Massey mag brings open war

NZSPA and Salient Reporter Angry students through-out the country have taken strong action to prevent any sales of "Masskerade," outside the

Palmerston North area. In some centres threats de-terred Massey sellers, but violence broke out in the streets of Auckland.

Victoria executive is to take steps to stop Massey from selling; Masskerade in Wellington in future.

Wellington was. unintentionally. Massey's golden opportunity last year Victoria's Cappicade was so harshly censored that it was not published and Massey got a clean sweep of the capital.

As a result the issue came be-fore NZUSA last August, which then decided to divide New Zealand into "selling zones" and Massey was bound to accept the ruling.

In Wellington, the Massey stu-dents quit 6000 copies despite the Victoria executive's efforts to stop them.

An executive spokesman said that in the past Massey sellers had posed as Cappicade sellers and, in some cases, had led to bans on Cappicade sellers.

When the Massey students arrived they were ejected from the university and a group of Victoria students went downtown to prevent sales in the city. However, no incidents were reported.

Earlier, the Town Clerk. Mr. F. W. Pringle. said neither Massey nor Victoria had applied for permission to sell their magazines in the streets, and police and traffic officers had authority to stop all sellers.

At the last executive meeting, acting president. Murray Boldt explained the attempts he made to keep Masskerade off Wellington streets.

Through the Registrar, the Vice-Chancellor and the managing secretary of the student union, he was able to keep Massey sellers off the campus.

Downtown, however. despite efforts by the police and the town clerk. Victoria was not able to force the sellers off the streets.

An executive spokesman accused Massey of deliberately stimulating sales in Wellington, paying sellers in the Capital double the commission of those in Palmerston.

Victoria executive decided to ask NZUSA resident executive to strongly censure Massey for breaking the 1965 Winter Council decision to restrict each university's selling area for the capping magazines.

Executive also decided to ask NZUSA to force Massey to pay 15 per cent commission on their Wellington sales. If carried out this could mean that Victoria might gain in excess of £100.

In Auckland, president Richard Wood said his executive had asked the vice-chancellor and Registrar of Massey University to take disciplinary action against the students for "poor taste in sending their books to Auckland, lest Auckland's good name be brought into disrepute."

"I was furious that the Masses books were being sold here and gathered helpers to remove as many Masskerades off the street as possible "

Mr. Wood brought the confiscated books back to the Auckland campus and burned about half of them—some 600 copies—in the men's common-room fireplace.

The other 500 or so copies were then distributed free to Auckland students.

Masskerade didn't get to Chrlstchurch and Dunedin.

"It's not sour grapes on our part," said Canterbury president John Anderson. "Their magazine isn't of a type designed for the people of Christ church. It's not censored at all and ours is censored to the last line."

Mr. Anderson said if sellers came to Chrlstchurch the association would ask for a City Council sales ban.

The president of the Otago University Students' Association (Mr. Dennis Pezarot said in Dunedin that if Masskerade sellers get as far as Canterbury, and Otago got the word that they were coming to Dunedin. Otago students would meet them on the way and burn the books.

The capping controller (Mr. Max Taylor) said he might send "thirty strong men to man the Waitakr."