THE HARBOUR LIGHTS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 407, 16 January 1909, Page 5

THE HARBOUR LIGHTS.

; NEW SYSTEM OF SIGNALLING. ; The present system of berth at , the port 'of Wellington will shortly ..be altered, and very. much.simplified.,.The;lights will, bo displayed vertically from the signal- : ling', staff.. on ■ the,- tower ■of the -shedi. in tho centre of tho outer tee of the Queen's Wharf. The now system is worked out on something ■like .the following lines light, uppermost consigns a Vessel-to,the. south of No. 1' (Queen's Wharf), and' a green light Uppermost sends, her to' the north,- .AVheiv the vessel draws near the wharf, tho whole signal may, be easily read. If the new arrival is to berth "head north" a light appears : at the outer end of the place that tlio steamer is to take. This light can show three'colours—, rod, white, and . green. If the berth , is'to bring the steamer's • port sido to. the wharf the ted is shown, and it is. green, for-the, starboard 'position.' , If tho; berth .'is... ahead (at tho" cross 1 wharf)i a white light is given. In its ibitial •stages a .'signaller .will! bo detailed to supervise the-lights, .'but later on tho system will. be. electrically controlled. The best "position for the .berth night-signal station is, as is understood-.to .be.'the opinion, of the Harboiir-master, Point Jerhiiighaiu,. which commands-' the . entrance to -the innor harbour, arid, it may/ be .necessary, ; later on,: to consider the "advisabieness of adopting that situation. . ' ' ~