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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 26

Notice to Mariners No. 22 of 1912.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 12th March, 1912.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Marine Department, Brisbane, are published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

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QUEENSLAND.

Channel into Port Alma.—Keppel Bay.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 17 of 1911, notice is hereby given that, on and after Monday, 4th March, 1912, the leading-beacons at Port Alma will be removed, and beacons will be erected on Kazatch and Eupatoria Points. The directions now in use will then be cancelled, and the following substituted therefor :—

By Day.—Vessels proceeding to Port Alma after passing Sea Hill keep Balaklava leads in line until two similar beacons (erected on Kazatch Point) are in line; proceed with these in line until two beacons (erected on Eupatoria Point) are in line. Keep these in line until near the intersection red buoy moored off Eupatoria Point in 20 ft. L.W.S., when a course may be steered to pass a black buoy moored off Kazatch Point in 20 ft. L.W.S. After passing this buoy a mid-channel course may be steered until arrival off the wharf.

By Night.—Vessels proceeding to Port Alma after passing Sea Hill keep Balaklava lights in line until two lights (erected on Kazatch Point) are in line (front one red, back one white); proceed with these in line until two similar lights (erected on Eupatoria Point) are in line. Keep these in line until two green lights are in line (front one erected on the northern inside end of the wharf). Proceed with these in line, which will lead up to the wharf.

Charts affected : Nos. 345 and 363 ; Australia Directory, Vol. II.

JOHN MACKAY,
Portmaster.

Marine Department,
Brisbane, 12th February, 1912.

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REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 1 of 1912, re New Leads, Port Alma Channel, Keppel Bay, and directions therefor, owing to the non-completion of the extension of the Jetty at Port Alma, the leads referred to will not be available on the date advertised. Due notice will, however, be given when they are erected and ready for use.

Charts affected : Nos. 345 and 363 ; Australia Directory, Vol. II.

JOHN MACKAY,
Portmaster.

Marine Department,
Brisbane, 26th February, 1912.

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Notice to Mariners No. 23 of 1912.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 13th March, 1912.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Hydrographic Office, Washington, D.C., United States of America, are published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

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CHINA SEA.

BANKA ISLAND.—NORTH-EAST COAST.—GOAT REEF.—INTENDED LIGHT.—The Netherlands Government has given notice that it is intended to establish a light, of which further information will be given, on Goat Reef, north-east coast of Banka Island.

The black buoy marking the reef will be discontinued when the light is established.

Approx. position : Lat. 2° 12′ 3″ S., long. 106° 29′ 6″ E.

SUMATRA.

NORTH COAST.—PULO WEH.—WIRELESS-TELEGRAPH STATION ESTABLISHED.—The Netherlands Government has given notice that a wireless-telegraph station, call letters S A B, has been established on Pulo Weh, north coast of Sumatra, near Tapa Gaja Point Light, in (approximately) latitude 5° 54′ 30″ N., longitude 95° 20′ E.

The wireless signal is made from an iron mast 212 ft. high.

H.O. Charts Nos. 854b and 1595.

B.A. Chart No. 2760.

China Sea Directory, Vol. I, 1906, page 63.

H.O. Publication No. 87, International Code of Signals, 1911, page 120.

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.

OAHU.—HONOLULU HARBOUR ENTRANCE.—LIGHT CARRIED AWAY.—BUOY ESTABLISHED.—Information has been received that Pile Light No. 6, Honolulu Harbour entrance, Hawaiian Islands, has been destroyed. Until this light is replaced the position will be marked by a second-class nun buoy carrying a fixed red light.

WASHINGTON.

GRAYS HARBOUR.—LIGHT TO BE ESTABLISHED.—COLOUR OF LIGHT TO BE CHANGED.—About 25th February, 1912, North Channel Light A, a fixed white post-lantern light of about 45-candle power, will be established on the northern side of the North Channel, Grays Harbour, Washington, about 1 mile 251° from the outer end of Grays Harbour City Wharf. The light will be exhibited 14 ft. above the water from a white cross-arm on a 7-pile dolphin erected in 2½ fathoms of water.

On the same date the colour of Lower Light, located about ⅞ mile 223° from the outer end of Grays Harbour City Wharf, will be changed from white to red.

URUGUAY.

PLATA RIVER.—LOBOS POINT.—PIEDRAS BLANCAS ROCKS.—LIGHT-BUOY ESTABLISHED.—The Government of Uruguay has given notice that a black light-buoy, exhibiting a flashing white light, has been established in 20 ft. of water to mark Piedras Blancas Rocks, off Lobos Point, Uruguay, on the following bearings :—

Grava Point Light, 100°.

El Cerro Hill, 358°.

MALACCA STRAIT.

KLANG STRAIT.—TANJONG SAU (DEEPWATER POINT).—LIGHTS DISCONTINUED.—Information dated 13th December, 1911, has been received that the two fixed white vertical lights recently established on Tanjong Sau (Deepwater Point), Klang Strait, have been discontinued.

Approx. position : Lat. 3° N., long. 101° 20′ 30″ E.

CALIFORNIA.

POINT HUENEME LIGHT-STATION.—FOG-SIGNAL ESTABLISHED.—Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 49 (3543) of 1911, further notice is given that on 2nd January, 1912, a first-class compressed-air fog-siren, which will sound 1 blast of ¼ seconds duration every 30 seconds—thus, blast ¼ seconds, silent interval 26 seconds—was established at Point Hueneme Light-station, sea-coast of California.

Approx. position : Lat. 34° 8′ 45″ N., long. 119° 12′ 34″ W.

POINT ARGUELLO LIGHT-STATION.—CHARACTERISTIC AND INTENSITY OF LIGHT CHANGED.—Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 49 (3544) of 1911, further notice is given that on 4th January, 1912, the fixed white light at Point Arguello Light-station, sea-coast of California, was replaced by a flashing white light showing 1 group of 2 flashes every 7⅞ seconds—thus, flash ⅛ second, eclipsed 1⅞ seconds; flash ⅛ second, eclipsed 5⅞ seconds.

The illuminant was changed from oil to incandescent oil vapour, and the power of the light from 520 candles to about 90,000 candles.

Approx. position : Lat. 34° 34′ 35″ N., long. 120° 38′ 48″ W.

PUNTA GORDA.—LIGHT ESTABLISHED.—Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 50 (3603) of 1911, further notice is given that on 15th January, 1912, a flashing white light of about 96,000-candle power, showing 1 group of 2 flashes every 15 seconds, was established about 1 mile south-eastward of Punta Gorda, sea-coast of California.

The light is exhibited 75 ft. above the water from a gray rectangular structure.

Approx. position : Lat. 40° 15′ N., long. 124° 21′ W.

SAN FRANCISCO BAY ENTRANCE.—BONITA POINT LIGHT.—CHARACTERISTIC CHANGED.—Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 49 (3545) of 1911, further notice is given that on 10th January, 1912, the characteristic of the light at Bonita Point Light-station, San Francisco Bay entrance, California, was changed from fixed white to intermittent white every 30 seconds—thus, light 25 seconds, eclipsed 5 seconds.

Approx. position : Lat. 37° 48′ 57″ N., long. 122° 31′ 44″ W.

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Notice to Mariners No. 24 of 1912.

NEW ZEALAND TIME SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 16th March, 1912.

THE following information relating to the new time signal in Wellington and general time service arrangements has been received from Mr. C. E. Adams, the Government Astronomer, and is hereby published for general information.