JULY 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2135

2. Applications must be forwarded through the Head of the Department, addressed to the Secretary to the Public Service Commissioner, Wellington, and marked “Application for Position of Bailiff at Hastings.”

3. Applications must embrace a statement of education and experience, particulars of age, &c.

4. The maximum age is thirty-five years. Applicants must be active and intelligent men, and be in possession of a Sixth Standard Education pass.

5. The appointment will be subject to the provisions of the Public Service Act, 1912.

6. Position will be graded in the General Division—Salary £150 per annum, rising by £5 increments to £180 per annum.

A. J. H. BENGE,
Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 69 of 1913.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 2nd July, 1913.

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

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

VICTORIA.

Removal of Shoals at Cunninghame Arm and Reeves Channel, Gippsland Lakes.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 124, dated 25th November, 1912, regarding the formation of a sand-knoll at the entrance to Cunninghame Arm, it is now hereby notified that such sand-knoll has been removed to a depth of ten (10) feet at ordinary low water.

It is also hereby notified that the Central Spit encroaching into Reeves Navigable Channel has been removed, and that a depth of ten (10) feet can be obtained at ordinary low water when navigating in such fairway.

Bass Strait Lights.

Referring to Notices to Mariners Nos. 110 and 135, dated 10th of June, 1912, and 10th March, 1913, mariners and others are hereby notified that the change from fixed to occulting will be made to the Gabo Island light on or about the 1st July, 1913, and that the exhibition of the lights for the first time at Citadel Island and Cape Liptrap will be made on or about 1st September, 1913.

Light, Port Albert Wharf.

Referring to General Notice to Mariners, dated 1st August, 1907, page 113, mariners, boatmen, and others are hereby notified that on and after the 1st July, 1913, the present fixed red light shown from Port Albert Wharf will be changed to a fixed white light.

The change is necessary owing to the difficulty in distinguishing the present red light when approaching from seaward.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.

Melbourne, 22nd May, 1913.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

Gulf St. Vincent, Semaphore Anchorage—Wreck of Ship “Norma.”

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 2 of 1913, masters of vessels, pilots, and others are hereby informed that the green occulting light buoy which marked the wreck referred to has been removed.

This affects Admiralty Charts Nos. 1752 and 2389A and B.

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

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

Notice to Mariners No. 70 of 1913.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 3rd July, 1913.

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

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

QUEENSLAND.

East Coast of Australia.—New Pile Light.—Brisbane River Entrance.

NOTICE is hereby given that on and after 23rd June the main light will be exhibited from the new pile lighthouse at the entrance to the Brisbane River.

The light, which is 48 ft. above high water, will occult during the flood tide, showing light for ten (10) seconds and eclipsed for two (2) seconds.

The light is visible between the following bearings:—
White from S. 83° W. to S. 34° E., intensified over an arc of 15°, the centre of which bears S. 28° W. from the direction of Cowan Lighthouse.
Red from S. 34° E. to N. 21° W.
Red from N. 79° W. to S. 83° W.

A beam of white light between the bearings of N. 38° W. and N. 44° W. is also shown between St. Helena and Mud Islands.

The same tidal and other signals will be made from the new lighthouse as were formerly exhibited from the old structure.

Telephone connection has been established.

The temporary floating light hitherto marking the outer end of the cutting will be discontinued.

Charts affected: Nos. 1029, 1674, 1670B; “Australia Directory,” Vol. ii.

Prince of Wales Channel.—Ipili Reef.

Referring to Notices to Mariners Nos. 2 and 3 of 1913, notice is hereby given that on and after the 20th July the colour of the buoy now marking Ipili and Mecca Reefs will be altered from black to red.

Charts affected: Nos. 2354 and 691; “Australia Directory,” Vol. ii.

JOHN MACKAY,
Portmaster.

Marine Department,
Brisbane, 18th June, 1913.

Notice to Mariners No. 71 of 1913.

DREDGING OFF BLUFF HARBOUR ENTRANCE.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 4th July, 1913.

THE Bluff Harbour Board have notified that during temporary dredging operations off the harbour entrance a grey cask buoy has been placed to carry dredge-moorings, No. 1 beacon bearing N. 58° E. distant 190 yards.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 2540; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter ix, page 270.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 72 of 1913.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 7th July, 1913.

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

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

Gulf St. Vincent.—Port Adelaide River.

MASTERS of vessels, pilots, and others are hereby informed that the mooring-buoys and beacon at the North Arm, formerly used by vessels carrying explosives, are to be removed at once, and that in future vessels with explosives on board will not be allowed to come up the river beyond Schnapper Point, where a new berth for such ships has been provided.

This affects Admiralty Charts Nos. 1750 and 1752.

Gulf St. Vincent.—Port Adelaide.—Outer Harbour.

Masters of vessels, pilots, and others are hereby informed that no vessel is allowed to anchor in the Port Adelaide River, opposite the wharf at the Outer Harbour, or in such a way as to obstruct the channel.

This affects Admiralty Charts Nos. 1750 and 1752.

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

Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 31st May, 1913.