INDECENT LITERATURE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16568, 4 June 1914, Page 8

INDECENT LITERATURE.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—Last week a news agent in this city was prosecuted and heavily fined for selling indecent lite?ature. I would point out that small, struggling booksellers of Christchurch procure this literature locally from wholesale firms, whose travellers encourage its sale to increase their own business. Unfortunately there seems to be an increasing demand, for indecent' books, but it does not seem fair that the tempted should suffer and the tempter go free. Can nothing be done, to bring the bigger sinners into publicity and steps taken to stop the importation, of these %ook»' : '—I am, etc., BRITISH FAIR FLAY-