NOTICE TO MARINERS. Customs Department (Marine Branch), Wellington, June 22,1871. -The following Notice to Mariners, announcing the exhibition of a Harbour Light at Napier, prepared from information received from the Provincial Engineer, is published for ge jaerai information. Henby Sewei*. NOTICE TO MARINERS. PORT AHURIRT HARBOUR LIGHT. This Light shows Bed on the Pania RocJc. Pn and after the Ist day of July, 1871, a fixed Red and White Light will be exhibited from a mast on the western extremity of the Eastern Spit, Port Ahuriri, and will be seen on the following bearings from seacard : Red From S.E. by S. to S. by E.fE. White ... FroraS. by E.fE. to S.W. by S.^S. Red j!>om S.W. by to S.W.SS. : The light will be about 27 feet above high water, and should be visible, in clear weather, about 9 nautical miles, allowing 10 feet for the height of the observer's eye. The Pania Rock is in the centre of the south-western red light, which will be seen one quarter pf a mile (nautical) on each side of the rock. "Vessels approaching from the northward should keep in the white light. Masters of vessels coming from the southward will find this light no guide for them, and must use all precautions as heretofore to avoid the rocky patch called the Auckland Rock, which has only 14 feet on some portions of it at low water springs. This patch expends at least one cable to the southward of the black huoy which is moored off the northern edge of the natch, and which lies in 5|- fathoms at low water .springs. All bearings are magnetic. NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAPH. LIST OF STATIONS. The following List of Telegraph in this Colony, witii the hours /during which the offices are open, will be of value to many of our readers : Name. Alexandra ... 9 Alexandra ... 9 Auckland ... 9 Balclutha ... 9 Bealey -9 Blenheim ... 9 Bluff 9 Brighton ... 9 Cambridge ... 9 pastle Point.. 9 Cheviot 9 jChristchurch. 8 Charleston ... 9 C1yde......... 9 .Cromwell ... 9 Dunedin.. 8 Featherston.. 9 Gvt, Buildgs. 10 Grey mouth... 9 Gieytown ... 9 Hokitika ... 9 Hamilton ... 9 Havelock ... 9 Hutt 9 Invercargill.. 9 Kaiapoi 9 Kaikoura ... 9 Lawrence ... | 9 Lyttelton ... 8 Marton 9 Masterton ... 9 Mercer 9 Napier , 8 Newcastle ... 9 Nelson ...... 8 Oamaru 9 pnehunga ... 9 Kaiapoi 9 Kaikoura ... 9 Lawrence ... | 9 Lyttelton ... 8 Marton 9 Masterton ... 9 Mercer 9 Napier , 8 Newcastle ... 9 Nelson ...... 8 Oamaru 9 pnehunga ... 9 Otaki 9 Palmerstpn... 9 Patea 9 Pieton 9 JPort Chalmers 8 j^ueenstown.. 9 Roxburgh ... 9 Selwyn ...... 9 Spit,RortAhuriri 9 Temuka 9 Thames 9 Timaru 9 Tokomairiro.. 9 Wanganui ... 9 jVaipukurau. 9 Waijpawa ... 9 Wellington... 8 Waikouaiti... 9 WWtport ... 9 White's Bay. 8 Province. Auckland Otago Auckland Otago Canterbury Marlborough Southland Nelson Auckland Wellington Nelson Canterbury Nelson Otago Otago Otago Welli jgton Wellington West land Wellington Westland Auckland Marlborough Wellington Southland Canterbury Marlborough Otago Canterbury Wellington Wellington Auckland Hawke's Bay Auckland Nelson Otago Auckland Wellington Otago Taranaki Marlborough Otago Otago Otago Canterbury Hawke's Bay Canterbury Auckland Canterbury Otago Wellington Hawke's Bay Hawke's Bay Wellington Otago Nelson Marlborough Pn Sundays, Public Holidays, and within eacli Province the Anniversary sf such Province, rom 10 a.m. tp 10,30 a,m o and frpm 5 p.i to 30 p.m.
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 18, Issue 1092, 11 August 1871, Page 4
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539Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 18, Issue 1092, 11 August 1871, Page 4
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