SIGNALS IN GULF
SHIPMASTERS WARNED POSSIBILITY OF CONFUSION Possible confusion to mariners arising from the use of powerful signal lamps and heliographs by surveyors working on the islands of the Haurakj Gulf and adjacent mainland is stressed in a warning to shipmasters issued by the Marine Department. It is thought that the signals might be mistaken for lighthouses or beacons. The lamps are visible to the naked eye in clear weather up to 40 or 50 1 miles. Signal stations are situated on Kawau, Little Barrier, Great Barrier, Mokohinou and Hen Islands, and also on the mainland at points neai* Leigh, Mount Matiaia, which is north-east of Whangarei Heads, and at a position approximately west of the headland known as Bream Tail.
The surveying party w'ill continue work in tlio area for several weeks.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22722, 7 May 1937, Page 10
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134SIGNALS IN GULF New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22722, 7 May 1937, Page 10
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