JUNE 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1563

Notice to Mariners.-No. 37 of 1922.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 6th June, 1922.

THE following Notices to Mariners, which have been received from the Hydrographic Office, London, and the Hydrographic Office, Washington, are published for general information.

B. W. MILLIER, Assistant Secretary.

ENGLAND.

SOUTH-EAST COAST.-GOODWIN SANDS EXTENDING.-CAUTION.
INFORMATION has been received through the Department of State that Goodwin Sands is extending westward.
Vessels are cautioned not to pass to the eastward of Gull Light-vessel:
Approximate position of light-vessel : Latitude 51° 16' N., longitude 1° 29' E.

CALIFORNIA.
SAN FRANCISCO BAY APPROACH.-SAN FRANCISCO LIGHT-VESSEL.-RADIO FOG-SIGNAL TO BE ESTABLISHED.
About 1st May, 1922, a radio fog-signal will be established on San Francisco Light-vessel. This signal will be operated each day from 9 to 9.30 a.m. and from 3 to 3.30 p.m., and continuously during thick or foggy weather.
Signals consisting of a series of double dashes for 30 seconds, silent 30 seconds, will be sent on a 1,000-meter wave.
Vessels equipped with radio compass may determine their bearing from the above signal.
Approx. position : 37° 45' 03" N., 122° 41' 30" W.

AUSTRALIA.
EAST COAST._QUEENSLAND.-INNAMINCKA SHOAL.-INFORMATION WITH REGARD TO SHOAL NORTH-WESTWARD OF.
Position._At a distance of about 19 miles north-westward of North Reef Lighthouse. Lat. 22° 54' S., long. 151° 46' E. (approx.).
Details._A report has recently been received that heavy breakers have been distinctly seen in the vicinity of the above position.
Note._The note against the shoal shown on the chart in this position is to be altered to read "Breaks heavily. P.A. (1922)." The position is to be encircled by a danger line on Charts Nos. 2759A and 780.

ADMIRALTY PUBLICATIONS.
ALTERATIONS IN CLASSIFICATION OF CHARACTERISTICS OF LIGHTS.
Former notice hereby cancelled.
The following alterations, mentioned in the former notice, have been made in describing the characteristics of the types of lights indicated below :
(a.) The definition "revolving" has been abolished, and this type of light is now described as "flashing."
(b.) The former definition of "period" as given for alternating lights has been discarded, and the definition of period is now as follows :
"Period in alternating lights is the time occupied by the exhibition of the entire system of changes included in the same phase."
Remarks._These alterations appear in the Admiralty List of Lights for the year 1922, and the charts are being corrected as opportunity offers.
Note._This notice is a publication of the former notice quoted above, amended as necessary.

WIRELESS DIRECTIONAL BEARINGS._CAUTION WITH REGARD TO FIXING POSITION.
Former notice, No. 952 of 1920.
With reference to section I, paragraph 3, of the former Admiralty notice quoted above, and of the article "Fixing Position by Wireless Directional Bearings," in the Admiralty List of Wireless Signals, 1922, shortly to be issued, further experience in fixing the position of a ship by wireless directional bearings has shown that one or more of several causes may occasionally operate to vitiate the accuracy of the bearings obtained.
Bearings may be unreliable at night and during stormy weather, also when the direction runs approximately parallel with the coast-line or passes alternately over sea and land. Detached fog-banks lying in the line of bearing can occasion divergence, thus giving rise to corresponding errors.
Due caution should therefore be exercised when using this method for determining a ship's position, and the mariner should not neglect to take the usual precautions during thick weather, such as the use of the lead, &c., more particularly when closing the land or navigating in the vicinity of reefs and other isolated submerged dangers.

Officiating Ministers for 1922.-Notice No. 17.
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1922.
PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information :-
Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend William Thomas Platt.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Election of Member of Taranaki Land Board.
HENRY JAMES LOWE, Returning Officer for the election of a member of the Taranaki Land Board, do hereby notify, in accordance with the provisions of section 41 of the Land Act, 1908, and the regulations made thereunder, that the only person nominated to fill the vacancy occurring on the said Board was Charles James Ryan, Esq., of Taumarunui.
I do therefore hereby declare that the said CHARLES JAMES RYAN is duly elected a member of the Taranaki Land Board, as from the 25th day of July, 1922.
Dated at New Plymouth this 5th day of June, 1922.

H. J. LOWE, Returning Officer.

The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908.-Notice of Proposed Cancellations of Registration.
Department of Labour,
Wellington, 31st May, 1922.
NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon me by section 22 of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908, the registration of the industrial unions mentioned in the Schedule below will, unless cause to the contrary is shown, be cancelled at the expiration of six weeks from the date hereof.

C. A. BERENDSEN,
Deputy Registrar of Industrial Unions.

SCHEDULE.
NORTHERN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
Industrial Union of Workers.
THE Whangarei Waterside Workers' Industrial Union of Workers, registered No. 1188, situated at Whangarei.
TARANAKI INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
Industrial Union of Employers.
The New Plymouth Furnishing Trade Industrial Union of Employers, registered No. 1010, situated at New Plymouth.
WELLINGTON INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
Industrial Association of Workers.
The Hawke’s Bay Trades and Labour Council Industrial Association of Workers, registered No. 807, situated at Napier.
Industrial Union of Workers.
The Wellington Merchant Service Shipping Clerks’ Guild Industrial Union of Workers, registered No. 1184, situated at Wellington.
CANTERBURY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
Industrial Union of Workers.
The Lyttelton Merchant Service Guild Industrial Union of Workers, registered No. 483, situated at Lyttelton.
OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
Industrial Unions of Employers.
The Dunedin Private Hotel and Restaurant Employers’ Industrial Union of Employers, registered No. 789, situated at Dunedin.
The Invercargill Coal - merchants’ Industrial Union of Employers, registered No. 454, situated at Invercargill.
The Otago and Southland Master Saddlers’ Society Industrial Union of Employers, registered No. 241, situated at Dunedin.
MARLBOROUGH INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
Industrial Union of Workers.
The Blenheim Hotel, Club, and Restaurant Workers’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered No. 1193, situated at Blenheim.
NELSON INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
Industrial Union of Workers.
The Nelson Hotel, Club, and Restaurant Workers’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered No. 1210, situated at Nelson.