THE THREE KINGS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1494, 17 July 1912, Page 7

THE THREE KINGS.

NEED FOR A LIGHTHOUSE. ' . (By Telegraph.—Presi* Association.) Auckland, July 18. According to a. report presented by ill* Secretary,, fdv-'Marhto .to-Parliament lust.year, tho lantern and, lighting apparatus for, ulsecond,,order incandescent flashlight. Jias already ;bcen ordered' for the 'light- ■ house at the'North.Cape, and that a. vote wotijd bo (Wight-tins year-for tho necessary material for-building the lighthouse. :, From the absence ,of any,inference in tlio, v .report-to tho Three Kings, it is clear. ' that, ' for the. fi'mo being at all events; '. tho Department-has dropped the Kings out of calculation,--- ,In view cf tho strong opinion' which ' was manifested among shipping people of (ho weessity' of t\ light on one of the Kings, when the question; was* being ventilated . soma months ago, a press,'lepi'wentative this -morning made some inquiries on tho subjeet of the new lighthouse- for North Cape, and of its value to'.mariners. The first one approached was tho well-, known fckii'ppr of: a 'ba.r<(u& .trading between Australia and New-Zealand. "It is right'/ enough' putting iv light on tho North Cape, but that is-not the danger point," said he. "What is the use of a. light at North Cape, for instance, to a vessel coming east?.'Onco you havo : picked Up'tho Kings','yoU cAh-filwnys pick up tho mainland without, any trouble, but with .numerous and uncertain currents, and tho frequency of fog, ohe is never freo from anxiety ns to tho Kings until they ; are nctuallv located.'"' \ Mr. liradncy.* M.l\, who is presenting a lnrgel}- signed petition to Parliament *• this session on tho subject, informed a pressman that ho had received a letter from Captain Lloyd,, surveyor,to Lloyd's, informing him (Mr. Bradncy) that he ' had spent ten days on the Kings as the . result of which he, found there .were two ' landings, one availablo for westerly winds alad the other for, north-easterly, winds. At one or other of these two landings material could be landed at Buy time, stated the captain.

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