Trans-Pacific Ships
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New Freighter Service
HAVING been given an increased Gov ernment subsidy, the American line, Oceaic Steamships Company, will now run an increased freight service across the Pacific, from the west coast of the United States to Australia and New Zealand. The route will be: San Francisco - Los Angeles - Honolulu - Pagopago - Suva - Auckland - Sydney, and return.
The Company plans 13 round trips each year. The service started on January 16 with the departure from ’Fr ; sco of the ‘Cape Stevens”.
Only one of the line, the Marine Phoenix,” will carry passengers. Pas sengers will be catered for when the allied company, the Matson Line, re sumes running, with the “Lurline,” about June, 1947. The “Lurline” will be followed, within three or four months, by the liner “Monterey;” and these two then will run a three or four-weekly service.