Jan. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 97

Scales for General Division Officers of the Public Service.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 12th October, 1915.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following scales for General Division officers of the Public Service specified below.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

Manager, Nelson Receiving Home £160 £200 £10 1915. 1 October.
Plus £20 house allowance.

POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT.

Yardmen—
1st Grade .. 150 160 10 1 December.
2nd Grade .. 135 145 10 1 ,,

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

Lake Coleridge Electric Power-station—
1st Operating Engineer .. 280 300 10 1916. 1 January.
2nd ditto .. 270 280 10 1 ,,
3rd ,, .. 250 270 10 1 ,,
4th ,, .. 230 250 10 1 ,,
5th ,, .. 210 230 10 1 ,,
Shift Engineers.. 190 210 10 1 ,,

Addington Sub-station—
Superintendent .. 240 260 10 1915. 1 August.
First Attendant.. 200 220 10 1 ,,
Second Attendant 180 200 10 1 ,,
Third Attendant 160 180 10 1 ,,

Electricians—
2nd Grade .. 175 180 5 1 June.
Storemen .. 140 160 5 1 August.
Timekeepers and Storemen 140 160 5 1 ,,

TOURIST AND HEALTH RESORTS DEPARTMENT.

Bath Mechanic .. 160 200 5 1 April.
Electricians—
Foreman .. 195 210 5 1 ,,
1st Grade .. 185 190 5 1 ,,
2nd Grade .. 156 180 5 1 ,,
2nd Grade (new award) 175 180 5 1 June.

Anniversary Day, Wellington Province.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 12th January, 1916.

IT is hereby notified that the Government Offices in the Wellington Provincial District will be closed on Saturday, the 22nd January, 1916, being the Anniversary Day of the Province of Wellington.

D. ROBERTSON,
Public Service Commissioner.

The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908.—Notice of Cancellation of Registry.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 12th January, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given that the registration of the Auckland Master Pork-butchers’ Industrial Union of Employers, registered number 860, situated at Auckland, is hereby cancelled as from the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

F. W. ROWLEY,
Registrar of Industrial Unions.

Notice to Mariners No. 1 of 1916.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 4th January, 1916.

THE following Notices to Mariners, which have been received from the Hydrographic Office, London; the Hydrographic Office, Washington; the Minister of State for Communications, Tokyo; and the Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, are published for general information.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

AUSTRALIA.—QUEENSLAND.

Inner Barrier Route.—Pipon Island Light.—Alteration in Characteristics.

Position.—On the southern Pipon Island, situated off Cape Melville. Lat. 14° 7¾′ S., long. 144° 30¾′ E.

New abridged description.—(U) Lt. gp. fl. (3), W.R., ev. 15 secs., 55 ft., vis. 13 and 9 m.

Details.—The fixed light with white and red sectors has been replaced by a light having the undermentioned characteristics:—

Character.—A group flashing light, with white and red sectors, showing three flashes every fifteen seconds, thus—flash ½ sec., eclipse 1 sec.; flash ½ sec., eclipse 1 sec.; flash ½ sec., eclipse 11½ secs.

Elevation.—55 ft.

Visibility.—White light, 13 miles; red light, 9 miles.

Sectors.—White from 294° (N. 72° W. mag.), through north, to 59° (N. 53° E. mag.). Red thence to 82° (N. 76° E. mag.). White thence to 94° (N. 88° E. mag.). Obscured elsewhere.

Power.—White light 1,500 candles; red light 600 candles.

Structure.—White framework tower 60 ft. in height, with red dome.

Remarks.—The light is unwatched.

Note.—The light is no longer intensified in any of the sectors as formerly.

Variation.—6° E.

Charts affected.—No. 2922, Turtle Group to Claremont Point; No. 2764, Coral Sea and Great Barrier Reefs, sheet 2; No. 2759A, Australia, northern portion.

Publications.—List of Lights, Part VI, 1915, No. 2745; Australia Directory, Vol. II, 1907, page 370.

Inner Route, Home Islands.—Clerke Island.—Light to be exhibited experimentally.

Date of exhibition.—On or about 15th November, 1915.

Position (approximate).—On the eastern point of Clerke Island. Lat. 11° 58½′ S., long. 143° 17¼′ E.

Abridged description.—(U) Lt. fl., ev. 3 secs., 70 ft., vis. 14 m. (experimental) (posn. approx.).

Details:—

Character.—A flashing white light every three seconds, thus—flash 0·3 sec., eclipse 2·7 secs.

Elevation.—70 ft.

Visibility.—14 miles, from 139° (S. 46° E. mag.), through south, to 34° (N. 29° E. mag.).

Structure.—White skeleton tower.

Remarks.—The light will be unwatched; the limits of the arc of visibility are not to be inserted on the charts.

Note.—No further notice will be given. The note “Light building (1914)” is to be expunged from the charts.

Variation.—5° E.

ENGLAND.—SOUTH COAST.

Newhaven.—Closing of the Port.

Mariners are hereby warned that under the Defence of the Realm (Consolidation) Regulations, 1914, the following regulation has been made by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty with regard to the closing of the Port of Newhaven, and is now in force:—

The Port of Newhaven is closed to all merchant vessels other than those employed on Government service, and those which have previously obtained special permission to enter from the Divisional Naval Transport Officer, Newhaven.

RED SEA.

Information with regard to certain Lights.

Details.—The lighthouses at Jabel Teir, Zebayir, and the Abu Ail Islands are now controlled by the Egyptian Government, and the lights are exhibited as usual.