PUBLICATIONS BANNED
NE\y REGULATIONS ISSUED. An amending AYar Regulation issued last night gives the Government increased power to prevent the importation of books and publications deemed to bo "injurious to public interest in respect of the present wnr." When'any book or other publication is imported into New Zealand, and the Minister of Customs deems that the sale or distribution of that book or publication would or, might be injurious to the public interest in respect of the present lyur, he may detain such book or publication, or cause the- same to be detained by a Collector of Customs for such period as the said Minister thinks fit. Among fie jiiiWicatioiis that lim.v be banned are any believed by the authorities "to insult, offend, annoy, or discredit, whether in New Zealand, or elsewhere, the subjects, or any class cr classes of the subjects, of any State which is in alliance with His Majesty in the present war with Germany, or which is at peace with His Majesty."
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 235, 22 June 1918, Page 8
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166PUBLICATIONS BANNED Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 235, 22 June 1918, Page 8
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