AFFIDAVITS A note on the Affidavits: as there were three separate publishers in this case, each Affidavit was submitted in triplicate. In each case the only difference was the name of the publisher and the titles cited. Unless a duplicate Affidavit was vastly different, I have chosen to only reproduce one of the three.
Affidavit of H. L.Kelly - Dated 19.1.1955 I, HERBERT LESLIE KELLY of 37 Liontpelier street Clayfield Brisbane in the State of Queensland and a member of the firm of Cannan& Peterson of 319325 Queen Street Brisbane aforesaid Solicitors make oath and say as follows:1. My said firm is acting as Solicitors for Transport Publishing Co.Pty.Ltd. of 26 Hunter Street Sydney in the State of New South Wales and I have the conduct of this matter. 2. The said Company is the Publisher of "Real Love", "Romance Story", "Real Story", "Real Romances" and Love Experiences". 3. I have been informed by John Hilton Agnew, Accountant for Queensland of Gordon and Gotch (Australasia) Limited of 262 Adelaide Street Brisbane aforesaid and verily believe that (a) Gordon and Gotch (Australasia) Limited is the distributor of the said publications (b) the said publications are issued monthly and distributed in all the States of the Commonwealth (c) that an average of over 2000 copies of each issue of each of the said publications has been distributed in Queensland to newsagents for general sale in this State during the past six months (d) The said publications are intended for circulation amongst teenagers and all other classes and age groups of people and are purchased not only by teen-agers but by all other classes and age groups of people. 4. By an Order dated the twentieth day of December 1954 and published in the Queensland Government Gazette Volume CLXXXVII Number 173, page 2213 on the twentyfifth day of December 1954 the Literature Board of Review constituted under and for the purposes of "The Objectionable Literature Act of 1954" prohibited the distribution in Queensland of all and every the literature being writings published periodically specified in the Schedule of the said Order for that the said literature is in the opinion of the Board objectionable. 5. The said Order farther provided that it applied wish respect to all copies and every part number or series thereof whether published theretofore or thereafter. Copyright 2013 Blaq Books
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