MARINERS' LIGHTS.
NEW ONE FOR NORTH CAPE. tCy TelcEiaoh— •/rcss Association.) Auckland, January 16, The Hon. J. A. Millar, Minister for Marine, interviewed by tho Auckland "Star's" Rotorua correspondent, Eaid it had' been decided to at. once proceed with the erection of a light at North Cape. The Murine Department, he said, had no intention of erecting a light 011 the Three Kings. Reminded of the Auckland shipmasters' resolution that a light 011 The ICings was absolutely essential, Mr. Millar replied that the officers of the Department had. gone thoroughly into the matter, and were of opinion that it would serve 110 good purpose, and would .ho useless in a fog, while in clear weather The Kings were so high and were so plainly discernible that they did not constitute a danger like low-lying rocks. He considered there was only one course of action open; which was to establish a fogsignalling apparatus, and require vessels t» be fitted with receivers. Tho Department was now negotiating with the International Signalling Company.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1339, 17 January 1912, Page 4
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170MARINERS' LIGHTS. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1339, 17 January 1912, Page 4
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