The Compass Vol II No 6 November 1907

NOTICE TO MARINERS. BACKSTAIRS PASSAGE: Yatala Shoal. Masters of vessels aud others are hereb}' informed that a buoy with a spherical top, surmounted by a haJf-glohe, round side up, and painted red and white (hwizontal bands), has been placed in five (5) fathoms T.W.S. on tlie N.W. side of the Yatala Shoal. Appro ximate position—Lat.,35° 44' 15" S.; Long., 138° 10'E. ARTHUR SEARCY,President of the Marine Board. Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide, October 5, 1906. SPENCER GULF: Corny Point Lighthottse-- Alteration of Light. Notice is hereby given that it is intended, on or about the 1st January, 1907, to alter the characteristics of the above light in the following respects: Instead of the light being obscured over the Webb Rock and thence inshore as at present, a red sector will bo shown over this arc, i.e., between the bearing of N.E. i E.and N.E. by N. | N., where it is shut in by the first point to the southward of the lighthouse. This red sector will be visible for 14 miles, the full range of the light. ARTHUR SEARCY,President of the Marine Board. Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide, August 28, 1906.