POISON IN PRINT.
The forcible indictment of magazines and fiction with an indecent tendency uttered by Bishop Cleary in his Lenton Pastoral will bo endorsed by all right-thinking people* It was only recently that this paper complained that certain books of an objectionable character had been issued from the Masterton public library. The Borough Council has wisely decided that the appetite for "spicy" literature shall not be gratified at the expense of the ratepayers.' Most of the indecent literature has come from America, and it is a great pity that it is not brought under the scope of the Jndecent Publications Act. It was found necessary some years. back to appoint a public 'censor of American picture-films. Is it not equally necessary to have a censor of American literature, some of which is insidious because it wears an air of respectability?
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Wairarapa Age, 26 March 1920, Page 4
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141POISON IN PRINT. Wairarapa Age, 26 March 1920, Page 4
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