CASTLEPOINT LIGHTHOUSE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14895, 22 January 1912, Page 11

CASTLEPOINT LIGHTHOUSE.

:. , ~ "IIP" ". I ■ THE ELEVATION QUESTION. *» wplj to the views of the Minister for panne on the subject of the Castlepoint. :; lighthouse, Captain D. J. Watson, secreJ«y of the Merchant Service Guild, conwnds that, notwithstanding all that the Mmigter has stated about there not being efficient elevation at Flat Point for a ■ :v ughthouse, this is a difficulty which could - be easily overcome, " for there is not much elevation at Farewell Spit, nor is Dog Wand greatly elevated, and yet there are lighthouses on both these places. I take 1 * that the first consideration in regard w the erection of a lighthouse is the grim--47 object in placing it at any particular Face, and not as to whether the position , , " a suitable one for the keepers' dwel--1 TO- The Minister states that there will , W only a gap of 20 miles between the :g m of Cape Palliser light and the proceed light, and yet there are many in- ; ;,Bancea of vessels coming to grief in a ,' Sorter run than that, although the mas- | k's could not be classed as poor naviga- % f^ 8- Castlepoint is usually passed some ' 2 roUes, distant by vessels going along the «£*, but can be approached to within a tf ff yards, the coast at that point being : : ««Bp, too. To pass at a less distance, "Offever, than that before mentioned ; *°old take a vessel out of her course. Flat ■■ | fo «it on the other hand cannot be approached with safety nearer than from four *°, five miles, and is the point at which a ■ «Mel is required to alter her course going 61 coming along the coast."