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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH OCTOBER, 1905.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.- No. 678.

The following Notice to mariners is published.

By Command,

T. SERCOMBE SMITH, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th October, 1905.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

The Master of the S. S. Ithaka reports sighting a water-logged junk 12 miles West of Pedro Blanco at 7 a.m. on the 4th October, 1905, which is a danger to Navigation.

Harbour Department, Hongkong, 4th October, 1905.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION--No. 679.

BASIL TAYLOR,

Harbour Master, &c.

The following Notices to mariners are published.

By Command,

T. SERCOMBE SMITH,

Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th October, 1905.

No. 23 of 1905.

SPENCER GULF.

COCKLE SPIT.-APPROACH TO PORT PIRIE.

NOTICE is hereby given that a Pile Beacon, carrying a Clock-faced Tide Gauge, has been erected on the eastern end of Cockle Spit, in 17ft. L.W.S., near the position formerly occupied by a Red Buoy.

The clock faces north westerly, and will be illuminated at night with all possible regularity, but as from its exposed position difficulty may be experienced in attending to its lighting in bad weather, mariners are hereby warned not to trust to its being invariably illuminated under such conditions,

The dial is numbered from 0 to 12, beginning at the top, and following round in the same direction as the figures on a clock, and the hand indicates the height above low-water spring tiles. To ascertain the depth of water available in Port Paie Creek, therefore, the rise indicated on the tide guage should be increased by 15ft. the least present depth in the creek at L.W.S.

Approximate position, lat. 33° 4′ S., long. 137° 58′ 30′′ E. Charts affected, 23891 and 403 (Admiralty),

Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide, August 15th, 1905.

No. 24 of 1905.

ARTHUR SEARCY, President of the Marine Board.

INVESTIGATOR STRAIT.

MASTERS of Vessels and others are warned that it is reported that the schooner Cygnet is sunk in 14 fathoms of water off Point York, and that her main boom is so detached from the hull that it is a danger to navigation.

The vessel's bearings, as given by Captain Littley, of the ketel Lurline, are-Point York bearing N.N.W., about nine miles; Althorpes bearing west, distant about 18 miles; and Point Marsden E.S.E.

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The danger will be removed with as little delay as possible, but in the meantime masters of vessels should avoid the locality as far as possible.

ARTHUR SEARCY, President of the Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide, August 23rd, 1905.