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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 64

Notice to Mariners No. 57 of 1909.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 28th July, 1909.

THE following Notices to Mariners received from the Port Officer, Melbourne, are published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

VICTORIA.

Port Phillip Heads.—Inefficient Tow-lines.

It has been reported to the Marine Board that on a recent occasion the safety of a vessel proceeding to sea in tow through Port Phillip Heads was seriously endangered owing to the parting of the tow-rope at a critical time: in consequence thereof and in view of tidal and other conditions peculiar to the entrance to Port Phillip, masters of vessels and those immediately interested therein are notified that the Marine Board is of opinion that grave danger to life and property accompanies any vessel towing through Port Phillip Heads unless the tow-line is in a thoroughly reliable condition and equal to the sudden and exceptional strain to which tow-ropes may be subjected when vessels are navigating the entrance to Port Phillip.

By order.
J. G. McKIE,
Secretary.

Marine Board of Victoria,
Melbourne, 30th June, 1909.

Gippsland Lakes Entrance.

With reference to General Notice to Mariners, dated 1st August, 1907, pages 116 and 117, regarding the Gippsland Lakes entrance, mariners and others are hereby notified that owing to recent weather conditions the bar outside the entrance has shoaled to 9 ft. depth at low water on the track usually adopted by steamers crossing the bar—viz., the flagstaff in line with the Eastern Pier end. It is therefore now recommended that inward-bound vessels having over 9 ft. draught cross the bar with the flagstaff and red beacon on the Eastern Pier in line, and then proceed as usual.

Caution.—Owing to the present shallowness of the bar vessels should not attempt to navigate the entrance except under moderate sea conditions.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.

24th June, 1909.

Notice to Mariners No. 58 of 1909.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 30th July, 1909.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Marine Board, Port Adelaide, is published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

Kangaroo Island, South-west Coast.—Cape de Couedic Light-house.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 8 of 1909, masters of vessels and others are hereby informed that the light on Cape de Couedic was exhibited for the first time on the night of the 27th June, 1909.

The structure is of masonry, 55 ft. in height, and is painted with red and white alternate bands. The focal plane of the light is 339 ft. above sea-level, O.H.W.S.

The light will be double-flashing, showing all round the horizon, and will show a flash for 0·33 seconds, eclipse 1·35 seconds; flash 0·33 seconds, eclipse 5·49 seconds. The light will be visible in clear weather for a distance of twenty-seven miles.

The light is, however, obscured to the westward by the land at Cape Bedout on a line bearing N. 47° W. and S. 47° E., and to the eastward by Cape Kersaint on a line of bearing N. 81° E. and S. 81° W.

In addition to the above, a subsidiary fixed light will be exhibited from the tower 60 ft. lower than the main light, showing two sectors, as follows:—

(1.) Over the Lipson’s Reef, a red sector of 10° between the bearings of N. 45° 30′ W. to N. 55° 30′ W., or N.W. to N.W. by W. westerly.

(2.) Over Casuarina Islands, a white sector of 30° between the bearings of N. 5° W. and N. 25° E., or N. ½° W. to N.N.E. ½° E.

Approximate lat. 36° 4′ 15″ S., long. 136° 42′ 00″ E.
This affects Admiralty Chart No. 2389A.

ARTHUR SEARCY,
President of the Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 7th July, 1909.

Regulation for Carriage of Deck Cargo on Scows in Inter-colonial Trade.

WHEREAS it is enacted by section 223 of “The Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908,” that the Minister may from time to time make regulations as to the issue of licenses for the carriage of deck cargo and the appointment of persons to report to the Collectors on the amount of such cargo so to be carried:

And whereas regulations for the carriage of deck cargo were made by the Minister on the 14th September, 1895, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 69, of the 19th day of the same month:

And whereas amending regulations were made on the 11th February, 1907, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 15, of the 14th day of the same month:

And whereas it is desirable to make an additional regulation:

Now, therefore, I, John Andrew Millar, Minister of Marine, do hereby make the following regulation as to the issue of licenses for the carriage of cargo on the decks of the vessels referred to therein, and do order that the regulations hereinbefore referred to shall be altered accordingly, but not further or otherwise; and, in pursuance of the power conferred upon me by the said section, I do prescribe that a fee of £1 shall be paid for a survey made by a Surveyor or officer employed by the Collector to inspect the ship before the issue of a license, and also the actual expenses incurred by the Surveyor or officer in travelling to and from the place of inspection:—

REGULATION.

Scows with flat bottoms, centre-board keels, and beams four times or more the depth of the vessel, built expressly for carriage of deck cargo and having no hatches, may be allowed to carry cargoes of sawn and baulk timber on deck when engaged in the intercolonial trade, provided that the height of cargo from keel or bottom of vessel does not exceed half the beam and the load-line is not submerged, also provided that such ship is inspected by a Surveyor or officer approved by the Collector, and he is satisfied about her seaworthiness and her ability to carry the same with safety to the ship and the people on board.

Such timber shall be stowed in the following manner, namely,—

(a.) The heaviest timber shall be stowed nearest the deck, and graduating with the lightest timbers at the surface, so that the said timber when stowed shall present a flat and even surface fore and aft and athwartships.

(b.) When hardwood timber is carried the vessel must have one-third greater freeboard than with the ordinary timber-load.

(c.) Before any vessel is allowed to clear from New Zealand her master, owner, or agent shall obtain from a Surveyor or officer approved by the Collector a certificate that her cargo is a proper one, and is safely stowed and secured, and is otherwise in accordance with such regulations as may be made in respect of such vessels and their cargoes.

(d.) No other cargo than sawn or baulk timber shall be carried either to or from New Zealand, and should a breach of this section be committed the Minister may cancel the license which has been granted.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 4th day of August, 1909.

J. A. MILLAR.

Notice fixing Closing-hours of Drapers’, Grocers’, Tailors’, and Ironmongers’ Shops in the Borough of Palmerston under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all shops in each of the trades of drapers, grocers, tailors, and ironmongers in the Borough of Palmerston, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the borough shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday at 6 o’clock p.m.; Saturday, 9 p.m.: And whereas the Palmerston Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of each of the drapers’, grocers’, tailors’, and ironmongers’ shops within the Borough of Palmerston:

Now, therefore, I, John Andrew Millar, the Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of “The Shops and Offices Act, 1908,” do hereby direct that, from and after the 9th day of August, 1909, all shops in each of the trades of drapers, grocers, tailors, and ironmongers within the Borough of Palmerston shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Dated at Wellington, this 3rd day of August, 1909.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.