LIGHTS IN THE HARBOR
(Totlie Editor of the Bail? Tixrb.) Sib,- In your paper of the 17th inst., Mr Dick is said to have stated thaVthe authorities intended to compel all veß3ela,Jtoe bring iv the channel to ex'rtbit a light during.the night. They aui-aly do not mean vessels lying aground on the mud off ttie ■wbarvevwith barely aa much water round them, as would float a boat, as it caa only be far boats coming up or going down that toe light is required. The punts lying off the wharves will require to have a Ji^ht also, they not beingaoconspiCaoiis aa object as a vessel with hermasts and yards uo. :- Their time wald be more beneficially employed by having the channel marked off with buoys and beacons to enable vessels to keep ; . off the aancibanks, which arc not so easily seen, at high water as a vessel without a light up, ' f , c *: 7 By inserting tub la your tpriaorrqws paper, you ■ willoblige r ': ." .'■>'-. ."■'■■:■? v ,T,,.-.i;- .•.-,'' \,W:-T^::,- .'."* ■ ■ '.■■::: ■: ■ , TOUTS, JkC, . i.'r",-^ DanedHi, December SWrd, 180^ f
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 317, 25 December 1862, Page 5
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175LIGHTS IN THE HARBOR Otago Daily Times, Issue 317, 25 December 1862, Page 5
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