3878

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

and masters of vessels are cautioned against its use, except during fine weather and about the time of high water. Charts affected : Nos. 1030 and 1068 ; Australia Directory, Vol. ii.

[No. 96

V. FORRESTER,
Acting-Portmaster.

Marine Department.
Brisbane, 7th October, 1910.

characteristics of the light and the arc of illumination will be published later. Approx. position : Lat. 49° 35' 27" N., long. 126° 37’ 35” W.

TRIANGLE ISLAND, IKEDA BAY AND PRINCE RUPERT HAR-BOUR.—WIRELESS-TELEGRAPH STATIONS ESTABLISHED.—The following wireless-telegraph stations have been established by the Government of Canada, on the coast of British Columbia, in extension of the chain previously installed, and are now in operation and available by day for communication with vessels equipped with wireless apparatus, irrespective of the system in use. They are equipped with apparatus having a range of 300 miles. The stations are located as follows :—Triangle Island, on the summit : call letters, T L D. Approx. position : Lat. 50° 51’ 48” N., long. 129° 4’ 50” W. Ikeda Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, on the headland north of the entrance; call letters, D K D. Approx. position : Lat. 52° 17’ 25” N., long. 131° 7’ W. Prince Rupert Harbour, on Parizean Point, Digby Island ; call letters, P R D. Approx. position : Lat. 54° 17’ 7” N., long. 130° 22’ 38” W. (See Notice to Mariners No. 30 (1762) of 1910.)

CHATHAM SOUND.—TREE BLUFF.—BUOY ESTABLISHED.—A steel-can buoy surmounted by a latticework drum, the whole painted black, has been established in 8 fathoms of water off the western extremity of the shoal-ground extending westward from Tree Bluff, southern side of the entrance to Big Bay, Chatham Sound, British Columbia. The following sextant angles fix the position of the buoy :—Finlayson Island, west tangent, 0°. Simpson Point, 48° 20'. Centre hut on Tree Bluff, 44°. Approx. position : Lat. 54° 25’ 43” N., long. 130° 30’ 35” W.

SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN.

SOCIETY ISLANDS.—TAHITI.—MATAOAE DISTRICT.—PEHOA CHANNEL AND TEAHUPU BASIN.—BEACONS.—The commander of the gunboat “Zéléé” reports that the following beacons have been established in Teahupu Basin, Mataoae District, south-west coast of Tahiti :-A red conical iron beacon, on the northern point of a coral head, 327 yards 267° from Otuan Point. Approx. position : Lat. 17° 49’ 27” S., long. 149° 16’ 29” W. A black cylindrical iron beacon, on a coral head, 458 yards 153° from Otuan Point. Approx. position : Lat. 17° 49’ 39” S., long. 149° 16’ 13” W. A red conical iron beacon, on the north-eastern edge of a coral head, northward of Ahmatoa Reef, 1,300 yards 160° from Otuan Point. Approx. position : Lat. 17° 50’ 2” S., long. 149° 16’ 5” W. A black cylindrical iron beacon, on a shoal with 4 fathom over it, eastward of Ava Ino Pass and about 295 yards 193° from Arahavo Point. Approx. position : Lat. 17° 50’ 34” S., long. 149° 15’ 31” W. The red conical beacon, formerly located in Pehoa Channel, about 295 yards 232° from the church of Mataoae District, no longer exists. Approx. position : Lat. 17° 48’ 55” S., long. 149° 17’ 10” W.

Notice to Mariners No. 123 of 1910.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 26th October, 1910.
THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Marine Department at Brisbane, Queensland, is published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

WIDE BAY BAR.—CLOSURE OF NORTH CHANNEL.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 6 of 1910, notice is hereby given that a recent examination of the north channel, Wide Bay Bar, indicates that there is no improvement, and consequently it has been decided to remove the front beacon and light marking this channel from 22nd instant, when it will be closed to navigation. South Channel.—This channel still carries the same depth as previously notified--viz., 13 ft. 6 in. at low water,

Notice to Mariners No. 124 of 1910.

BUOYS PLACED IN TOKOMARU BAY.

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

THE Waiapu County Council have notified that two buoys have been placed in Tokomaru Bay—(1) a black buoy over Hikutu Rock, Maratiri, bearing N. 67° W. distant 21 miles ; (2) a red mooring buoy, position Maratiri S. 89° W. 1'6 miles, Kotunui Point N. 35° E. Charts, &c., affected : Admiralty Charts Nos. 2527 and 3500 ; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chap. iv, page 121.

J. A. MILLAR.

Notice to Mariners No. 125 of 1910.

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

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

SOUTH COAST.—APPROACH TO SPENCER GULF.

NOTICE is hereby given that Captain Balliene, of the s.s. “Flinders,” reports a heavy break about every two minutes in lat. 35° 15’ S. and long. 135° 37’ E. approximately, with Cape Wiles bearing N. ½ E., distant 18½ miles. A break in this locality has often been reported, and was at one time marked on the Admiralty charts, but after an examination of the place by the Admiralty surveyors during the survey of 1873–1879 it was expunged. The break having been reported several times afterwards, Captain Weir, in the Marine Board steamer “Governor Musgrave,” examined the locality, but found no shallow water. It is therefore probably a tide rip which breaks only during a heavy south-west swell. This affects Admiralty Chart No. 1061.

ARTHUR SEARCY,
President of the Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 28th September, 1910.

Notice to Mariners No. 126 of 1910.

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

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

MASTERS of vessels and others are hereby informed that the following lighthouses 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’ 136° 35’Troubridge Lighthouse . . 35° 7’ 137° 51’Cape Jaffa Lighthouse . . . 36’ 58’ 139° 37’Cape Northumberland Lighthouse . 38° 3’ 140° 38’Penguin Island Lighthouse . . 37° 31’ 140° 1’ 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, 2389A.

ARTHUR SEARCY,
President of the Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 3rd October, 1910.