1952

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 47

Officiating Ministers for 1913.—Notice No. 23.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 18th June, 1913.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand passed in the eighth year of the reign of His late Majesty King Edward VII, and intituled the Marriage Act, 1908, the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information :—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

MR. DAVID HENDERSON FAWCETT.

Roman Catholic Church.

The Reverend DAVID MULCAHY.

Church of Christ.

MR. THOMAS HERBERT MATHIESON.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

Notice to Mariners No. 62 of 1913.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 12th June, 1913.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Minister of State for Communications, Tokyo, Japan, from the Marine Board, Adelaide, South Australia, and from the Port Officer, Melbourne, Victoria, are published for general information.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

JAPAN.

Candle-power and Visibility of Light changed.

NOTICE is hereby given that the candle-power and the visibility of light of Kwannon-zaki Lighthouse on Kwannon-zaki, Gulf of Tokyo, have been changed as follows :—

Power : 9,000 candles.

Visibility : 20 nautical miles in clear weather.

Okadobana Lighthouse established.

Notice is hereby given that the under-described lighthouse has been erected on Okadobana, south-east point of Shodo-shima (inland sea), Sanuki Province, which will be lighted on and after 15th April, 1913.

Okadobana Lighthouse.—Position : Lat. 34° 25′ 57″ N., long. 134° 19′ 54″ E. (according to Japanese Admiralty Chart No. 137A). Description : Hexagonal iron tower, painted white. Height : About 23 ft. from the base and about 195 ft. above the water. Character : Fourth-order acetylene-gas occulting white light ; light 2 seconds, eclipse 2 seconds. Illuminated arc : From S. 34° W. through W., N., and E. to S. 59° E. On the direction of W.S.W. from the lighthouse there may be some area in which the light is invisible within the illuminated arc, owing to the obstruction of Funoko-shima. (Magnetic bearings taken from seaward). Power : 2,000 candles. Visibility : 20½ nautical miles in clear weather.

MOTODA HAJIME,
Minister for State for Communications.

Tokyo, 15th April, 1913.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

West Coast, Streaky Bay.—Warburton Channel.

MASTERS of vessels, pilots, and others are hereby informed that a red perch buoy has been placed, in four fathoms at L.W.S., on the N.W. extreme of the North Bank, Streaky Bay, to mark the S. side of Warburton Channel.

Approximate position : Lat. 32° 32′ S., long. 134° 8′ E.

Carawa Jetty Light.

Also that a fixed light is now exhibited from the end of the Carawa Jetty, at an elevation of 28 ft. above H.W. The light shows white between the bearings of 84° (N. 81° E. mag.) and 78° (N. 75° E. mag.), an arc of 6°—i.e., along the deep water of Warburton Channel ; red between 78° (N. 75° E. mag.) and 343° (N. 20° W. mag.) over the North Bank ; and white between 343° (N. 20° W. mag.) and 264° (S. 81° W. mag.) inside the North Bank and over the land. The white light should be visible in clear weather at a distance of nine nautical miles, and the red five miles.

Approximate position : Lat. 32° 31½′ S., long. 134° 12½′ E. This affects Admiralty Chart No. 1061.

ARTHUR SEARCY,
President of the Marine Board and Controller of Harbours.

Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 15th April, 1913.

PORT OF GEELONG.

Moorabool Pier.

NOTICE to pilots, exempt masters, and others.—On and after 1st May, 1913 (during alterations to this pier), the two (2) red pier-head lights at present exhibited therefrom will be discontinued until further notice.

Naval College Jetty.

A red light, visible about one and a half miles in clear weather, will be exhibited from this jetty, which is situated about eleven (11) cables N.N.W. of the Railway Pier.

GEO. A. MOLLAND,
Harbourmaster.

Geelong, 21st April, 1913.

Notice to Mariners No. 68 of 1913.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 11th June, 1913.

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

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

JAPAN.

Candle-power to be reduced temporarily.

NOTICE is hereby given that the candle-power of the light of Hime-shima Lighthouse, E. extreme of Hime-shima, Bungo Province, shall be reduced to 4,400 (forty-four hundred) candles during the repair of illuminating apparatus.

N.B.—No change as to the visible distance of the light.

Character of Light changed.

Notice is hereby given that the character of the light of Yagishiri-jima Lighthouse, Teshio Province, Hokkaido, has been changed as follows :—

Character : Group-flashing white light, showing 4 flashes in quick succession during 15 seconds, followed by an eclipse of 15 seconds.

MOTODA HAJIME,
Minister of State for Communications.

Tokyo, 15th March, 1913.

Unclaimed Property.

Police Department,
Wellington, 31st May, 1913.

THE unclaimed property described hereunder, and now in the possession of the police at the stations named, will, unless claimed by the 21st June, 1913, be sold thereafter by public auction :—

Auckland.—Umbrellas, purses, articles of jewellery and clothing, &c.

Hamilton.—Umbrella, cape, brooch.

Napier.—Bicycles, purses, watch, articles of jewellery, clothing, &c.

Wanganui.—Bicycles, umbrellas, purses, articles of clothing, &c.

Wellington.—Bicycles, umbrellas, watches, purses, articles of jewellery and clothing, &c.

Greymouth.—Articles of clothing, tools, &c.

Christchurch.—Bicycles, watches, purses, articles of jewellery and clothing, &c.

Ashburton.—Bicycle, umbrellas, articles of clothing.

Timaru.—Bicycles, umbrellas, purses, articles of clothing.

Dunedin.—Bicycles, umbrellas, purses, articles of jewellery, clothing, &c.

Invercargill.—Bicycles, purses, articles of clothing, &c.

J. CULLEN,
Commissioner of Police.

(P. 13/999.)