“WET” TO-DAY

Hokitika Guardian, 7 April 1933, Page 5

“WET” TO-DAY

BEER AVAILABLE

IN NINETEEN STATES

(United Press Association—By Electri

Telegraph—Copyright.)

(Received this, «ay ,at'. 8.50 a.m.) NEW YORK, Aprii 6.

Nineteen States and til®, district of Columbia go off the near beer standard at 12.1 a.m. on Friday, when tlig. s»l.® of .bee r containing 3.2' per cent, ■of alcohol by weight, and four per o.ept. by volume becomes legal..‘. Brewers in some States plan to deliver' as- soon as becomes legal. Others; ruling out jubilee parties.at midnight, say it will not be delivered before breakfast fame. The nineteen ‘States are Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana,'Nevada, N®w Jersey, New, York, Ohio, Oregon, {Pennsylvania, Washington, Wisconsin.

Six other States have set . later specific. dates, ranging from April 13th to July 1. Louisian®, ' Vermopt y Nprth Carolina, Wyoming, West Virginia, North Dakotah, and still' others have proposals pending ,to ‘legalise the-, #!®. The regulations, vary as , to whore jaind how beer can be sold, ' The piicg /is expected to - wy, One price frequently in New -York ’was a dolta-i* ai?cty cents wholesale for a ease ‘ ot twenty-four bottles;,;. r y-. .