Samoa—Tonga

Shipping And Plane Services

Ship Services

Sydney-NZ-Fiji-Hawoii-Nth. America

rHE Itinerary of the Canadian-Australaslan liner “Aorangi” (17,500 tons) Is Sydney, Auckland, Suva (FIJI), Honolulu (Hawaii), Victoria (Vancouver Island), and Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada). Time-table for the Pacific section of her run Is:—

RMS “Aorangl”

Subject to Alteration Without Notice. ♦Aorangi will be withdrawn from the trans-Pacific run after she reaches Sydney.

Sydney-N. Caledonia- Tahiti

LINERS of the Messageries Maritimes main tain a service at about two-monthly ntervals between Sydney. Vila (New Hebrides), Noumea (New Caledonia) and Papeete (Tahiti), >n route to Marseilles, via the Panama Canal; md they return by the same route.

New Caledonia—New Hebrides

rHE New Caledonian Government has sub sidised and maintained the coastal ship ping services. The East Coast, the West toast, and the Loyalty Islands, under present iondltlons, receive 10 round trips per annum. :he ships call at the following ports; EAST COAST. —Yate, Ounia, Thio, Nakety, Janala, Kouaoua Kua, Moneo, Ponerlhouen, ribarama, Polndlmle, Wagap, Touho, Tlpindje, lienghene, Tao, Oubatch, Pouebo, Balade, Pam, Lrama, and return.

WEST COAST.—Pouembout, Kone, Temala, toh. Ouaco Gomen, Koumac, Tangaiou. Tiebaghl, lehoue, Poume, Baaba, Belep and return.

LOYALTY ISLANDS.—Mare (Tadlnej, Llfou Chepenehe) Ouvea (Pajaoue, St. Joseph) and eturn.

The steamer “Neo Hebrldais” runs regularly ictween Noumea and Sydney, with occasional rips to tne New Hebrides (mostly Aneityum).

Tie owners are Soclete Maritime et Manlere lagen, Noumea. Sydney agents: H. C. Sleigh, 54 Georee Street. Sydney.

The Messageries Maritimes motor-ship Poly icsien sails from Sydney about every six weeks 0 Noumea, Vila and Santo (New Hebrides) and iutports, with occasional trips to the Wallis and l ’utuna Islands. Details from Messageries Mari imes branch office, in Sydney, Noumea and rila.

Mew Zealand—Cook

Is.—Niue—Samoa

rHE motor vessel “Maui Pomare” owned and operated by the NZ Gov ernment, maintains a direct service

letween Auckland and Rarotonga (Cook

islands), with alternative calls at Niue

md Apia (Samoa).

Sydney-Popua- New Guinea

BURNS, PHILP LINE motor-vessels “Bulolo'’ and “Malaita” maintain regular services be tween Sydney and ports In Papua-New Guinea.

“Bulolo” leaves Sydney, northbound, approxi mately every slv weeks; “Malaita” every seven weeks.

“Bulolo” calls at Brisbane. Port Moresby, Samaral, Lae, Dregarhafen, Rabaul, Samaral, Port Moresby, Brisbane, thence back to Sydney.

The “Malalta’s” schedule varies considerably.

She calls at Port Moresby only occasionally, but usually calls at Samaral, Lae, Madang, Manus, Rabaul, Samaral, thence direct to Syd ney—ports of call being In that order. Sometimes the order of calls Is Samaral, Rabaul, Manus, Madang, Lae, Samaral. Intending passengers should check with Burns, Philp & Co., Ltd., Sydney, or Island branches.

New Zealand—Fiji—

Samoa—Tonga

Monthly Service by MY “Matua”

Service Conducted By Union Ss Co.,

Ltd.—Subject To Alteration Without

Notice

Sydney—Norfolk Island-

New Hebrides

The SS “Morinda,” Burns, Philp & Co., Ltd., runs at approximately three monthly intervals from Sydney to

Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, and main ports of the New Hebrides, and re turn.

Honolulu Sept. 7 Suva Sept. 16 Auckland Sept. 19-21 Sydney, arr.

Sept. 25 Sydney, dep.

Oct. 5 Auckland Oct. 9-10 Suva Oct. 13 Honolulu Oct. 20 Vancouver Oct. 27-Nov. 2

Nov. 9 Jan. 11 Nov. 18 Jan. 20 Nov. 21-23 Jan. 23-25 Nov. 27 Jan. 29* Dec, 7 — Dec. 11-12 —, Dec. 15 — Dec. 22 — Dec. 29-Jan. 4 —

Auckland .. .. Oct. 5 Nov. 7 Dec. 7 Suva Oct. 9-10 Nov. 11-12 Dec. 11-12 Nukualofa .. ..Oct. 12-13 Nov. 14-15 Dec. 14-15 Vavau Oct. 14 Nov. 16 Dec. 16 Pago Pago* . . Oct. 14 Dec. 16 Apia* Oct. 15-18 Nov. 16-19 Dec 17-20 Suva Oct. 21-22 Nov. 22-23 Dec. 23-24 Auckland .. .. Oct. 26 Nov. 27 Dec. 28 ♦Western Time.

