PULP MAGAZINES
UNOFFICIAL ACTION
CHECKING IMPORTATION
j In an interview today the Minister of Customs (the Hon. W. Nash) said that his attention had been drawn to | a statement in the Press suggesting that cheap or "pulp" magazines as such i were likely to be prohibited from irn'portation. The Minister said that no action of the kind had been contemplated by the Government. The importers of magazines both new and t;pulp" had readily offered their co-operation in the effort of the Minister to check the importation of ob- j jectionable magazines which gave prominence to matters. of sex obscenity, horror, terror, cruelty, or crime. These publications were a source of harm to immature minds, and no decent-minded ; person would regret their absence! from the country. The great majority of the back-dated magazines, however, were entirely reputable, and no objection had been raised to them. The Minister said he desired to stress the fact that the firms dealing j with magazines had assured him that I they were equally concerned to check i the sale of objectionable types of magazine, and he was hopeful that, ! with the co-operation of .the firms concerned, no official action will be required.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 44, 20 August 1938, Page 11
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PULP MAGAZINES
Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 44, 20 August 1938, Page 11
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