2770

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 86

Consent to the Distribution of New Therapeutic Drug

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Food and Drug Act 1969, the Minister of Health hereby consents to the distribution in New Zealand of the new therapeutic drug set out in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE

Name of Drug Form Active Ingredients (as listed on label) Name of Manufacturer Address
D-Pam .. Tablets Diazepam B.P. 2 mg .. .. Chem. Industries (NZ) Ltd. .. .. New Zealand
.. .. Diazepam B.P. 5 mg .. ..

Dated this 5th day of October 1978.

FRANK GILL, Minister of Health.

Notice of intention to Vary Hours of Sale of Liquor at Chartered Club—Dunedin Licensing Committee

PURSUANT to section 221A of the Sale of Liquor Act 1962, as amended by section 22 (14) of the Sale of Liquor Amendment Act 1976, I, Gordon Stewart Orr, Secretary for Justice, on 19 September 1978, made an order authorising variation of the usual hours of trading for the chartered club premises known as the Clutha District Returned Services Sub-Association of Balclutha.

To the intent that on days other than those on which chartered clubs are required to be closed for the sale of liquor to their members the hours for the opening and closing of the said premises shall be as follows:

(a) On any Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (not being Christmas Eve or New Year’s Eve)—Opening at 11 o’clock in the morning and closing at 10 o’clock in the evening.

(b) On any Friday, Saturday (not being New Year’s Eve) and Christmas Eve—Opening at 11 o’clock in the morning and closing at 11 o’clock in the evening.

(c) On New Year’s Eve—Opening at 11 o’clock in the morning and closing at 00.30 on the morning of New Year’s Day.

Dated at Wellington this 3rd day of October 1978.

G. S. ORR, Secretary for Justice.

(Adm. 2/72/5)

Notice of intention to Vary Hours of Sale of Liquor at Licensed Premises—Hawke’s Bay Licensing Committee

PURSUANT to section 221A of the Sale of Liquor Act 1962, as amended by section 22 (14) of the Sale of Liquor Amendment Act 1976, I, Gordon Stewart Orr, Secretary for Justice, hereby give notice that the Hawke’s Bay Licensing Committee, on 1 September 1978, made an order authorising variations of the usual hours of trading for the licensed premises known as the Tavistock Hotel, Waipukurau.

To the intent that on days other than those on which licensed premises are required to be closed for the sale of liquor to the public the hours for the opening and closing of the said premises shall be as follows:

(a) On any Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (not being Christmas Eve or New Year’s Eve)—Opening at 11 o’clock in the morning and closing at 10 o’clock in the evening.

(b) On every Christmas Eve—Opening at 11 o’clock in the morning and closing at 11 o’clock in the evening.

(c) On New Year’s Eve—Opening at 11 o’clock in the morning and closing at 00.30 o’clock in the morning of New Year’s Day.

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of September 1978.

G. S. ORR, Secretary for Justice.

(Adm. 2/72/5)

Decision No. 906
Reference No. IND. 3/78

DECISION OF THE INDECENT PUBLICATIONS TRIBUNAL

IN the matter of the Indecent Publications Act 1963, and in the matter of an application by the Acting Comptroller of Customs for a decision in respect to the following publications: The Wizzer Dirty Joke Book, The Fantastic Dirty Joke Book, The Nice Dirty Joke Book, and The Great Dirty Joke Book, all published by Pennine Publications.

BEFORE THE INDECENT PUBLICATIONS TRIBUNAL

Messrs L. M. Greig (Chairman), D. M. Wylie, Mrs L. Edmond, Mrs H. B. Dick.

Hearing: 25 May 1978.

Appearances: Mr P. E. Leloir for Acting Comptroller of Customs.

DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL

Each of these booklets has 64 pages given up to a melange of cartoons, jokes, photographs and gags. They are uniformly vulgar, and salacious in an unimaginative and frivolous manner; the level of the taste is execrable. The Tribunal has no hesitation in declaring them to be indecent.

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of September 1978.

LAURENCE M. GREIG, Chairman.

Decision No. 905
Reference No. IND. 1/78

Decision of the Indecent Publications Tribunal

IN the matter of the Indecent Publications Act 1963, and in the matter of an application by Bruce Albert Armstrong for a decision in respect of the following publications: Love Positions, published by Luxor Press Ltd. of London.

BEFORE THE INDECENT PUBLICATIONS TRIBUNAL

Messrs L. M. Greig (Chairman), D. M. Wylie, Mrs H. B. Dick, Mrs L. Edmond.

Hearing: 25 May 1978.

Appearances: Written submissions from the applicant.

DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL

The publisher’s blurb claims that “the simple idea behind this book” is “to help husbands and wives enjoy each other more”. The text is made up of photographs of a couple performing the act of coitus in a variety of positions, and a short paragraph describing the advantages of each. The man and woman pictured are naked except that both wear brief underpants. The effect of this item of clothing, and of the blank expressions on the faces of the models, is to make the whole presentation curiously artificial and posed. The book has a kind if inverted prurience which the Tribunal finds offensive. Moreover the claim that such a collection of photographs, or their captions, can have any serious bearing on relationships between married couples is both flimsy and false, so that the the book fails to meet the requirement of the Act for honesty of purpose. This was the opinion held by the Tribunal when the book was considered in 1970 (see Decision No. 223) and it sees no reason to change that decision. The Tribunal declares Love Positions to be indecent.

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of September 1978.

LAURENCE M. GREIG, Chairman.