Air Services

Summary of Pacific Air

Services

PAPUA AND NEW GUlNEA.—Regular Qantas service from Sydney.

SOLOMON ISLANDS. —Frequent regular flying boat service from Sydney bv Trans Oceanic Airways. Qantas service also from Lae, NG, to Honiara, BSI.

NEW HEBRlDES.—Frequent regular flying-boat service from Sydney by Trans Oceanic Air ways. Service from Noumea by French plane runs twice weekly. Qantas plane from Sydney to NH on alternate Tuesdays.

NORFOLK ISLAND. —Regular service from NZ by NZ National Airways; from Sydney by Qantas; from Fiji by NZ National Airways.

LORD HOWE ISLAND.—Regular weekly service from Sydney by Qantas and Trans Oceanic Airways.

FlJl.—Regular services from Australia by Pan American. BCPA and CPA (to Nadi); Auck land by NZ National Airways (to Nadi); from Australia by Qantas (to Laucala Bay, Suva);

from Auckland by NZ National Airways (to Laucala Bay, Suva). Irregular calls from Australia to Laucala Bay, Suva, by Trans Oceanic Airways. Regular service from Suva to Labasa by NZ National Airways.

Western Samoa. Cook Islands And

TONGA.—Regular service from Fiji by NZ National Airways.

TAHlTl.—Monthly service from Noumea by TRAPAS plane via FIJI, W. Samoa, Cook Is.

DUTCH NEW GUlNEA..—Regular weekly service from Darwin to Biak by KLM under charter to NEI Government.

AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND.—ReguIar service by Tasman Empire Airways.

AUSTRALIA-NORTH AMERICA—Regular Trans pacific services by Pan American Airways.

Bcpa And Cpa.

Europe - Indo-China -N. Caledonia —Port

nightly service by Air France.

Sydney-Vancouver

BCPA Service

BRITISH Commonwealth Pacific Airlines, Ltd., operate a twice weekly trans-Pac’flc service from Sydney to Vancouver, via FIJI, Canton Island, Honolulu and San Francisco; and a weekly service between Auckland and Vancouver, via the same ports.

Planes leave Sydney every Wednesday and Saturday, and Vancouver on the Southbound trip every Monday and Thursday. Every fourth trip from Sydney terminates at San Francisco Instead of Vancouver.

Planes Leave Auckland every Tuesday and arrive in Vancouver the following Wednesday.

The Southbound trip to Auckland commences from Vancouver every alternate Friday. Every other Friday the service commences at San Francisco. 8.0.P.A. services make regular connections at both San Francisco and Vancouver for onward carriage, via either New York or Montreal to the United Kingdom or Europe. The through fare from Sydney to London Is £325 (Aust.).

The fares for the Pacific flight are: Sydney- Nandi (Fiji), EAS7/15/- single. £AIO3/19/- re turn. Sydney-San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles or Vancouver, £A265/8/- single, £ A477/14/- return. Auckland-Nandi (Fiji), £ NZ3I single, ENZSS/16/- return. Auckland- San Francisco. Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles or Vancouver, ENZI97/2/- single, £NZ3S4/15/- re turn.

Douglas DC6 aircraft carrying 48 passengers (seated) or 37 passengers (in sleepers) and a crew of nine are used on the service.

Pan-American —

Trans-Pacific Service

PAN-AMERICAN World Airways clippers now provide the following services in the South Pacific, using DC4 planes, equipped with Sleep erettes: — Planes leave Sydney Thursday and Sunday for San Francisco, via Tontouta (New Cale donia), Nadi (FIJI), Canton Island and Hono lulu.

The return flights are made from San Francisco every Tuesday, Saturday, via Honolulu, Canton Island, Nadi and Tontouta; and from Seattle every Tuesday, via Portland, Honolulu, Canton Island, Nadi' and Tontouta.

Planes leave Auckland every Thursday and Sunday, and fly via Nadi, Canton Island and Honolulu to San Francisco. They leave San Fran cisco for Auckland every Tuesday and Saturday by the same route. Fares, in Australian cur-

(Time-tables and fares subject to alteration without notice.) To convert to Fiji currency, reduce above 1 each kilogram of excess.

Free baggage allowance is 30 kilos per persom Excess baggage at 1 per cent, of single fare for figures by about 10 per cent.

rency, are:— £ 8. d. £ 8. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.

Single. Return.

