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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 71

Notice to Mariners No. 100 of 1913.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 16th September, 1913.

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

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

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QUEENSLAND.

Floating Wreckage, Vicinity of Cairns.

NOTICE is hereby given that on several occasions floating wreckage has been seen in the vicinity of Cairns. The obstruction was first reported in April last in lat. 16° 37′ 30″ S., long. 145° 46′ 30″ E., Double Island bearing S. 35° W. distant about 7 miles; again on the 16th August, the Cairns clock beacon bearing S. 15° W. distant 6 miles; and on 19th August the wreckage was sighted on Fringing Reefs, north side of Grafton Passage.

The wreckage is reported to be a large spar apparently attached to a submerged hull. Searches have been made in the endeavour to locate same, but without success.

Masters of vessels are cautioned to keep a good lookout when navigating in the locality.

“Australia Directory,” Vol. ii; charts affected, Nos. 2924 and 2350.

JOHN MACKAY,
Portmaster.

Marine Department,
Brisbane, 22nd August, 1913.

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Notice to Mariners No. 102 of 1913.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 23rd September, 1913.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Port Officer, Melbourne, Victoria, is published for general information.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

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VICTORIA.

Portsea Gas-buoy, South Channel.—Port Phillip.

REFERRING to General Notice to Mariners dated 1st August, 1907, page 69, mariners are hereby notified that the present fixed red light shown from the gas-buoy at the south-west extremity of the shoals in South Channel between Nos. 1 and 2 buoys will be altered on the 1st October, 1913, to a flashing red light, giving a flash of 3-10ths of a second duration every three seconds. The light will be visible in clear weather for a distance of 3 miles.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.

Melbourne, 16th August, 1913.

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Town of Rotorua.—Order levying a Fire-prevention Rate, 1913–14.

WHEREAS by the Rotorua Town Act, 1907, provision is made for the management of the Town of Rotorua by the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts, and the said Department is, in respect of the said town, created a body corporate :

And whereas by section 5 of the said Act it is enacted that, for the purposes of any Act relating to local authorities, the said Department shall, in respect of the said town, be deemed to be a local authority, and that the provisions of any such Act shall (subject to such modifications or exceptions as the Governor by Order in Council directs) extend and apply as if the said town were a borough :

And whereas the said Department has become the contributory local authority to the Rotorua Fire Board, constituted under the provisions of the Fire Brigades Act, 1908 :

And whereas on the 11th day of April, 1908, His Excellency the Governor, in exercise of the powers conferred in that behalf by the Rotorua Town Act, 1907, did by Order in Council make certain regulations for the effectual carrying-out of that Act, which regulations appear in the New Zealand Gazette of the 16th day of April, 1908 :

And whereas by clause 3 of the said regulations it is provided that an order or direction in writing, signed by the General Manager of the said Department, shall be sufficient in all cases in which (amongst other things) a resolution or special order of a Council is necessary in a borough :

Now, therefore, I, the undersigned, Benjamin Marcus Wilson, the General Manager of the said Department, in exercise of the powers and authorities given by the Rotorua Town Act, 1907, and the said regulations, and also by section 24 of the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, do hereby order, direct, and declare that a separate rate of ⅓d. in the pound on the value of the buildings in the Rotorua Fire District, exclusive of the value of the sites on which such buildings are erected, is hereby made and levied for the year commencing on the 1st day of July, 1913, and ending on the 30th day of June, 1914, and that such rate shall be payable in one sum on the 25th day of September, 1913.

As witness my hand this 24th day of September, 1913.

B. M. WILSON,
General Manager.

Witness—W. H. Frethey.

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Town of Rotorua.—Order levying a Hospital Rate, 1913–14.

WHEREAS by the Rotorua Town Act, 1907, provision is made for the management of the Town of Rotorua by the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts, and the said Department is, in respect of the said town, created a body corporate :

And whereas by section 5 of the said Act it is enacted that for the purposes of any Act relating to local authorities the said Department shall, in respect of the said town, be deemed to be a local authority, and that the provisions of any such Act shall (subject to such modifications or exceptions as the Governor by Order in Council directs) extend and apply as if the said town were a borough :

And whereas by section 80 of the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1909, and the Sixth Schedule thereto, it is provided that the said Department shall be deemed to be a contributory local authority of the Waikato Hospital District, and that the said Department, for the purpose of providing funds for the payment of contributions payable to the Waikato Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, shall have the same power of making, levying, and collecting rates in the Town of Rotorua as if the town were a borough and the Department were a Council thereof :

And whereas on the 11th day of April, 1908, His Excellency the Governor, in exercise of the powers conferred in that behalf by the Rotorua Town Act, 1907, did by Order in Council make certain regulations for the effectual carrying-out of that Act, which regulations appear in the New Zealand Gazette of the 16th day of April, 1908 :

And whereas by clause 3 of the said regulations it is provided that an order or direction in writing, signed by the General Manager of the said Department, shall be sufficient in all cases in which (amongst other things) a resolution or special order of a Council is necessary in a borough :

Now, therefore, I, the undersigned, Benjamin Marcus Wilson, the General Manager of the said Department, in exercise of the powers given to local authorities by the Rating Act, 1908, and also in exercise of the powers and authorities given by the Rotorua Town Act, 1907, and the said regulations, do hereby order, direct, and declare that a rate of one-tenth of a penny in the pound on the capital value of all rateable property in the Town of Rotorua is hereby made and levied for the year commencing on the 1st day of April, 1913, and ending on the 31st day of March, 1914, and that such rate shall be payable in one sum on the 25th day of September, 1913.

As witness my hand this 24th day of September, 1913.

B. M. WILSON,
General Manager.

Witness—W. H. Frethey.

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Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Registry Office,
Wellington, 19th September, 1913.

THE Court Karama, No. 6247, situated at Karama, is registered as a branch of the Nelson District of the Ancient Order of Foresters Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 19th day of September, 1913.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.