SHIPPING SIGNALS AT HOKITIKA.

Otago Witness, Issue 715, 12 August 1865, Page 10

SHIPPING SIGNALS AT HOKITIKA.

The following is the new code, as given" in the West Coast Times, 29th July :—: — 1. Ball and red flag at the mast-head :

High water ; take the bar. 2. Ball and blue flag, half-mast : Half flood ; wait for tide. When the bar miv safely be attempted at half tide, whether flood or ebb, the red flag will be at the mast head over the ball, denoting the state of tide. 3. Ball on the tower mast cap, and white flag : Ebb tide ; bar dangerous. 4. No signal : Do not attempt the bar. 5. Red painted arm, pointed to the righthand, entering from seaward : More to the south. 6. The other arm, pointed to the left-hand, entering from seaward : More to the north. 7. The arms up and down with the most : As you go. When more than one vessel is crossing the bar, theforemost vessel will be piloted in, the others following ia her wake. » On si moveable pole, in front of the signal mast, the two in one showing the fairway, will be hoisted (if necessary) to show the set of the current on the bar, thus :—: — A red aud white pennant — to the northward. A sqtiare yellow flag — to the southward. On the flagstaff not in use for the piloting signals, at high -water, the depth in feet on the bar will be denoted by Marryatt's code. A red light is hoisted on the signal-raast on the south spit each night, visible at from three to four miles. Thsre will be an anchor, and chain, and line attached to the South Spit, and boat and boat's crew in readiness at high-water, every tide, to assist any vessel coming over the bar. When the bar is only fit for steamers to take, a red flag will be hoisted on the north flagstaff. When for sailing vessels, a red flag and ball. Masters of vessels are particularly requested to attend to the small tidal flag on the spit, as the small tidal flag and the large flag in one take 9 them over the bar.