JUNE 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2003

Notice to Mariners No. 60 of 1912.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 14th June, 1912.

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

GEO. LAURENSON.

QUEENSLAND.

Channel into Port Alma, Keppel Bay.

REFERRING to Notices to Mariners Nos. 1 and 2 of 1912, notice is hereby given that the new leading marks and buoys for the navigation of Port Alma Channel are now in position and ready for use. The lights established for night navigation will be exhibited on and after Monday, the 27th instant, from which date the directions given in Notice to Mariners No. 1 of 1912 should be followed.

Charts affected: Nos. 345 and 363; “Australia Directory,” Vol. ii.

JOHN MACKAY,
Portmaster.

Marine Department,
Brisbane, 23rd May, 1912.

Notice to Mariners No. 61 of 1912.

WAIHOU RIVER.—FERRY CROSSING.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 15th June, 1912.

THE Thames County Council have notified that they have established a ferry to cross the Waihou River at Warapoe, about eleven miles up the river, for ferrying stock, &c.

Masters of steam and sailing vessels trading to Paeroa are hereby cautioned about this. In the daytime the ferry will be easily seen, and at night-time two vertical red lights will be shown from a pole on the punt, the upper light 15 ft. and the lower light 10 ft. from the deck of the punt.

GEO. LAURENSON.

Notice to Mariners No. 62 of 1912.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 15th June, 1912.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Minister of State for Communications, Tokyo, Japan, are published for general information.

GEO. LAURENSON.

SOTSUKO-ZAKI LIGHTHOUSE TO BE RELIGHTED.

NOTICE is hereby given that the illuminating apparatus at Sotsuko-zaki Lighthouse, on the west point of Amami-oshima, Osumi Province, having been completely repaired, the undermentioned light will be shown on and after the 20th instant (see Notification No. 627 of Department of Communications, June, 1911) :—

Character of light: Third-order, group, flashing, white light, showing three flashes in quick succession during 8 seconds, followed by an eclipse of 12 seconds.

Candle-power: 60,000.

Distance visible: 28·5 nautical miles in clear weather.

No change as to the position and others.

COUNT HAYASHI TADASU,
Minister of State for Communications.

Tokyo, 12th April, 1912.

NOTICE is hereby given that, as a signal to the lightkeepers’ dwelling at Yobuko, Higashi-Matsuura, Hizen Province, the undermentioned light will be shown sometimes from Yeboshi-jima Lighthouse, at the east entrance to Ikisuido :—

Colour of light: Red or green.

Illuminated arc: Over an arc of 3° between the bearings of N. 30° E. and N. 33° E. (the magnetic bearings taken from seaward).

Period: 8–8.30 p.m. during the eight months of January to April and September to December; 9–9.30 p.m. during the four months of May to August.

COUNT HAYASHI TADASU,
Minister of State for Communications.

Tokyo, 22nd April, 1912.

Notice to Mariners No. 63 of 1912.

ROCK NEAR ENTRANCE TO PATERSON INLET, STEWART ISLAND.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 17th June, 1912.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 35 of 1912, Captain Bollons, of the Government s.s. “Hinemoa,” having examined the locality, reports as follows:—

The rock is about 50 ft. long in a north and south direction and 30 ft. east and west. At a cable’s length all round there is from 12 to 16 fathoms of water, rocky bottom.

The rock itself carries 4 fathoms at low-water springs. It is always marked by a rippling during the tidal springs. With strong west winds and ebb stream the rip is heavy.

When on the rock the following bearings and marks denote its position: Fish Rock, 210° 6½ cables (S. 13° W. mag.); Mid Bay Rock in Half-moon Bay is just open west of Fish Rock. N.W. end of Motunui 55° (N. 38° E. mag.), the highest part of North Islet being in line. S.W. extreme of Boat Refuge Island 127° (S. 70° E. mag.).

The locality of Fish Rock should be avoided by those not locally acquainted, as there is foul ground and several rips in the vicinity.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 2553; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter ix, pages 281–2.

GEO. LAURENSON.

Notice to Mariners No. 64 of 1912.

HOKITIKA RIVER.—CHANGE OF LIGHT.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 18th June, 1912.

THE Hokitika Harbour Board have notified that on and after 1st July, 1912, the white light at the end of the north wall be discontinued, and the orange-coloured light hitherto shown on the end of the old wall will be shown at the entrance end of the north-wall extension.

Admiralty Charts Nos. 2591 and 1212; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter x, page 321.

GEO. LAURENSON.

Notice to Mariners No. 65 of 1912.

SIGNALS TO BE MADE BY VESSELS APPROACHING DEFENDED PORTS WHEN INCONVENIENCED BY SEARCHLIGHTS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 18th June, 1912.

THE system of signals described below has been adopted for vessels approaching defended ports in the United Kingdom when inconvenienced by searchlights, and it has been decided to adopt these signals in New Zealand. Notice is therefore given that when any vessel approaching a defended port in New Zealand, when searchlights are being worked, and it is found that they interfere with her safe navigation, these signals may be used either singly or combined:—

Signals.

(a.) By flashing lamp, four short flashes followed by one long flash.

(b.) By whistle, siren, or fog-horn, four short blasts followed by one long blast.

Whenever possible, both flashing lamp signals and sound signals should be used.

On these signals being made, the searchlights will be worked so as to cause the least inconvenience, being either doused, raised, or their direction altered.

The signals should not be used without real necessity, as unless the vessel is actually in the rays of the searchlight it is impossible to know which searchlight is affected.

NOTE.—These signals, which will come into force fourteen days after the date of this notice, are designed to assist mariners, and do not render the Government liable in any way.

GEO. LAURENSON.