NOTICE.
The following notice has been issued from the Harbor Master's office : — " To Mastkhs ov Vessels Borrxt) TOIxvERCAROiT.L. — Masters of vessels are hereby cautioned not to run over the 13;ir without n pilot, as the channel inside has now become too narrow to round a vessel to in, to come to anchor, and about a virile above the Pilot Station it is almost, impassable even at high water. When practicable, a vessel should be kept so near to ftoep Head that any signals (Marryat's), shown on the Flagstaff there, could be seen on board : and the master is requested to observe particularly any such signals, and be guided by them. The new channel, made mention of lately in the Tnvercarctll newspapers, has been buoyed, and would at present admit, vessels drawing eighteen feet to pass through it with safety, but only in charge of a pilot, and no directions' can here be given for sailing through this channel, but it is hoped that it trill continue" available until the proper channel opens out. the changes towards which are daily observable. (Signed) «T. ~8. Greig. Harbor Master. Harbor Master's Ouiee. Invercargill, ISth August, 1564."
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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 42, 6 September 1864, Page 2
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193NOTICE. Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 42, 6 September 1864, Page 2
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