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Notice to Mariners No. 53 of 1914.

KAIPARA HARBOUR.—HELENSVILLE RIVER.—LIGHT REPLACED.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 19th May, 1914.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 4 of the 13th January, 1914, notifying that the continuous light on the pile beacon in the Helensville River had been displaced, notice is hereby given that the light has now been replaced, and is being exhibited as before.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 2614, Kaipara Harbour; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide Tables, 1914,” page 307.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 54 of 1914.

OTAGO HARBOUR.—BEACON LIGHT IN OTAGO LOWER HARBOUR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 20th May, 1914.

THE Otago Harbour Board have notified that No. 3 red single pile beacon and No. 4 red single pile beacon, carrying red lights and marking the main channel south of Harrington Point, are being replaced by red (four) pile beacons carrying red lights. The clause “Beacons and Lights” on page 341, “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” should now read—

Between Harrington Point and Black Head the channel is marked on the starboard hand or western side by red (four) pile beacons carrying red lights. These beacons are distant from the black beacons as follows:—

No. 2 red beacon, 750 ft. 302° (N. 76° W. mag.) from No. 2 black beacon.

No. 3 red beacon, 600 ft. 322° (N. 56° W. mag.) from No. 3 black beacon.

No. 4 red beacon, 400 ft. 337° (N. 41° W. mag.) from No. 4 black beacon.

No. 5 red beacon, 880 ft. 31° (N. 13° E. mag.) from No. 5 black beacon.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 2411; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter viii, page 253; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1914, page 341.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 55 of 1914.

NEW ZEALAND TIME SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 20th May, 1914.

THE following information relating to the Time Signal in Wellington and general time service arrangements has been received from Mr. C. E. Adams, the Government Astronomer, and is hereby published for general information. This Notice supersedes Notice No. 24 of 1912.

POSITION OF TRANSIT INSTRUMENT.

The adopted position of the Transit Instrument at the Hector Observatory, Wellington, is longitude 11 h. 39 m. 4·27 s. east of Greenwich, latitude 41° 17′ 3·76″ south; height, 418 ft. above 1909 mean sea-level.

TIME SERVICE.

1. Accurate Time Signals.

On days when accurate time signals are given, the flag T of the international code will be hoisted on the Observatory flagstaff about midday.

(a.) When the flag is flying, chronometers may be compared with a galvanometer in the public telegraph office, Featherston Street. This galvanometer is controlled by the Observatory clock, and is deflected every hour of New Zealand mean time.

(b.) Time signals are given by three electric lights erected on the Observatory flagstaff. The bottom light is green, and is 30 ft. above the ground; the middle light is red, and is 36 ft. above the ground; the top light is white, and is 42 ft. above the ground.

The green light is shown at 50 minutes, the red light at 10 minutes, and the white light at 5 minutes to the hour; all three lights are extinguished simultaneously at the hour. The switching-on of the lights must be considered as only approximately correct; the correct time is given by switching off the three lights. This signal is given at 8, 9, 10, and 11 p.m. of New Zealand mean time.

The corresponding Greenwich mean time and New Zealand civil mean time of these signals are as under:—

*Approximate. † Time Signal.

And similarly at each succeeding hour until 23 h. 30 m. G.M.T.

2. Approximate Time Signals.

When owing to bad weather or other causes accurate time signals cannot be given, approximate ones will be given; but in these cases the flag will not be hoisted and the green light will not be shown. On application to the Observatory the error of these signals can usually be obtained.

3. Time Signals by Telephone and by Telegraph.

Arrangements can usually be made to give time signals by telephone or by telegraph to any part of the Dominion on application being made to the Observatory.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Charts Nos. 803 and 1423; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter v, page 148; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1914, page 279.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Officiating Ministers for 1914.—Notice No. 20.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 20th May, 1914.

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:—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.

The Reverend BENJAMIN DORE BRYANT.

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

The Reverend NEIL OLIVER WHITE.

The Reverend JAMES DOUGLAS SMITH, B.A.

Baptists.

Pastor GEORGE HERBERT CULE.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

Applications invited for the Position of Dairy Instructor, Opotiki.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 14th May, 1914.

1. APPPLICATIONS will be received up till noon on the 4th June, 1914, for the position of Dairy Instructor, Opotiki.

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—

(a.) Be thoroughly competent in the management of cheese-factories, making of cheddar cheese, testing of milk and its products, and have had several years’ experience as successful cheese-factory managers.

(b.) Have a sound knowledge of all dairy machinery and equipment, and also some idea of the planning of dairy buildings and the arrangement of plant therein.

(c.) Possess the necessary qualifications for giving instruction in the efficient handling of milk on dairy farms, including the cleaning of milking-machines.

(d.) Be able to write well, be quick and accurate at figures, and able to draft reports in a satisfactory manner.

4. Salary, £250; rising to £300 by two annual increments of £15, and two of £10. General Division.

5. Appointment to be subject to the provisions of the Public Service Act, 1912.

A. J. H. BENGE,
Secretary.