PILOT SIGNALS FOR GREY RIVER.
1. Ball and rcS* flag at igast-heajl— High 'water, take the bar. - : -' ' •* ; - 2, Ball' and flag, habf-mast-s-Half-flood, wait for tide ; when the bar may safely be attempted at half rflood the red flag will be at mast-head. " " 3. Ball upon lower-mast "cap with white flag — Ebb tide,- .bar'dangerous, - • 4/ 2Jb signal-rrlto not attempt tp take the bar. " 5. Arm painting to the right hand enter:ing from seaward— rMore to tie south. 6. Arm pointing to the left hand entering from seaward— More to the North. .7.- Ann up and down with signal mast — As you go. .'■'" • 8. When more than one vessel is crossing the bar ihe foremost vessel wjll be pjloted by the signals, the others following jnjfer wake. 9. j The beacon bearing a pole with a red flag anil th"c flagstaff in one leads over the bar. "■ THOS. TURNBULL, Harbor Master for Westland.
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Grey River Argus, Issue 89, 7 August 1866, Page 2
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151PILOT SIGNALS FOR GREY RIVER. Grey River Argus, Issue 89, 7 August 1866, Page 2
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