"ABOMINABLE"

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 260, 25 June 1932, Page 5

"ABOMINABLE"

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FINED FOR PITBLICATION * OF AN INDECENT DOCUMENT

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AUCKLAND; Friday. A charge of causing to he left on premis»3s an indecent docuxnent knowing it to he indecent, Carol A!otp|i Smith, who pleaded guilty to-day was fined £50, or three montiis' imprisonment. The police stated that 250 pamphlets detailing a hirth contrpl methqd had heen given to a boy to deliver in the Papatoetoe and Manurewa "districts. One resident who found ,tjxe pamphlet enclosed in an envelppe marked "Confidential" in his letter box was disgusted aixd complained to the police. Counsel for defendant said he was a thoroughly l-espectahle man, maTried, witli three children. He adm'itted frankly that he had commitfsd7 an mdiscretion in distributing the pamphlets in such a way to houses.' The Magistrate, Mr. Ilunt: "I consider these two pamphlets are abominable and heastly publications to be nut into letter-hoxes. They ax-"3 filtjxy. 1 have th? greatest contempt 'iov these people, and consider them vvorse than people charged before me for breaking and entering." ri;' Counsel for defendant: "This is not a quack rexnedy. Even the Lambeth Conference, a conference of bishops, ha's discussed birth contx-oh" "i: *" The Magistrate: "Oh, bother the conference of bishops. They doxj'.f tell you the metliod to nse axs tlxese cix*culars do." Arthur Cleave, publisher of the New Zealand Sporting and Dramatic Review, was charged with printipg'ah indecent document, an illustrated advertisement inserted by Smith. He pleaded not guilty. Decision was reserved.

s- « * Dominions to exports from the United Kingdom. "New Zealand has already gone a very long way in that direction by granting tariff prefer■ences to the United Kingdom and other parts of tlie Empire. Thie Government, however, is satxsfied that there still remaihs a relatively largo field fox* leconomic cooperation and it thinks that th'e coxieess'ions it is able to offer, will he suflicient to place New Zealand in a most favourable situation. "In discussing the matter with the Imperial authorities the view of the New Zealand Governnxexxt is that the Ottawa Conference should be approached in a spirit of mutual :c|operation, and not froxxx the point' of view of mere bargaining or fi'ne1 balancing of the advantages that can be accorded to one unit of the Empire by another. I, * Raising Price Levels ^ "With regard to currency matters, it is recognised that the 'problexn of how to raise thc price level to a point that will restore a reasonable xxieasure of prosperity, is oxxe, of acute' urgency. Unless a pi-actieal solutxph of this problem can be found, it does npt appear that any increase in trade facilities can, by itself, save the situation or put the farming industfy on its feet. Therefore, it is hoped tfxat the expert knowledge which will be available at Ottawa, will result in some practical xxxeans of stixnulating purchasing power aixd raising "the sterling price level, even althongli wider international prohlems may havfe to he dealt with at a further conference which has already been suggestecl by the Priixxe Minister of Great Britain. 11 "There are also other important itexns on the agenda papex-, clealing with shipping regulations and other matters, which the New Zealand delegatioxx has discussed with their co}leagues. It is a matter of general agreement that tariff barriers, x-ising higher as they have since the waf, are the cause of trade dislocation and depression. We welcome any promise of the lessening of the restrictions so as to permit of a freer exchange pf goods in the normal coux-se of trade. If, by a mutual agreement, we no"$r seelc to move toward greater freedom of coxnnxerce, over one fourth of tL'e world, this is in no sense antagonist'ic oi: detrimental to the interests of other natxons, hut on the contrary, can well he a step toward the general en|i which we desire.