House-boy: "Sassises, Sinabada. You sav'? Banana belong

New pacific Shipping Service

COMMENCING in January, a Norweg ian Company, A/S. Thor Dahl, will regularly run two fast motor ships— freighters, with accommodation for 12 passengers—from San Francisco to Gen tral and South Pacific ports, One ship will run from ’Frisco to Samoa, Fiji, and Tonga (and perhaps to Australia and New Zealand) and back to ’Frisco.

The other ship will run from ’Frisco to Noumea, New Guinea, Papua, North Aus tralian ports, and back to 'Frisco.

Messrs. Birt and Co. Ltd., 4 Bridge Street, Sydney, are Australasian agents, The new service has the Vacuum con tract for oil deliveries, and thus takes the place of the Flood Bros, ships, re cently sold.

Visitor from South: "What name this?"

Papuan House-boy: "Sassises, Sinabada". Visitor: "What?"

House-boy: "Sassises, Sinabada. You sav'? Banana belong builamakau!"