COASTAL LIGHTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 31, 6 February 1911, Page 2

COASTAL LIGHTS.

■ __ST'BdI'DRI'4OT.CONI__iEas T CE.. .'The conference which, eat..upon-three occasions at the Chamber' of'Com'merce roofilj l .ji)t_4.Jiovyt, fcompleted'.tlie,"taldng,p"f, evideifre on several matters .relating to the ' safeguarding of navigation along the northern- coast, -and Commander Sharp, of . HJM-C.S. Iris, and Captain . -Pluijlset Lloyd's _ur,veyflr,.hay.e.consenteil .to sit as advieorta to tM,easrs: J. H. Ounson Cpresident) and Leo". "Myers "ffice-president) of 'theAuck- ,:- -rnd ;Chamher-of Commerce, in connection with drafting a report, which will be presented to the .adjourned sitting of"'ther" conference: on Thursday next. The report''will'then he presented by a lajge. ?Ad representative deputation to the "Council of ""the.;Attcklarid Chamber of'tCOinnlercii": on"Fyidsa}: -next,.,the. AQth inetw., j , he,,t,wft;ifl^t\ifiipojs i tant matters the ' cpijfer.ejice « dealing with are the retention of.the Mokohiriau light at its' present site, and the question of the necessity, cfci lighthouse and,fog signal at ■jihe^.Three * Very valuable and evidence is,in possession of the assessors,-and report -should -be of considerable value ; -to the--Marine DepartmeWV' sections' of' shipping'arid commercial interests' were represented in the evidence. Tlie Shipowners' Federation «;has .received a. cpmm'unicsation - from the Marine Department, stating that the Minister -for -Marine ha 3 : dec.ded_- on f urthilr, consideration, not to remove the light on Mokohinau Island. — ihe Education Department in'-this issue, invites tenders ipr supplier!. Sort" tho Mt. Albert Industrial School. See vertisement. ''-";-.'. The steamer. Albatross will leave the tNrirt-cote Ferrjr .Queen-street- whq.rF this evening at eight"' o'clock "for a cruise .irmmrt fVio Viorlmirr • "■ '■■■■