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INFORMATION has been received from Saigon that the Government of Indo-China have declared Hongkong a Plague-infected port.
HONGKONG, 16th April, 1914.
BASIL TAYLOR, Commander, R.N.,
Harbour Master, &c.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA-NORTH-WEST COAST.
NOTICE is hereby given that on and after the 30th of January, 1914, an Unattended White Light will be exhibited from a steel tower (lattice openwork) painted red, 61 feet in height from base to vane, erected on the centre of Airlie Island, Latitude 21deg. 20min. South, Longitude 115deg. 10min, East.
Description of Light.
Triple flashing every 9 seconds as follows :-
⚫3 seconds light.
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eclipse.
light.
eclipse.
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6.3
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light. eclipse.
Height of focal plane 91 feet. Visible all round 15 miles in clear weather.
Charts affected.
* No. 3137.-Mangrove Island to North-West Cape.
No. 1055.-Bedout Island to Cape Cuvier.
No. 3186.-Mary Ann Passage and Approaches.
C. J. IRVINE,
Chief Harbour Master.
Harbour and Light Department,
FREMANTLE, 21st February, 1914.
LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS No. 105.
CANTON DISTRICT.
Canton River: English Reach: Establishment of Sulphur Point Beacon.
REFERRING to Canton Local Notice to Mariners No. 104: Notice is hereby given that
a Red Dolphin Beacon was established on the 10th April, 1914, at the extremity of the Spit to the south-eastward of Pedder Island
From the Beacon, the east end of the Whampoa Dock Gate bears S. 38° E. (magnetic) distant 2.1/6 cables.
The Beacon is in 7 feet reduced to zero of the Tide Gauge at Whampoa Custom House.
A Red unclassed light is exhibited from sunset to sunrise from the pole at a height of 15 feet above High Water S. T.
Vessels bound up river should pass the Beacon on their own starboard hand at a dis- tance of not less than 150 feet. Following these directions the least water obtained was 8 feet reduced to the zero of the Whampoa Tide Gauge.
Approved :
F. W. MAZE,
Commissioner of Customs.
HARBOUR MASTER'S OFFICE,
CUSTOM HOUSE,
CANTON, 11th April, 1914.
H. E. HILLMAN,
Harbour Master.