Sydney-Seattle .. .. 265 10 0 477 18 0 Sydney-’Prlsco .. 265 10 0 477 18 0 Sydney-Pljl 58 0 0 104 8 0 Sydney-Honolulu . .. 217 15 0 391 19 0 Auckland-Seattle . .. 246 5 0 443 5 0 Auckland-Honolulu .. 199 0 0 358 4 0 Auckland-Pijl 39 0 0 70 4 0!

Auckland-’Prlsco . .. 246 5 0 443 5 0

Trans-Tasman Service

Sydney—Auckland

TASMAN Empire Airways, Ltd., operate a flying-boat service between Rose Bay, Sydney, and Mechanics Bay, Auckland, with a fleet of four new Solent flying-boats each with a capacity for 45 passengers, in seven self contained cabins on two decks. Full fresh-cooked meals are served en route.

Flying-boats depart from Sydney at 11.00 p.m. daily and from Auckland at 11.15 a.m. daily except Sunday. The average crossing time is 6y 2 hours. An extra service departs from Auck land at 10 a.m. on Saturdays.

Fares: £35 (A), £2B (NZ), single; £63 (A), £5O/8/- (NZ), return.

Passenger reservations may be made in Aus tralia at any office or agency of Qantas Empire Airways (General Agents), offices of TAA and all leading travel agents. In New Zealand book through TEAL (Auckland and Wellington) or any leading travel agents.

Trans Tasman Services

Sydney—-Wellington

'T'ASM AN Empire Airways, Ltd., will commence -I- a regular flying-boat service between Sydney and Wellington with Solent flying-boats, the first service departing Wellington on Monday, October 2, and departing Sydney on Tuesday, October 3.

Services will depart Sydney at 10 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays, and will depart Wel lington at 11 a.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays; the flight crossing time is 7 hours.

The fares are: £A3S. £NZ2B single; £A63, £ NZSO/8/- return.

These services will be increased to a 3-per week frequency on October 30.

Darwin—Netherlands

New Guinea Service

THE service between Batavia, NEI, and Biak, Netherlands New Guinea, has been dis continued and a new service from Darwin to Biak and return has been inaugurated.

The service is run by the Netherlands Govern ment, with DC3 aircraft, chartered from KLM Airlines. The service is run once weekly.

New Caledonia-

New Hebrides

TRAPAS (French Air Line) operates a service between Noumea and the New Hebrides The plane leaves Noumea every alternate Tues day, and flies direct to Vila and Santo, and returns. Return fare for the journey, Noumea- Santo, is approximately £42 Australian.

France-1 ndo-China—

Aust.-N. Caledonia

THE French national airways, Air France, runs a fortnightly service between Paris and New Caledonia, and return. Stops are made at Cairo. Karachi, Calcutta,. Saigon, Batavia, Darwin, Brisbane.

DC4 Skymasters are used in the service bet ween Saigon and New Caledonia, Lockheed Constellations between Saigon-Paris, and Mes sageries Maritimes are agents in Australia.

Fare between Brisbane and Tontouta (Noumea) are £3O/12/6 single, £55/2/6 return. Sydney- Tontouta, £37/10/- single, £63/17/6 return.

Sydney—Queensland—

New Guinea

Q.E.A., Ltd., operate regular services be tween Sydney and Port Moresby, Lae, Pinsch hafen, Madang. Rabaul, Bulolo and Wau, via Brisbane, Rockhampton, Townsville and Cairns.

This service Is known as the “Bird of Para dise’’ service and DC4 Skymaster and DC3 aircraft are used. The Skymaster aircraft leave Sydney every Saturday at 8.30 p.m. and, making a night flight calling at Brisbane, arrive at Port Moresby the following morning at 7.30 a.m. and at Lae at 9.50 a.m. The return flight departs Lae at 8 a.m. on Monday, arriving at Port Moresby at 9.20 a.m., Brisbane at 5.30 p.m. and Sydney at 9.45 p.m. on the same day.

DC3 aircraft leave Sydney daily except Satur

day and Sunday, at 8.15 a.m. lor Lae. calling at Brisbane, Rockhampton, Townsville, Cairns and Port Moresby. An overnight stop is made at Townsville, and Port Moresby is reached at 11. It) a.m., and Lae at 1 p.m. the day after leaving Sydney.

Return trips are made from Lae to Sydney (calling at the same intermediate ports as on the northbound journey except Rockhampton) daily except Sunday and Monday. The aircraft departs Lae at 5.45 a.m. and reaches Sydney at 10.15 p.m. the same day. Rockhampton is an optional port of call only on the southbound journey.

The plane that reaches Lae from Sydney on Tuesday at 1 p.m. flys on to Madang, returning to Lae the same afternoon.

The plane that reaches Lae from Sydney on Thursday at 1 p.m. flys on to Bulolo and Wau and returns to Lae.

