Magazine Censorship.

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 339, 28 September 1932, Page 6

Magazine Censorship.

A Wanganui resident who purchased a couple of American magazines the other day was amazed on opening them to discover that portions of several pages had been cut out. He was informed that it was the worlc of the Customs Department, who now eensored advertisements in certain publications. The loss of the advertisements did not worry the Wanganui man, but he was annoyed to find that several articles had been ruined because they were "continued" on the other side of the page on which the advertisements had app'eared. To overcome the difficulty, the man in question has decided to subscribe dir'ect to the publishers of the magazines, so that they will come through the mails intact and not be delayed in Wellington and hacked about by the Customs before they reach the bookseller. A Boy's Definition. Towards the close of the Fitroy School operetta recently, two children from another school were rather audibly discussing their preferences. "I liked the grannies and grandfathers best," said the girl. "Oh, I didn't," said the boy, "they were all right, but I liked the black fellows with the white marlcs best, the, oh you know," said the boy, boggling over the name skeletons, "the ehaps with no meat on their bones."