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THE NEW. ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 52

Sitting of the Native Land Court at Whangarei on the
5th August, 1931.

Registrar's Office,
Auckland, 29th June, 1931.
NOTICE is hereby given that the matters mentioned in
the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the
Native Land Court sitting at Whangarei on the 5th August,
1931, or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court will
allow.
E. P. EARLE, Registrar.
[Tokerau, 1931-7.]

SCHEDULE.
No. 17. Applicant: The Under-Secretary, Public Works
Department. Name of land: Puhipuhi 4B South 1. Nature
of application: Assessment of compensation for land taken
for the purposes of diverting the Waiotu Stream.
No. 18. Applicant: The Education Board, Auckland.
Name of land: Motatau 2, Section 6. Nature of application:
Assessment of compensation for land taken for the purpose
of a school.

Notice to Mariners No. 25 of 1931.
Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 8th July, 1931.
NEW ZEALAND.—NORTH ISLAND.—PORT NICHOLSON.
Queen's Wharf: Alteration in Lights.
Position: On Signal Tower, Queen's Wharf.
Details: On 20th July the two fixed red lights at present
exhibited will be altered to flashing red every three seconds
thus: flash, 1 sec.; eclipse, 2 sec.
Charts affected: Nos. 803—1423.
Publications affected: Admiralty List of Lights, Part VI,
1930, page 473. New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide-
tables, page 237, and berthage plan.
Authority: Wellington Harbour Board, 27/6/31.
G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.
(M. 3/3/238.)

Notice to Mariners No. 27 of 1931.
Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 8th July, 1931.
SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN.—TONGA (OR FRIENDLY) ISLANDS.—
NOMUKA GROUP.
Position of Nomuka Light altered.
Position: Lat. 203° 16' S., long. 174° 49' W. (approx.).
Details: The light formerly shown from the summit of
Matamaka Hill, Nomuka Island, is now exhibited from
Muifuiva Island at an elevation of 67 ft. from a tower 47 ft.
in height.
Remarks: The characteristics of the light are unaltered.
Charts affected: Nos. 1385—474—2421.
Publication affected: Pacific Islands Pilot, Vol. 2, Fifth
Edition, 1918, page 494.
Authority: Suva Radio, 27/5/31.
G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.
(M. 25/656.)

Notice to Mariners No. 28 of 1931.
Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 8th July, 1931.
WELLINGTON W/T/ STATION.
Reinstatement of Weather Bulletin.
THE general weather bulletin which was discontinued
some time ago is being issued as formerly at 0930 GMT
on a wave length of 375 kc/s (800 M) (A2).
The message contains a general statement of the weather
systems affecting New Zealand waters; forecasts for New
Zealand; New Zealand waters and the eastern Tasman
Sea; followed by reports from the following seventeen stations:
Akaroa Lighthouse, Auckland, Cape Campbell, Cape Egmont,
Cape Maria Van Diemen, Chatham Islands, East Cape,
Farewell Spit, Greymouth, Hobart, Napier, Norfolk Island,
Nugget Point, Puysegur Point, Stephens Island, Sydney, and
Wellington.

The reports contain observations of barometric pressure in
inches, air temperature in degrees (F.), wind direction and
force (Beaufort scale), and the state of the sea in plain language.
Masters of vessels desiring a weather report may obtain same
on request.
Any charges involved will be debited by the Post and
Telegraph Department to the ship concerned.
NOTE.—The coast station charge for a message of inquiry
regarding weather conditions is two shilling for twenty words.
This charge includes the cost of the reply from the coast
station.
Publication affected: Admiralty List of Wireless Signals,
1930, No. 3685.
G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.
(M. 22/3/165.)

Notice to Mariners No. 29 of 1931.
Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 8th July, 1931.
THE following Notices to Mariners, which have been
received from Department of Ports and Harbours, are
published for general information.
G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

NOTICE TO MARINERS—VICTORIA.
(NO. 4 OF 1931.)
EASTERN LIGHT, PORT PHILLIP: ALTERATION IN CHARACTER.
Mariners and others are hereby notified that on or about
the 1st July, 1931, the occulting light at the eastern shore
will be altered to a fixed electric light.
Remarks: The other details of the light will remain
unchanged. In the event of a failure of electric current the
light will revert to an occulting light with the following
characteristics : Flash, 3 sec. ; eclipse, 2 sec.
No further notice will be given.
Charts affected: Nos. 2747—1171.
Publications affected: Admiralty List of Lights and Visual
Time Signals, Part VI, 1924 ; Australia Pilot, Vol. II, 1929 ;
Australia Directory, Vol. I ; General Notice to Mariners
respecting Navigation in Victorian Waters, 1927, pages 63
and 118.
GEO. KERMODE, Port Officer.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 13th June, 1931.

NOTICE TO MARINERS—VICTORIA.
(NO. 5 OF 1931.)
REAR LEADING LIGHT, WEST CHANNEL, PORT PHILLIP:
ALTERATION IN CHARACTER.
Mariners and others are hereby notified that on or about
the 15th July, 1931, the occulting light on Point Nepean
Peninsula will be altered to a fixed electric light.
Remarks: The other details of the light will remain
unchanged. In the event of a temporary failure of electric
current the light will revert to an occulting light with the
following characteristics : Flash, 4 sec. ; eclipse, ½ sec.
No further notice will be given.
Charts affected: Nos. 2747—309—1171.
Publications affected: Admiralty List of Lights and Visual
Time Signals, Part VI, 1924 ; Australia Pilot, Vol. II, 1929 ;
Australia Directory, Vol. I ; General Notice to Mariners
respecting Navigation in Victorian Waters, 1927, pages 63
and 113.
GEO. KERMODE, Port Officer.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 13th June, 1931.

Result of Election of Trustee of Drainage District.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 8th July, 1931.
THE following result of the election of a trustee of a
drainage district has been received from the Returning
Officer, and is published in accordance with the pro-
visions of the Land Drainage Act, 1908.
P. J. KELLEHER, Under-Secretary.
Akaaka Drainage District, County of Manukau—
Thomas Patrick McNamara,
(I.A. 19/78/15.)