Reduced Traffic

Moeraki Withdrawn Indefinitely

The Union S.S. Company’s island steamer Moeraki has been withdrawn from the Noumea-Fiji-Sydney service as a result of reduced passenger traffic.

She will not run again until conditions warrant. As shown in our shipping columns, the Karetu has taken over the cargo service, but she will not call at Noumea. Arrangements have been also made for the carriage of Fiji cargo by the Canadian-Australasian Royal Mail liners Acrangi and Niagara.

The Moeraki returned to Sydney from her last trip on September 29.

The crew were then paid off and the vessel is lying up.