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No burning cracker or other fire is to be thrown above the head or near any person or inflammable material, and all reasonable precaution must be taken against accident, as every one is liable for damage arising from his carelessness.
The firing of crackers is not to be carried on in the vicinity of places of Christian Worship during Divine Service on Sunday, the 25th January, and 1st February.
The Police will have strict orders to summon or arrest persons firing crackers in contravention of the foregoing restrictions.
The Firing of Bombs is Strictly Prohibited.
16th January, 1914.
C. McI. MESSER,
Captain Superintendent of Police,
No. S. 16.
NOTICES TO MARINERS.
THE following translation of a Russian Notice to Mariners is published for informa- tion:-
No. 117.
On 1st December the lighting of Petropavlovsk Lighthouse has been discontinued,
and also of Gavan valvular lights.
HONGKONG, 12th January, 1914.
BASIL TAYLOR, Commander, R.N.,
Harbour Master, &c.
No. 78 of 1913.
INDIA-WEST COAST-ARABIAN SEA.
COCHIN LIGHTHOUSE.
Alteration in Column.
Ir is hereby notified, for the information of Mariners, that, from and after the 15th January, 1914, the existing plain "Masonry Tower" of the Cochin Lighthouse in 9° 58′ N. Latitude and 76° 14' E. Longitude will be altered to a "Masonry Column" painted white with one black band 6 ft. deep, to improve the visibility of the Lighthouse from the sea.
W. B. HUDDLESTON, Commander, R.I.M.,
Presidency Port Officer.
PRESIDENCY PORT OFFICE,
MADRAS, 12th November, 1913.
ALTERATION OF FORT DENISON LIGHT,
SYDNEY HARBOUR, NEW SOUTH WALES.
NOTICE is hereby given that on and after the 2nd January, 1914, Fort Denison light will be exhibited from a lantern situated in the centre of the tower. The light will show red all round, except towards Woolloomooloo Bay, in which direction a white sector will show between the bearings of N. 4° W. and N. 4° E. (mag.).
HAROLD F. NORRIE,
Secretary, Sydney Harbour Trust.
5th December, 1913.