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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 11

Applications invited for the Position of Assistant Medical Officer and House Surgeon, Rotorua Sanatorium, Baths, and Hospitals.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 11th February, 1914.

1. APPLICATIONS will be received up till noon on the 24th February, 1914, for the position of Assistant Medical Officer and House Surgeon, Rotorua Sanatorium, Baths, and Hospitals.

2. Applications must be addressed to the Secretary to the Public Service Commissioner, Wellington, and must embrace a statement of education and experience, particulars of age, &c.

3. Applicants must be not less than twenty-five nor more than thirty-five years of age, and must be unmarried.

4. The duties of the successful applicant will be as directed by the Government Balneologist at Rotorua from time to time, and shall include the treatment of patients in the Sanatorium and Cottage and Infectious Diseases Hospitals, and the treatment of Maoris in the Rotorua district.

5. The appointee shall not, during the time of his employment by the Department, nor within a period of three years from the date of the determination of appointment, engage in private practice within a radius of three miles of the Sanatorium.

6. Salary, £300, with board and residence at Sanatorium; Professional Division.

7. Appointment to be subject to the Public Service Act, 1912.

A. J. H. BENGE,
Secretary.

New Zealand Cadetships at the Royal Military College of Australia.

Defence Headquarters,
Wellington, 11th February, 1914.

IT is notified for general information that next year—1915—there will only be four (4) New Zealand cadetships to compete for at the Royal Military College of Australia.

A. J. GODLEY,
Major-General,
Commanding New Zealand Military Forces.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

The Treasury, New Zealand,
Friendly Societies Office,
Wellington, 9th February, 1914.

THE Clutha Lodge, No. 25, situated at Balclutha, is registered as a branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of New Zealand Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 9th day of February, 1914.

A. T. TRAVERSI,
Deputy Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Notice to Mariners No. 12 of 1914.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 5th February, 1914.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Marine Department, Brisbane, Chief Harbourmaster, Fremantle, and the Marine Board, Port Adelaide, are published for general information.

B. W. MILLIER,
For Secretary.

QUEENSLAND.

Cairns Harbour.—Removal of Fairway Beacon and Illuminated Tide-gauge.

Notice is hereby given that the fairway beacon and illuminated clock tide-gauge at the entrance to the bar channel at Cairns has been removed, and is now re-established on a new steel structure about 2,700 ft. from the old position.

The new beacon stands in 20 ft. at L.W.S., and is 400 ft. to the eastward of the line of lights.

Charts affected: Nos. 3133, 2350, and 2924; “Australia Directory,” Vol. ii.

Reported Uncharted Danger.—Lark Passage.—East Coast of Queensland.

Notice is hereby given that the master of the s.s. “Morinda” reports that, after entering Lark Passage, with Swinger Reef beacon bearing S. 82° W. Mag. distant 2 miles, he struck an uncharted danger, the draught of vessel at time of striking being 16 ft.

The reported danger is in the track of vessels passing between Pullen and Swinger Reefs, and is described as a patch about 30 ft. in extent.

Chart affected: No. 2923; “Australia Directory,” Vol. ii.

White Sector Light.—West Point.—Magnetic Island, Townsville.

Notice is hereby given that the small white screened light on West Point (Quarantine Station), Magnetic Island, will be discontinued after 31st January, 1914.

Charts affected: Nos. 1102, 348, and 2349; “Australia Directory,” Vol. ii.

JOHN MACKAY,
Portmaster.

Marine Department, Brisbane, 16th December, 1913.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.—NORTH-WEST COAST.

Notice is hereby given that on and after the 1st January, 1914, an unattended white light will be exhibited from a steel tower (lattice openwork) 40 ft. in height from base to vane, and painted red, erected on the summit of Cape Bossut; latitude 18° 43′ south; longitude 121° 39′ east.

Description of light: Single flashing as follows—0·3 seconds light; 2·7 seconds eclipse. Height of focal plane above high water, 75 ft. The light will be visible all round at a distance of 14 miles in clear weather.

Charts affected: No. 475, North-west coast of Australia; No. 1048, Buccaneer Archipelago to Bedout.

C. J. IRVINE,
Chief Harbourmaster.

Department of Harbour and Lights,
Fremantle, 9th December, 1913.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

Spencer Gulf.—Franklin Harbour.

Masters of vessels, pilots, and others are hereby informed that on and after the night of 1st December, 1913, an unwatched white light, flashing every two seconds, and showing all round the horizon, will be exhibited from an open ironwork tower, painted red, and surrounded by timber-fender piling placed in 12 ft. at O.L.W.S. about the centre of the two-fathom patch at the entrance to Franklin Harbour, and 2½ cables N.N.E. from the fairway buoy.

The focal plane of the light is 30 ft. above H.W., and it should be visible at a distance of about eight miles in clear weather.

The beacon is to be kept on the starboard hand entering, and the deepest water in the channel, 18 ft. at L.W.S., is about midway between the beacon and the buoy.

Approximate position: Lat., 33° 45′ S.; long., 136° 59¼′ E. This affects Admiralty Charts Nos. 2389B and 785.

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

Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide.
18th November, 1913.

Notice to Mariners No. 13 of 1914.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 6th February, 1914.

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

B. W. MILLIER,
For Secretary.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

Spencer Gulf.—Franklin Harbour.

Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 22 of 1913, masters of vessels, pilots, and others are informed that the channel leading from seaward into Franklin Harbour is now marked at night by the following lights:—

No. 1. An unwatched white light, flashing every two (2) seconds, and showing all round the horizon, will be exhibited from an open ironwork tower, painted red, and surrounded by timber fender piling placed in 12 ft. at O.L.W.S., about the centre of the 2-fathom patch at the entrance to Franklin