NEW LIGHTHOUSE
AT BARING HEAD
The new lighthouse at Baring Head which is to take the place of the present Pencarrow light is expected to be in operation early in the New Year. The New Zealand Nautical Almanac for 1935, now being prepared, includes the advice to mariners that the light, which will be exhibited from a white concrete tower at an elevation of 286 ft, will be a group occulting white light, having thrco eclipses every fifteen seconds — i.e., light, ssec, eclipse 2sce, light 2sec, eclipse 2scc, light 2sec, eclipse 2sec. The light, which is expected to arrivo in New Zealand shortly, will be visible at a distance of 23 miles between the bearings 305deg, through north, to 152deg.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 90, 13 October 1934, Page 10
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120NEW LIGHTHOUSE Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 90, 13 October 1934, Page 10
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