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    South Australia - Social Matters

    Miscellany

    Censorship

    "Obscene Postcards - Heavy Fine Imposed" is in the Express,
    18 September 1906, page 1d; also see
    21 January 1914, page 1h.

    "Improper Novels" is in the Register,
    28 May 1910, page 12d.

    Indecent literature and pictures are discussed in the Advertiser,
    29 August 1913, page 15c,
    20 December 1913, page 19e.

    "Books on Sex - Censorship Urged" is in The News,
    5 January 1928, page 9b,
    "Unsavoury Publications" on
    5 March 1928, page 6c.

    "Sex Novels - Supply and Demand" is in the Register,
    26 May 1928, page 4h.

    "A Law to Prohibit Obscene Publications" is in the Advertiser,
    17 October 1928, page 12f.

    "The Unmoral Tendency in Fiction" is in the Advertiser,
    25 July 1931, page 14e.

    "Librarian's Reasons for His Censorship" is in The News,
    1 September 1932, page 8e,
    "Modern Novels and Sex" on
    27 September 1934, page 5a,
    "Stopping the Sale of Indecent Books" on
    11 January 1935, page 4d; also see
    30 August 1935, page 4c,
    13 August 1936, page 10f,
    21 September 1936, page 6c,
    10 October 1936, page 4d.

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