Samoa—Tonga

Shipping And Plane Services

T HE vI° 110 w n vf sea l and a ! r services are running to schedules in the Pacific.

A been n™i CeS * WhlCh Were suspended, owing to war conditions, have As theybecome are Under Way for their early re-introduction. as iney become available they will be announced here.

New Zealand-—Fiji—

Samoa—Tonga

Service Conducted By Union Ss Co.,

Ltd —Subject To Alteration Without

Notice

New Caledonia

THE New Caledonian Government has sub sidised and maintained the coastal ship ping services. The East Coast, the West Coast, and the Loyalty Islands, under present conditions, receive 10 round trips per annum.

The ships call at the following ports: EAST COAST.—Yate, Ounia, Thio, Nakety, Canala, Kouaoua Kua, Moneo, Ponerihouen, Tibarama, Poindimie, Wagap, Touho, Tipindje, Hienghene, Tao, Oubatch, Pouebo, Balade, Pam!

Arama, and return.

WEST COAST.—Pouembout, Kone, Temala, Voh, Ouaco Gomen, Kouraac, Tangaiou, Tiebaghi, Nehoue Poume, Baaba, Belep and return.

LOYALTY ISLANDS.—Mare * (Tadine), Lifou

(Chepenehe) Ouvea (Pajaoue, St. Joseph) and return.

The steamer “Neo Hebridais” runs regularly between Noumea and Sydney, with occasional trips to the New Hebrides (mostly Aneityum).

The owners are Societe Maritime et Maniere Noumea. Sydney agents: H. C. Sleigh, 254 George Street, Sydney.

New Zealand—Cook

Is.—Niue—Samoa

rE motor vessel “Maui Pomare.” owned and operated by the NZ Gov ernment, maintains a direct service between Auckland and Rarotonga (Cook Island), with alternative calls at Niue and Apia (Samoa).

Sydney—Auckland Airways npASMjAN Empire Airways, Ltd., operate a A flying-boat service between Rose Eay,

“Maui “Maui Pomare”

Pomare”

April May Auckland April 13 May 9 Niue* . ..

April 18 — Rarotonga April 21-23 May 15-20 Auckland May 1 May 28 ♦Western Time.

“Matua”

April May Auckland April 2 May 2 Suva April 5-6 May 6-7 Nukualofa April 8-9 May 9-10 Vavau April 10-11 May 11 Niue* — May 11 Apia* April 11-15 May 12-16 Suva April 18 May 19-20 Auckland April 22 May 24 ♦Western Time.

Sydney, and Mechanics Bay, Auckland. Large flying-boats, capable of carrying 20 passengers, are employed. The trip is comfortable, and takes from 8 to 10 hours, according to weather.

The flying-boats usually leave Sydney at day light on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and leave Auckland at daylight on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Bookings may be made at the Auckland and Sydney offices of Tasman Empire Airways.

Sydney— Norfolk Island-

New Hebrides

rE SS “Morinda,” Burns Philp & Co., Ltd., runs at approximately six seven weeks’ intervals from Sydney to Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, and main ports of the New Hebrides, and

return. A regular fixed timetable is not

yet practicable.

March: SS “Morinda,” after running on a reef, has been in dock in Sydney.

Sydney—Queensland—

Port Moresby Airways

QANTAS Empire Airways, Ltd., employing DC3 planes, operate a regular service between Sydney, Port Moresby and Lae, and return, via Brisbane, Rockhampton, Townsville and Cairns.

Planes leave Sydney on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 10 a.m., and arrive at Lae at noon on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Planes leave Lae at 5.45 a.m. on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, and arrive in Sydney at 10

p.m., accomplishing the Lae-Sydney run in a day.

Bookings may be made at Qantas offices at any of the towns named. At present, berths are available only to passengers holding official per mits to visit Papua or New Guinea.

Pacific Travellers

OWING to pressure on space, the usual list of Pacific travellers has been held over until May.