LIQUOR ON SHIPS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18823, 13 July 1923, Page 9

LIQUOR ON SHIPS

U.S. LAW TO STAND. WASHINGTON, July 10. Passengers travelling from Europe aboard the largest American Govern-ment-owned liner Leviathan, will be permitted to consume liquors which they have brought with them, although no liquor will be sold on board. The Shipping Board has announced that nothing can be done under the law to prevent this. Thus the Board’s vessels which are now actively engaged will obtain a large share of the Atlantic service, and be on a par with foreign vessels. It has been Intimated in official circles that the United States will abandon the attempt to negotiate twelvc-mile territorial treaties with foreign powers, since all but ono foreign Government has rejected the proposal. It is also reported in Congressional circles that Congress will probably enact legislation permitting foreign ships to carry liquor to American ports under seal. THE VENTURA TO SAIL DRY. HONOLULU, July 10. The Federal officials announced that the liquor supply on the Ventura which arrived here en route to San Francisco, consisting of a hundred and ninety-nine quarts of assorted beverages, will be removed and the boat proceed to her destination virtually dry. The chief quarantine officer, Mr. Sweet, stated that he will probably allow only seventeen quarts of liquor for medicinal purposes on the trip to San Francisco. THE MAKURA’S LIQUOR. VANCOUVER, July 10. The Company officials scout the Honolulu despatch as to the Makura liquor having been seized.