C whistles and the use of the said electric lights in the following manner so far as the same shall be practicable, that is to say: simultaneously, by one long blast from the said whistles and by the lighting of all electric lights within the Bishop's Falls area. 10. There shall be a Defence Alarm for the area, here inafter referred to in these Orders as the Botwood area, which shall comprise the towns or settlements of Peter's Arm, Botwood and Northern Arm and shall extend from Peter's Arm Bridge to Northern Arm Bridge and shall include the Port of Botwood and all waters within one mile from the aforesaid towns or settlemnts. 11. The Defence Alarm for the Botwood area shall be given by a series of short blasts on the locomotive whistle of the Anglo-Newfoundland Development Company Limited in its railway yard at Botwood aforesaid at intervals of approximately fifteen seconds. 12. There shall be an all clear signal for the Botwood area which shall consist of one long blast from the said locomotive whistle at Botwood aforesaid. 13. The District Magistrate at Grand Falls is hereby authoized to appoint Civil Defence Officers for the enforcement of the Defence (Alarm) Rgulations in any or all of the aforesaid areas. 14. Defence Alarms and all clear signals in any or all of the aforesaid areas may be given by Malcolm Hollett, Esquire, District Magistrate, Chairman of the Home Front Association of Grand Falls and Windsor, or by any person appointed by him for that purpose, and any such signal may be given on instructions from the said Malcolm Hollett as a test or practice measure. 15. These Orders may be cited as the Defence Alarm (Exploits Valley Area) Orders. REGULATIONS RESPECTING MERCHANT VESSELS Under and by virtue of the Emergency Powers Defence Act, 1940, and of all other powers vested in him, His Excellency the Governor, in-Commission has been pleased to make the following regulations: Dated at St. John's this 21st day of April, A.D. 1941. J. A. WINTER, Commissioner for Home Affairs and Education. 1. The following regulations are to be observed by all Merchant Vessels approaching, leaving or moving within the Port of St. John's (hereinafter called "the Port"). 2. The outer limits of the port are on a line bearing from Small Point to Cape Spear, and the inner limits are on a line bearing from Cuckhold Head to Spriggs Point. 3. The ordinary regulations of the Port are to be adhered to except where varied by these regulations. 4.-(1) The use of wireless telegraphy, wireless telephony or sound signalling for communicating or signalling in the Port is prohibited: Provided that such sound signals may be made as are authorized to be made by the Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea or by the Commissioner for Public Utilities. (2) For the better enforcement of this regulation, in the case of Merchant Vessels and small craft, the wireless office or offices and the wireless instruments on any Merchant Vessel or small craft in the Port shall be sealed by an officer of Customs or such other officer as may be thereto assigned and such seals shall not be broken by any person other than an officer of Customs or other officer thereto assigned. (3) If due to the length of stay of a Merchant Vessel or small craft in the Port, it shall become necessary to C1 CII have access to the wireless office or offices or wireless instruments of any such vessel in order to keep such instru ments in good working condition, the master of such Merchant Vessel or small craft shall communicate with the Department of Customs who may give permission for the breaking of such seals if the Department deems it necessary. (4) A breach of any of the provisions of this regulation shall render the wireless instruments of a Merchant Vessel or small craft liable to seizure and confiscation to the Crown. 5. For the purposes of these regulations. (a) fog (b) thick weather is considered to exist when it is impossible, owing to meteorological or other conditions affecting vis ibility, to communicate between the Examination Vessel and the Examination Battery by visual signals. (c) "Merchant Vessel" includes all vessels other than the Examination Vessels and British and foreign war vessels, and any special vessels chartered by the Admiralty or by the Canadian Naval Authorities. (d) "Small craft" mean fishing vessels and small sail ing and auxiliary coasters of under one hundred and twenty net tons, other than those flying the white ensign or a foreign naval flag. (e) "Night" means the period between thirty minutes after sunset and thirty minutes before sunrise, actual times of sunset and sunrise being taken. (f) "Examining Officer" means the Officer of the Examination Service, normally in the Examination Vessel,, who examines Merchant Vessels wishing ENTRANCE TO THE PORT. 5. A Merchant Vessel shall not enter the Port unless she has first passed through the Examination Service. 6. A Merchant Vessel approaching the Port either by day or by night shall not make, or make use of, any private signals of any description. The making, or making use of, such signals will render the vessel liable to be fired on. 7. A Merchant Vessel approaching the Port shall hoist her signal letters on arriving within visual signal distance of the Port and shall not wait for the signal "what is the name of your vessel" from the Examination Vessel, before so hoisting her signal letters. 8. A Merchant Vessel wishing to enter the Port shall heave to near the Examination Vessel or proceed to the Examination Anchorage to which she will be directed by the Examination Vessel, unless such vessel is given permission and the necessary instruction by the Examining Officer to enter the Port without heaving to, or proceeding to the Examination Anchorage. 9. All orders and instructions necessary to enable a Merchant Vessel, to enter the Port shall be given by the Examining Officer and shall be implicitly obeyed. Dis obedience of these orders and instructions will render the approaching vessel liable to be fired on. 10. A Merchant Vessel shall not leave or attempt to leave the Examination Anchorage unless permission to do so has been given by the Examining Officer. Any vessel leaving or attempting to leave the Anchorage with out such permission will be liable to be fired on. 11. In any case in which bad weather or other cause prevents a Merchant Vessel anchoring in the Examin CIII CIV ation Anchorage, the Examining Officer may order such vessel to remain under way in the Anchorage and such vessel will not be permitted to enter the Port unless she can be identified while under way by the Examining Officer. In such circumstances the Examining Officer may order such vessel to proceed to such other anchorage as he may direct, where an armed guard may be placed on board. Note: Ship owners and shipping agents are advised that in their own interests and in order to avoid delays to their vessels in their recognition by and passage through the Examination Service, they should, when circumstances permit: (a) As a general rule arrange for their vessels to arrive at the Port during daylight. (b) See that their vessels are provided with a complete set of International Code flags and a signal book, also with two white and two red lanterns-ready and available for use-in addition to the regulation Navigation Lights. Normally Merchant Vessels are permitted to enter the Port by day and night after they have passed through the Examination Service, and as a general rule Merchant Vessels will be examined by the Examining Officer in the order of their arrival off the Port or in the Examination Anchorage. During fog and thick weather the Port will normally be closed to inward traffic. Traffic will not be interfered with more than is necessary for the identifica tion of vessels and their safe conduct past the Examination Battery. TRAFFIC CONTROL IN THE NARROWS 12. (1) In order to avoid the danger of collision in the Narrows between inward and outward traffic, the following traffic indication signals shall be hoisted: |