LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED
SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS. HARBOURS SEALED AT NIGHT, Tho Government has issued a notice through tho Marino Department that' commencing to-night the lights at Pencarxow Head (Wellington), Godley Head (Lyttelton), Taiaroa Head (Otago) and Cape Foulwind (West Coast) lighthouses will bo extinguished until further notice. The Marine Department has also requested the harbour boards at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and Westport to extinguish all harbour lights showing seaward, commencing to-night,, until further notice.
No vessels will be permitted to entei the tbove-named ports at night-time but some may be allowed, to leave though solely at their own risk. This instruction also comes into force this evening. . . ' ' The Ulimaroa, which arrived at Wellington yesterday morning from Sydney, obscured all lights during the run across the Tasman Sea. PROTESTS AT WESTPORT. Press Association. WESTPORT, August 12. The Marine Department has telegraphed that the harbour lights at Westport are to be extinguished from to-morrow night until further notice. The chairman of the Westport Harbour Board is being bombarded with protests against the decision of the Department as being likely to have a detrimental effect on the trado of the port.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8810, 13 August 1914, Page 5
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187LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8810, 13 August 1914, Page 5
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