"HOME-MADE."

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 285, 25 April 1911, Page 6

"HOME-MADE."

♦ - f A LIQUOR-LAW QUESTION. 1 NICE POINT RAISED. s The Rev. E. Walker, a prominent 1 member of the No-license party, has > been investigating a somewhat fine point J of law, states the Lyttelton Times. At I present it is quite lawful for any person to make home-made fermented beverages for home consumption, but not j! for sale. The question is whether, under , I absolute prohibition provided for by the II new Licensing Act, a persoii will still f to able to make liquor for home conr! sumption. The Act states that under , prohibition there must be no manufac--1 ture of liquor. The inference is that liquor must not be made in any way. j Mr. Walker, after going into the subject, however, is convinced that, if the question is brought before the courts, the word "manufacture" will be taken 1 to mean "made for sale." In that ' ca.se national prohibition will not inter--1 fere with present practices in regard to 1 home-made fermented beverages. "The • housewife who makes scones, tarts and ' other delicacies for the family," in Mr. ■ Walker's contention, "docs not style I herself a manufacturer, but as "soon as ' she does the same kind of work on a ! large scale for gain she becomes a manufacturer of the goods." As another illustration, he says, "I may make a wheelbarrow for myself, and I am' not a manufacturer; but, like the housewife and her cookery, as soon as I make ■ wheelbarrows in large numbers and sell ; them, I become a manufacturer." He t has conferred with two influential members of the House of Representatives, both of whom are supporters of the no- , license movement, and both of them . agree with him. He adds that if the . contention is correct it completely unj dermines statements in regard to com--1 polling people to be teetotallers and in- , terfering with their liberty, as set out j in Professor Salmond's pamphlet.