, on 20 September 1974, declared the undermentioned specifications to be standard specifications:

Price of Copy
Number and Title of Specification (Mailed)
$
NZS 3152:1974 Manufacture and use of structural
and insulating lightweight concrete. Metric
units. 4.80
NZS 7649:1974 (BS 4660:1973) Unplasticized PVC
underground drain pipes and fittings. Metric
units. (Including Amendment A.) 6.00
Copies of the standard specifications are available from
the Standards Association of New Zealand, World Trade
Center, 15-23 Sturdee Street (or Private Bag), Wellington 1.
Dated at Wellington this 24th day of September 1974.
G. H. EDWARDS, Director,
Standards Association of New Zealand.
(S.A. 1—114/2/2: 526–27)

The Standards Act 1965-Amendment of Standard Specifications

PURSUANT to section 23 of the Standards Act 1965, the
Standards Council, on 20 September 1974, amended the undermentioned standard specifications by the incorporation of the
amendments shown hereunder:

Number, Title, and Price of Standard
Specification (Mailed)
NZS 365:1965 Glazed clay sewer pipes for
use with non-flexible joints. 75c
NZS 366:1963 Clay building bricks. 75c
NZS 1823:1967 Ceramic (earthenware) sewer
pipes for use with flexible joints. 95c
NZS 6221:— (BS 4568:—) Steel conduits and fittings with metric threads
of ISO form for electrical installations—
Part 2: 1972 (BS 4568: Part 2: 1970)
Fittings and components. Metric units.
$6.00

Amendment
No./AMD
2
1
1
1A

Copies of the specifications so amended are obtainable
from the Standards Association of New Zealand, World
Trade Center, 15-23 Sturdee Street (or Private Bag),
Wellington 1.

Copies of the amendments will be supplied free of charge,
upon request, unless where otherwise stated.
Dated at Wellington this 24th day of September 1974.
G. H. EDWARDS, Director,
Standards Association of New Zealand.
(S.A. 2—114/2/3: 764–68)

The Standards Act 1965—Standard Specifications Revoked

PURSUANT to section 23 of the Standards Act 1965, the
Standards Council, on 20 September 1974, revoked the undermentioned standard specifications:

Number and Title of Standard Specification
NZS 247:1948 Solutions and methods for the estimation of
acidity in cream, milk and whey.
NZS 313:1956 (BS 850:1955) Definitions of cinematograph
“safety film”.
Dated at Wellington this 24th day of September 1974.
G. H. EDWARDS, Director,
Standards Association of New Zealand.
(S.A. 3—114/2/7: 734–35)

The Standards Act 1965—Standard Specifications Proposed
for Revocation

NOTICE is hereby given that the New Zealand standard
specifications listed in the Schedule hereto have been reviewed
by committees of the Standards Council and have been
recommended for revocation, pursuant to the provisions of
the Standards Act 1965.
Any person who may be affected by the proposal to
revoke these standard specifications, and who wishes to object
to their revocation is invited to submit comments to the
Standards Association of New Zealand, Private Bag, Welling-ton, not later than 25 October 1974.

SCHEDULE

Number and Title of Standard Specification
NZS 141:— (BS 729:—) Zinc coatings on iron and
steel articles—
Part 2: 1962 (BS 729: Part 2: 1961) Sherardized coat-
ings.
NZS 227:1949 (BS 762:1938) Wrought iron bars “special”
grade.
NZS 340:1949 (BS 858:1939) “Best Yorkshire” wrought iron.
NZS 422:1949 (BS 991:1941) Data on cast iron.
NZS 528:1950 (BS 971:1950) Commentary on BS wrought
steels. (En series.)
NZS 590:1950 (BS 51:1939) Wrought iron for general
engineering purposes.
NZS 1325:— (BS 2772:—) Iron and steel for colliery
cage suspension gear—
Part 1: 1958 (BS 2772: Part 1: 1956) Wrought iron
(not for mine car drawgear).
NZS GP 46:1962 Combination bassinette-locker units for
use in maternity hospitals.
Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of September 1974.
G. H. EDWARDS, Director,
Standards Association of New Zealand.
(S.A. 4—114/2/6)