6 NOVEMBER THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2455

The Road Classification (Rodney County) Notice No. 1, 1975

PURSUANT to regulation 3 of the Heavy Motor Vehicle
Regulations 1974, the Secretary for Transport hereby gives
the following notice.

NOTICE

1. This notice may be cited as the Road Classification
   (Rodney County) Notice No. 1, 1975.
2. The Rodney County Council's proposed classification of
   the roads as set out in the Schedule hereto is hereby approved.
3. So much of the notice, dated the 23rd day of September
   1970*, which relates to the classification of the roads described
   in the Schedule hereto is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE
RODNEY COUNTY
Roads Classified in Class One
SITUATED within Rodney County.
Whangaparoa Road: from its junction with No. 1 State
Highway (Awanui to Bluff) to the intersection of Whanga-
paroa Road and Poplar Road.
Poplar Road: from its intersection with Whangaparoa Road
to a point 110 metres measured westerly generally along the
said road.
Access Road: from State Highway 16 (Auckland to Wells-
ford) to a point 675 metres measured westerly generally
along the said road.
Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of October 1975.
R. J. POLASCHEK, Secretary for Transport.
*Gazette, No. 60, dated 1 October 1970, Vol. III, p. 1772
(TT. 28/8/204)

Revoking the Foreshore Licence Authorising A. E. Fuller
and Sons Limited, to Occupy a Site for a Slipway at
Matauwhi Bay, Russell, Bay of Islands

PURSUANT to section 162 and 265A of the Harbours Act 1950,
I, Owen John Conway of the Ministry of Transport, in
exercise of powers delegated by the Minister of Transport,
hereby give notice that the licence of 15 April 1964 author-
ising A. E. Fuller and Sons Limited, to occupy a part of
the foreshore and land below low water mark at Matauwhi
Bay, Russell, Bay of Islands, as a site for a slipway is hereby
revoked.
Dated at Wellington this 24th day of October 1975.
O. J. CONWAY, for Secretary for Transport.
New Zealand Gazette, 23 April 1974, p. 710
(M.O.T. 54/10/29)

Industrial Relations Act 1973—Cancellation of Registration of
Industrial Union

PURSUANT to section 193 of the Industrial Relations Act 1973,
it is hereby notified that the registration of the Wanganui
Waterside Employers' Union Industrial Union of Employers,
Registered No. 1245, situated at 42 Drews Avenue, Wanganui,
is hereby cancelled as from the date of the publication of this
Gazette.
Dated at Wellington this 31st day of October 1975.
J. D. GIBB, Deputy Registrar of Industrial Unions,
Department of Labour.
(Lab. I.C. 139)

Industrial Relations Act 1973—Cancellation of Registration
of Industrial Union

PURSUANT to section 193 of the Industrial Relations Act 1973,
it is hereby notified that the registration of the Oamaru
Waterfront Workers' Industrial Union of Workers, Registered
No. 2074, situated at 494 Thames Highway, Oamaru, is hereby
cancelled as from the date of the publication of this notice
in the Gazette.
Dated at Wellington, this 28th day of October 1975.
R. A. QUAY,
Registrar of Industrial Unions, Department of Labour.
(Lab. I.C. 139)

Industrial Relations Act 1973—Cancellation of Registration
of Industrial Union

PURSUANT to section 193 of the Industrial Relations Act 1973,
it is hereby notified that the registration of the Wanganui
Abattoir Employees' Industrial Union of Workers, Registered
No. 2096, situated at 314 Upper Willis Street, Wellington,
is hereby cancelled as from the date of the publication of
this notice in Gazette.
Dated at Wellington, this 28th day of October 1975.
R. A. QUAY,
Registrar of Industrial Unions, Department of Labour.
(Lab. I.C. 139)

No. 848
Decision of the Indecent Publications Tribunal

IN the matter of the Indecent Publications Act 1963, and
in the matter of an application by Hutchinson Publishing
Group Ltd. for a decision in respect of the following publica-
tion: The Joy of Sex by Alex Comfort and published by
Quartet Books Ltd. of London, England:
Date of Hearing: 18 August 1975, at Wellington.
No appearance of the applicant.
Mr P. E. Leloir and Mr K. G. Murray appeared on behalf
of the Comptroller of Customs. Submissions were heard from
Miss P. M. Bartlett on behalf of the Society for the Promo-
tion of Community Standards, and from Canon W. C. Arnold.

DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL

The Joy of Sex is a descriptive book of instruction on most
aspects of human sexuality. The editor claims that it is the
first sex counselling book to be properly researched, in that
it "deals with sex as 'unanxious, self-actualizing' people play
it". The hardback edition was published in 1972, in Great
Britain, and was available in New Zealand for 18 months
before the paperback edition came on to the market.

Objections raised by the Society for the Promotion of
Community Standards included strictures against the mention
of sexual practices it considers undesirable. The Tribunal
notes, however, that where practices of dubious legality are
discussed (e.g., sodomy between married couples) cautions
are expressed which could reasonably be taken to apply to
New Zealand conditions. Where sexual behaviour is detailed
which could offend against personal taste or create anxieties,
here too the text frequently advises caution. The Society
also objects to the facetious tone of the book. The Tribunal
is of the opinion that the humour used is not of a kind
to debase sex or sexual experience; one example is: "The
things that stop you having sex with age are exactly the same
as those that stop you riding a bicycle (bad health, thinking
it looks silly, no bicycle);

We consider The Joy of Sex is written with an honest
desire to inform. This integrity of purpose is supported by
such statements as: "Straight man-woman sex is the real
thing for most people—others need something different, but
their scope is usually reduced, not widened, by such needs".
The illustrations are line drawings which though explicit
confirm the intention of the text by being restrained and
in good taste.

However, since the advice is explicitly directed towards
those engaged in continuing, not occasional, sexual activity,
its greatest value is to those who have embarked on settled
relationships, and the Tribunal sees little advantage in making
it available to those under marriageable age. It therefore
classifies The Joy of Sex as indecent in the hands of persons
under sixteen.

In reaching its decision the Tribunal is conscious that a
restriction on availability limits the way in which books
can be displayed and again draws attention to statements
made in decisions 178 and 305.

MAURICE M. GREIG, Chairman.
21 October 1975.

Amendment to Urewera, Egmont, Nelson Lakes, Arthur's
Pass, Westland, Mount Cook and Mount Aspiring National
Park By-laws

PURSUANT to the National Parks Act 1952, resolutions have
been passed by each of the Urewera, Egmont, Nelson Lakes,
Arthur's Pass, Westland and Mount Cook National Park
Boards resolving that Bylaw No. 9 of the by-laws, made in