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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 20

A ward of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 12th March, 1929.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration to Lieutenant-Colonel J. Armstrong, The Wellington East Coast Mounted Rifles.

THOMAS M. WILFORD, Minister of Defence.

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 12th March, 1929.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to Captain J. O. Webber, The Manawatu Mounted Rifles.

THOMAS M. WILFORD, Minister of Defence.

Dismissal from the Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 16th March, 1929.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the dismissal of the undermentioned soldier of the Territorial Force from the New Zealand Defence Forces, under section 6 (b), Defence Act, 1909, he having been convicted by the Civil power:—

Trooper G. Abernethy, Queen Alexandra’s (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles. Dated 9th March, 1929.

W. B. TAVERNER,
For the Minister of Defence.

Notice to Mariners No. 8 of 1929.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 14th March, 1929.

THE following Notices to Mariners, which have been received from the Commonwealth Lighthouse Service, the Department of Defence, Melbourne, and the Department of Navigation, N.S.W., are published for general information.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.—LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE.

1929, No. 4.

TASMANIA.

Low Head
Tasman Island } Power of Lights to be increased.

Mariners and others are hereby notified that the power of the above-mentioned lights will be increased on or about 1st May, 1929.

Low Head Light.

Position: Lat. 41° 03′ S.; long. 146° 49′ E., on Chart No. 3649.

Power: The power will be increased from 63,000 candles to 90,000 candles.

Tasman Island Light.

Position: Lat. 43° 14′ S.; long. 148° 02′ E., on Chart No. 1079.

Power: The power will be increased from 275,000 candles to 400,000 candles.

Remarks: In other respects the lights will remain unaltered. No further notice will be given.

Publication affected: Admiralty List of Lights and Time Signals, Part VI, 1927, No. 3303 and No. 3329.

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE.

No. 5 of 1929.

SOUTH PACIFIC.—SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS, VANIKORO ISLANDS.

(Positions are only approximate unless given in seconds.)

Shoal reported.

Position: Lat. 11° 42′ S.; long. 166° 46⅓′ E.

Remarks: A shoal consisting of a coral reef with a least depth of about 12 ft. is reported to exist in the above position (199 degrees 4·9 miles from Nedju Point).

Chart affected: 986.

Publication: Pacific Island Pilot, Vol. II, p. 320.

DEPARTMENT OF NAVIGATION, N.S.W.

No. 1 of 1929.

AUSTRALIA.—EAST COAST, N.S.W.—PORT OF NEWCASTLE.

Establishment of Green Light on Northern Breakwater.

Position: Lat. 32° 54′ 54″ S.; long. 151° 48′ 08″ E.

Abridged Description: Fixed green light exhibited from a wooden framework painted black situated 113 ft. from the outer end of the Northern Breakwater.

Remarks: Height of light above high water, 40 ft. Visible 2 miles. This light will come into operation on or about 1st February, 1929.

Chart affected: No. 2119.

Publications affected: Australia Pilot, Vol. III, 2nd edition, page 43, line 8. Sailing Directions, N.S.W., page 61, last paragraph.

Notice to Mariners No. 9 of 1929.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 14th March, 1929.

THE following Notice to Mariners, which has been received from the Admiralty, London, is published for general information.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

ADMIRALTY NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 1 of the Year 1929.

Caution when approaching British Ports.

PART I.—CLOSING OF PORTS.

Former Notice: No. 1 of 1928; hereby cancelled.

(1) My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, having taken into consideration the fact that it may be necessary to forbid all entrance to certain ports of the Empire, this is to give notice that on approaching the shores of the British Isles, or any of the ports or localities of the British Empire, a sharp lookout should be kept for the signals described in the following paragraph, and for the vessels mentioned in paragraph (5), Part II, of this notice, and the distinguishing and other signals made by them. In the event of such signals being displayed, the port or locality should be approached with great caution, as it may be apprehended that obstructions may exist.

(2) If entrance to a port is prohibited, three red lights vertically disposed by night, or three red balls vertically disposed by day, will be exhibited in some conspicuous position, in or near to its approach, which signals will also be shown by the vessels indicated in paragraph (5), Part II, of this notice.

If these signals are displayed, vessels must approach the port with the greatest caution and implicitly obey all orders or signals given them by the Examination Vessel or signal station.

(3) At some ports or localities at home or abroad, searchlights are occasionally exhibited for exercise.

Instructions have been given to avoid directing movable searchlights during practice on to vessels under way, but mariners are warned that great care should be taken to keep a sharp lookout for the signals indicated in paragraph (2) above, when searchlights are observed to be working.

PART II.—EXAMINATION SERVICE.

(4) In certain circumstances it is also necessary to take special measures to examine vessels desiring to enter ports or localities at home or abroad.

(5) In such case, vessels carrying the distinguishing flags or lights mentioned in paragraph (7) will be charged with the duty of examining ships which desire to enter the port and of allotting positions in which they shall anchor. If Government vessels, or vessels belonging to the local port authority, are found patrolling in the offing, merchant vessels are advised to communicate with such vessels with a view to obtaining information as to the course on which they should approach the port. Such communication will not be necessary in cases where the pilot on board has already received this information from the local authorities.

(6) As the institution of the Examination Service will probably be unknown to vessels desiring to enter the port, special care should be taken in approaching the ports, by day or night, to keep a sharp lookout for any vessel carrying the flags or lights mentioned in paragraph (7), and to be ready to “bring to” at once when hailed by her or warned by the firing of a gun or sound rocket.

In approaching by night any port in the British Empire, serious delay and risk will be avoided if four efficient all