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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 106

Notice to Mariners No. 140 of 1910.

ROCK S.W. OF PARROT ISLAND, DUSKY SOUND.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 1st December, 1910.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 35 of 1910, regarding an uncharted rock ¾ mile S.W. of Parrot Island, Dusky Sound, Captain Bollons further reports that the rock has a very jagged surface 100 ft. in extent in a N.W. and S.E. direction and 70 ft. N.E. and S.W. There is 16 ft. of water over it at L.W.S.

The following magnetic bearings give the position: Peak of Parrot Island N. 43° E., the S.W. point of the Island distant 7 cables. Islet between Pigeon and Petrel Islands S. 86° E.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Charts Nos. 719 and 2589; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chap. x, page 299.

J. A. MILLAR.

Notice to Mariners No. 141 of 1910.

FOUR-FATHOM SHOAL OFF CHEVIOT COAST.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 3rd December, 1910.

WITH reference to Notice to Mariners No. 21, issued by this Department on the 30th March, 1908, in regard to the survey of the four-fathom shoal off Cheviot coast, notice is hereby given that Mr. C. Bushett, of the fishing-launch “Wairau,” reports that a rocky patch from 200 to 300 yards in extent, having round about and close to it 12 to 20 fathoms of water, exists 1½ miles south-east of the aforesaid four-fathom shoal. He states that the rock has not more than 20 ft. of water on it.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 2529; “New Zealand Pilot,” 1908, eighth edition, Chap. viii, page 232.

J. A. MILLAR.

Notice to Mariners No. 142 of 1910.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 5th December, 1910.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Marine Board, Port Adelaide, South Australia, are published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

Masters of vessels and others are hereby informed that the following stations are now equipped with Morse signalling-lamps, and may be communicated with by vessels passing during the night-time:—

Station. Latitude. Longitude.
Cape Borda Lighthouse .. 35° 45′ S. 136° 35′ E.
Troubridge Lighthouse .. 35° 7′ S. 137° 51′ E.
Cape Jaffa Lighthouse .. 36° 58′ S. 139° 37′ E.
Cape Northumberland Lighthouse 38° 3′ S. 140° 38′ E.
Penguin Island Lighthouse .. 37° 31′ S. 140° 1′ E.
Semaphore-signal station .. 34° 51′ S. 138° 29′ E.

Messages should be sent according to the rules laid down in the British Signal Manual. It should be understood that the Marine Board Department cannot accept any responsibility in despatching from the stations any messages requiring delivery at Adelaide or other ports, but every effort will be made to assist shipping in this direction.

This affects Charts Nos. 1062, 1015, 1014, 2889A.

GULF ST. VINCENT. — PORT ADELAIDE RIVER. — NORTH ARM.

Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 3 of 1910, notice is hereby given that, in addition to the mooring-buoys mentioned therein, further moorings have been placed on the south side of the North Arm, 450 ft. eastward of the south-west swinging-buoy in 15 ft. L.W.S., and the two buoys form a mooring berth for vessels of up to about 350 ft. in length.

Approximate position: Latitude 34° 49¼′ S., longitude 138° 30¾′ E.

This notice affects Admiralty Charts 1750 and 1752.

ARTHUR SEARCY,
President of the Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 31st October, 1910.

Notice to Mariners No. 143 of 1910.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 5th December, 1910.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Marine Department at Brisbane, Queensland, is published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

LUCINDA BAR, SOUTH ENTRANCE TO HINCHINBROOK CHANNEL.

Alteration of Leading-beacons.

Notice is hereby given that, on and after the 29th instant, the leading-beacons which mark the channel across Lucinda Bar will be moved to the southward to a point 1½ miles south of Lucinda Point, and will lead across the bar bearing S. 30° W.

Vessels entering will, on and after the above date, pass about a cable north of the fairway buoy (instead of to the southward of it as hitherto), and bring the new lead in line bearing S. 30° W., passing a black buoy, which marks the extreme of the Southern Spit, on the port hand, and round the elbow red buoy on the starboard hand, bringing the Dungeness lead in line as hitherto.

Vessels outward bound running down the Dungeness lead should leave that lead before the bar beacons come quite on, and rounding the red buoy bring the bar lead on.

The new bar beacons lead through the centre of the present channel in 10½ ft. at L.W.S., giving 5½ ft. more than hitherto.

Charts affected: Nos. 2349 and 1948; “Australia Directory,” Vol. ii.

JOHN MACKAY,
Portmaster.

Marine Department, 14th November, 1910.

Notice to Mariners No. 144 of 1910.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 5th December, 1910.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Port Officer, Melbourne, Victoria, is published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

NO. 15 BUOY, SOUTH CHANNEL, PORT PHILLIP.

WITH reference to general Notice to Mariners dated 1st August, 1907, page 70, regarding No. 15 occulting gas-buoy, South Channel, Port Phillip; mariners and others are hereby notified that on or about the 1st December, 1910, such buoy will be replaced by an acetylene-gas buoy showing every three seconds a white flashing light of three-tenths of a second duration.

Charts affected: Admiralty No. 1171A; South Channel Chart, published locally.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 9th November, 1910.