EAST COAST LIGHTHOUSES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 24 May 1907, Page 2

EAST COAST LIGHTHOUSES.

NKl',l) KOI! ADDITIONAL LUIIiTS. Per Press Assoehition. Amklaiiil, Mny 'S3, 1 At ft meeting (•' liu Anekl;ui:[ Annivers.iry C'ommitt oi», t l>c treasurer (Mr. W. C. Sinners) read eorre:.|»'ndenee will) Uii* Minister for Marine with referenee to tli" of tin l Kiist Const. In his letter to the Minister, Mr. Homers stated that from tin l West to Cape Pallisor, a distance of UMO nautical miles, there worn only ri«rlit limits ciiic-HifliiiLr Tiri Tin), an a verajje of one light per 115 mill's. 'IV masters of sailing vessels eomplain- • '(I latterly almiii the state of alVairs, the l/eneral opinion that additional were !»a«M\' wanted on Xorth Cape. Percy Island, Pnor Knights, and also between Napier nnd Pnlliser (a < 11:iti1111• t' of 17b milesl. '/he Hon. J. A, Millar. in reply, said hi* would ji'ive the inn tier his eareful attention and consideration. Mr. Soiihts went on to say that., in n>n versa'.ion Mr. Miller informed him that it was the policy of the Department to en el one lighthouse a year, and every lighthouse some thousands of pounds. It. was decided to instruct Mr. ('has. 'Da ere to the correspondence I under the lioliee of the Harbor Hoard. * and endeavor to get that body to bring pressure to bear oil the (loverninent to provide for the efficient lighting of the ICast coastline.