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No. 257/1939.
GULF OF SIAM.
Goh Pai Light in Lat. 12° 56′ N. Long. 100° 40′ E. has been relit.
This cancels Notice to Mariners No. 254 of the 6th December, 1939.
Authority-Naval Authorities.
No. 258/1939.
PORT SWETTENHAM APPROACH SOUTH KLANG STRAIT.
Alteration in character of light on Pintu Gedong Beacon. Position Lat. 02° 54′ N. Long. 101° 15' E.
Details. The character of the white light will be altered from a white flash every five seconds to a white flash every nine seconds i.e. flash two seconds eclipse seven seconds. Visibility will remain the same.
Date of alteration on or about the 14th December, 1939.
Authority-Naval Authorities.
HONG KONG, 12th December, 1939.
No. 260/1939.
THAILAND (SIAM)—BANGKOK BAR PREDGING OPERATION.
With reference to Notice to Mariners No. 234/1939, since 22nd November, 1939, six additional can buoys painted red have been laid in connexion with the work as follows:
(1) In the same line and at an equal distance apart as the former notice (three buoys laid in line of bearing 036°, each 500 metres apart. The central buoy lies 1,850 metres 222° from the Bangkok Bar Light-house), two of the buoys have been laid north- ward, and one southward.
(2) In a line of the same bearing (036°), at a distance of 85 metres westward of (1) above, three buoys have been laid at a distance of 1,250 metres apart.
Caution.-Mariners are requested to navigate with special care when passing the
locality.
Authority-Hydrographic Service, Bangkok.
HARBOUR DEPARTMENT,
HONG KONG, 13th December, 1939.
G. F. HOLE,
Harbour Master.