No. S. 313.
NOTICES TO MARINERS.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
No. 14 of 1911.
AUSTRALIA-NORTH-WEST COAST.
MASTERS of vessels and others are advised that a report has been received through the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth from Captain W. S. Smith with reference to uncharted rocks and shoals off the North-West Coast of Australia.
Captain Smith reports that--
Beagle Bank, marked 15ft. high, has disappeared, and now marked by a reef covered "at high-water springs.
A reef of rocks from 10ft. to 15ft. high at high-water springs, in lat. 10° 46′ south, "long. 125° 03' east. Being dusk I could not make out how far the reef extended, but I "could see breakers some distance to the westward. I passed close to on the east side; no "bottom at 7fms., being low water at the time.
"At the entrance to Port George the Fourth a reef, dry at low-water springs, about "11⁄2 miles to the N.W. and W.N.W. of High Bluff.
"On the 20th May, 1910, I passed over a shoal about mile in extent in lat. 13° 51′ "30" south, long, 123° 23' east (approx.), probably 6fms. to 8fms."
This affects Admiralty chart No. 1048.
Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide, July 19th, 1911.
ARTHUR SEARCY, President of the Marine Board.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
No. 16 of 1911.
GULF ST. VINCENT.
SEMAPHORE ANCHORAGE.
Wreck of Ship “ Norma”.
REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 1 of 1908, masters of vessels, pilots, and others are advised that, owing to the necessity for overhaul and repair of one of the buoy moorings, the wreck will, until futher notice, be marked at night by one occulting green light moored as nearly as possible over the wreck amidships. The word "Wreck is marked in large white letters on the upper structure of the green buoy to indicate the position in the daytime.
Mariners are cautioned not to approach this mark within a distance of 200ft. Approx- imate position-Lat. 34° 49′ S.; long. 138° 25' E.
This affects Admiralty charts 1752 and 2389 A and B.
Marine Board Offices, l'ort Adelaide, August 2nd, 1911.
ARTHUR SEARCY, President of the Marine Board,
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