A LIGHTHOUSE USELESS.

Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13316, 17 January 1912, Page 3

A LIGHTHOUSE USELESS.

FOG SIGNAL FOR THE THREE KINGS. [Unites Press Association.] Auckland, Jan 16. The Hon. J. A. Millar, Minister for ! Railways and Marine, interviewed by ■ the Auckland "Star's" Rotoraa cor- . respondent, said it had been decided . at once to proceed with the erection I of a light at North Cape. The Mar- ! hie Department had no intention of . erecting a light at Three Kings. Reminded of the Auckland shipmasters' . resolution that a light at the Throe j Kings was absolutely essential, Mr. i Millar replied that the officers of the . Department had gone thoroughly into j the matter and were of opinion that the light would serve no good purpose . and it would be useless in a fog, while in clear weather the Kings were so high that they were plainly discernible ' and did not constitute a' danger like low-lying rocks. He considered that only one course of action was open, which was to establish a fog signall- . ing apparatus and require vessels to . be fiitted with receivers. The Depart- . ment was now negotiating with tho . International Signalling Company.