PROTECTING SHIPPING.
THE QUESTION OF NEW LIGHTHOUSES. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Tuesday. Mr. Millar, interviewed by the Star's Rotorua, correspondent, said it had been decided to proceed at once with the erec-j tion of a light on the North Cape, but the Department had no intention of erecting a light on the Three Kings. Reminded of the Auckland Shipmasters' resolution that a light on the Kings was absolutely essential, Mr. Millar replied that the officers of the Department had gone thoroughly into the matter and were of opinion that it would serve no good purpose and' would be useless in a fog, while in clear weather the Kings were so high ,that they were plainly discernible, and did not constitute a danger like low-lying rocks. He considered that only one course of action was open, which was to establish a fogsignalling apparatus. This would require vessels to be fitted with receivers. The Department was now negotiating with the International Signalling Company as to the apparatus required.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 170, 17 January 1912, Page 8
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166PROTECTING SHIPPING. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 170, 17 January 1912, Page 8
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