LIQUOR RESTRICTION

Southland Times, Issue 18965, 12 June 1923, Page 5

LIQUOR RESTRICTION

N.Z. BOATS AFFECTED STRINGENT REGULATIONS ISSUED (Special to the Times). WELLINGTON, June H. New and stringent orders in regard to the carriage of liquor, have been issued to vessels leaving Australia and New Zealand for the United States and Canada. The passenger vessels trading between Australia ar-i New Zealand, and the United States and Canada, which will be affected by the American Government regulations regarding the carriage of liquor, are the Maunganui, Tahiti, Niagara, Makura, Sonoma and Ventura. The regulation received by the American Consulate-General on the question, reads as follows: —“If any foreign vessel leaves a foreign port before June 10 (Sunday last), having liquor on board, for beverage purposes, such liquor shall not be seized under Section 19 of the Treasury regulations.” The Maunganui, which left Wellington for San Francisco on May 22, sailed under orders from the Union Steamship Company to land her main supplies of alcoholic liquors at Papeete. Passengers must indicate their requirements for the remainder of the voyage, so that the vessel will be free of liquor when arriving at the three-mile territorial limit. On the southward voyage from San Francisco to Papeete, there will be no liquor on board. At the latter port the Maunganui will reship her main supplies and passengers will be allowed liquor for the remainder of the voyage to Wellington. The same instruction applies to the Tahiti. As regards the Vancouver service, the new regulation has been applied to the Makura, which left Auckland on Wednesday. It will also affect the Niagara. As these vessels touch Honolulu, which is United States territory, they will not be allowed to carry liquor. They will dump their main supplies at Fiji and carry only the ascertained requirements of the passengers to within the three miles of Honolulu. From that port to Vancouver, the vessels will be “dry,” but on the return voyage, they will be allowed to carry liquor from Vancouver to the Honolulu territory limit. There will be another “dry” spell from there to Fiji, where they will reship their supplies. The. Sonoma and the Ventura, trading between Sydney and San Francisco, will be always “dry,” as they are under American articles.