Shipping Schedules
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"Neptuna" Adds To General Dislocation
THE Burns, Philp liner Neptuna, which * maintains a regular service between Australian ports and Hong Kong, via Salamaua and Rabaul (New Guinea) grazed a reef in Hinatuan Passage, near the Philippine Islands, on Sunday after noon, August 1. The vessel continued to Hong Kong, where a survey showed that considerable damage had been done, and she was docked for repairs.
The Neptuna now is not expected to return to Sydney until about September 28, instead of September 10, which means that her schedule has been dislocated to the extent of about three weeks.
The B.P. steamer schedules have been severely dislocated by accidents during the past three months—first the Montoro owing to the Rabaul eruption; next the Maedhui, as a result of the fire which broke out in No. 4 hold while off the coast of New Guinea; and, now, the Neptuna.
The Maedhui has undergone extensive repairs at Cockatoo Dock, Sydney, and it is announced that she will be refitted in time to allow her to resume her schedule, leaving Sydney on August 28.