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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 December 1948Vol. XIX, No. 5

Between Nz And Norfolk

p. 26 · Read in the full issue

New Shipping Service

Island-New Caledonia

THE vessel “Melva,” which was recently bought from the New Zealand Gov ernment by the Union Manufactur ing Company of Wellington, was scheduled to make her first voyage to Norfolk Island and New Caledonia at the end of November.

The “Melva” will distribute the com pany’s wool products and will later be replaced by another vessel. She will’then act as a feeder ship, using Norfolk Island and New Caledonia as bases for distri bution to islands further north.

“Melva” will carry mails but no passengers.