SIGNALLING AT NIGHT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 436, 19 February 1909, Page 5

SIGNALLING AT NIGHT.

-/./-■■•/•/././//-v/// .'*'/■''■.'. ■'■'.. /"'-'''/'/.'r-' (ifx ■TBlßGii/iri|j7;i'UEsa ■AsaoqiiTioKT-iopViitQ.HT.)' .'/; /- V: :'/ ; .//// v y j : 'the installation 'of. the - Morse;; signalling Zappa/.; ratiis.- at '-the: principal /-lighthouses," to"enable'' ;vessels/to' signal,.ai'night;'-;/'' - j'.'V;':-/■; \ : '-VA ./'On being questioned as" tothe/desirab'i!ity "of using.-.'the/,"Morse-'-,Code"■•;of. signalling'.in-, eonr ;nection ; "with bur/many lighthouses',, principally, inn -expert expressed th§' .opinion/ that ',it/would: be of .'great-'advantage,/'particularly; at : "places like Stephen's. Island,: farewell -Spit,etc." The system, is siinplioity;itself,:.and;is:easily.learnt;; ■Amateurs, with, little' knowledge of'the "light .•.system" (m'sht.signals) during: a'visit of. a. war-ship,/to.-Wellington, .spent sometime: in ' trans.'latiijg'.:the. signals/tlmt;^rere/;paSsed;froni ; 4K'fl : vessel to a man on : and were .able' to get' .'at' the: correct translation /of. the/messages. --i :" The .folloii-ing appears" 'in- the /"Nautical Al- : :nmnac" : for''l9o3:-^/^::;.//'■',/'/;: :''/.■'-// -'/'";: /:0n : and after:, January 1,''1909, all .candidates "for -certificates as master or/ninte will : bb; required ,to be/conversant -with"" the Morse and semaphore alphabets and: with: the',"British.Signal, Manual.''.- Candidates for the extra certificate /will be'requiredj to'show practical proficiency in both the Morse and.movable semaphore methods, of /signalling—i.e.; their abilityto' make and. take : in signals by both•'.these methods, with reasonable speed and accuracy/. This: 'examination'".will..also:be opento. officers:holding, or "candidates.for; certificates of competency .as ina'ster orniate as a'voluntary./examination; and should/. the candidate pass.the examination the fact; with the date and-place bf.'passing.'will be,reoorded on' the certificate/of ■ competency, \-