LIGHTHOUSE IMPROVEMENTS.
| ________ to **___■ ranu.") t WELLINGTON. January 35. The Marine Department is so satisfied with' [ the result of the installation of the incanI uencent system (Cha_ce's rytent) of lighting [ at the Penearrow, Stephen Island, aad Jack's j Point (Timaru) lighthouses, that it has de- . ] cided to similarly improve the arrangements ,at several other lighthouses. To-morrow night tha Tutanekoi will take Mr Scott, the . j lighthouse expert, to 'ihe Brothers lighthouse jin Cook Strait, so that he may fix one of . ' Chance's incandescent lamps there. Later on L he will go north in the, Hinemoa to instal the I new lamps on Cuvier Island and at Cane . ] Maria Van Diemen, aud after he has completed the work at those stations, he will' ■ similarly improve the lights at Nurro-t PoiCentre Island, and Puysegur Point in the , South Island. Tbe incandescent system gives . an improved light on a reduced consumption i. of oil.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13332, 26 January 1909, Page 9
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