No. S. 9.
NOTICES TO MARINERS.
The Master of the British S.S. Fau Sang reports having passed, at 7.25 a.m. on the 3rd January, a waterlogged junk, with two masts standing, in Latitude 22° 31′ 30′′ N. Longitude 115° 43′ E. with Chelang Lighthouse bearing N. 45 W. (true) 11 miles.
HONGKONG, 4th January, 1911.
BASIL TAYLOR, Commander, R.N.,
Harbour Master, &c.
TRANSLATION,
Notification No. 1453 of Department of Communications.
Notice is hereby given that Tempo-zan Lighthouse at the mouth of the Aji-kawa, Osaka, will be withdrawn on the 20th inst.
Notification No. 1456 of Department of Communications.
NOTICE is hereby given that the illuminating apparatus at Kurushima Strait Tidal Observation Lightbuoy on the west side of Chu-suido, Kurushima Strait, having broken, a temporary fixed white light is shown, for the present, from the top of the buoy.
Further notice will be given when the apparatus has completely been repaired.
BARON GOTO SHIMPEI, Minister of State for Communications.
TOKYO, December 16th, 1910.
NAVIGATION ACT, 1904.
Harbour and Light Department,
FR
REMANTLE, 28th November, 1910.
The following is the decision of the Court of Marine Inquiry held at Fremantle before the Resident Magistrate (Mr. E. P. Dowley), Captain John H. Foxworthy, and Captain John McConnachy, Assessors, into the circumstances attending the damage sustained by the S.S. Colne by stranding on the Inner Rip Shoal in King's Sound, in the Vicinity of Derby, on the 17th September, 1910, Official No. 89469, gross 1,480, net 958 tons, registered in Adelaide and owned by the Adelaide Steamship Company, Ltd.
G. J. SINCLAIR, Secretary.
Finding of the Court.
The Court finds that the S.S. Colac left the jetty in King Sound on the 17th Septem- ber, 1910, to proceed to sea, at a time when the tide had been on the ebb for about two hours, and about one hour after the vessel took ground and suffered serious damage thereby.
The Master of the S.S. Colae committed an error of judgment in leaving the jetty at Derby to proceed on his voyage at a time when the tide was two hours on the ebb.