The plane that reaches Lae from Sydney on Saturday flys on to Rabaul on Sunday, via Finschhafen, nightstops at Rabaul and returns to Lae on Monday.

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.

Qantas Subsidiary Services In

Papua-New Guinea-Solomons

Qantas Empire Airways run the following sub sidiary services in Papua, New Guinea, and British Solomons:— A Douglas DC3 leaves Lae, New Guinea, every Thursday, and flies to Rabaul, and Kavieng, and returns to Lae; but every alternate Thurs day the plane goes on from Kavieng to Manus, and returns via Kavieng to Rabaul (overnight) and returns to Lae on the Friday morning.

Every Wednesday a plane flies from Lae to Madang and Wewak, and thence, via Madang to Rabaul. It returns from Rabaul to Lae on Thursday. This service is primarily for the carriage of native labour to and from Wewak. and Europeans travelling on this service are always advised of the fact.

Every alternate Monday, a Qantas Catalina flies from Port Moresby, westward to Daru, via Yule Island, Kerema, Kikori, Lake Kutubu and Lake Murray, remaining overnight at Kikori and returning to PM next morning.

Every alternate Wednesday, a Qantas Catalina flies from Port Moresby eastward (dep. 9 a.m.) and calls at Abau and Samara! before flying out to the Archipelagoes in the afternoon. Calls are made at Esa’ala and Losuia (where an over night stop is made), and the following day (alternate Thursdays) at Deboyne Lagoon, before returning to Port Moresby, via Samarai and Abau.

Every alternate Monday, a Qantas Catalina leaves Port Moresby for Rabaul, via Moewe Har bour, and Talasea (New Britain); next morning (Tuesday) it flies to Buka, Kieta and Buin (Bougainville) and returns to Rabaul; next morning (Wednesday) it flies to Talasea, Moewe Harbour and Jacqulnot Bay. and returns to Rabaul: and next morning (Thursday) it re turns from Rabaul direct to Port Moresby. (Optional calls are made at Inus and Lenden hafen.) Every alternate Monday a Qantas Douglas flies from Lae to Rabaul, and continues on to Honiara (British Solomon Islands), via Torokina; remains overnight at Honiara; and returns to Lae the following day (Tuesday), via Torokina and Rabaul. This service calls at Vellalavella and Renard each alternate trip.

Every Tuesday and Friday a plane leaves Port Moresby at 7.30 a.m., reaches Kokoda at 8.35 a.m., flies on to Higatura (Popendetta) at 8.55 a.m., and leaves again for Port Moresby at 9.5 a.m., reaching there at 10.15 a.m.

Sydney-Lord Howe ls.-

Norfolk Is.

QANTAS, Sydney, run a Sandringham once weekly from Sydney to Lord Howe Island.

Fare, single, £l2. Return, £2l/12/-.

Qantas run a DC4 Skymaster alt. Thursdays (returning same day) from Sydney to Norfolk Island. Fare, £22 single; £39/12/- return. (For Norfolk Island, see also under NZ National Airways. For Lord Howe, see also under TOA.)

Sydney-New Hebrides

QANTAS operate a service to the New Hebrides with Sandringham flying-boats calling at Noumea, Port Vila and Espiritu Santo. Frequent non-scheduled flights are made, subject to the approval of the Governments concerned.

NZ National Airways

South Pacific Services

THE Pacific services run by the New Zealand National Airways Corporation are ai follows;

Auckland-Norfolk Island-Fiji-Tonga

Western Samoa-Cook Islands: A “Douglas”

airliner leaves Whenuapai, Auckland, on alter nate Tuesdays at 9 a.m. (September 5, 19, October 3, etc.) for Norfolk Island (arr. 12.55 p.m.; dep. 2 p.m.), Nadi (arr. 8.40 p.m., dep. 5.40 a.m. Thursday), Nausori (arr. 6.25 a.m., dep. 7.30 a.m.), Tonga (arr. 10.50 a.m., dep. 11.50 a.m.), •Faleolo, Western Samoa (arr. 4.5 p.m. Wednes day, dep. 8 a.m. Thursday), Aitutaki, Cook Islands (arr. 1.50 p.m. Thursday, dep. 2.50 p.m.), Rarotonga, Cook Is. (arr. 4.5 p.m.).

The aircraft departs from Rarotonga on the return journey on alternate Saturdays return journey on alternate Saturdays (Sep tember 9, 23, October 7, etc.), at 8 a.m. for Aitutaki (arr. 9.15 a.m., dep. 10 a.m.), Faleolo, W. Samoa (arr. 3.15 p.m., dep. 8 a.m. Sunday), •Tonga (arr. 10.55 a.m. Monday, dep. 11.50 a.m.), Nausori (arr. 2.40 p.m., dep. 3.40 p.m.).

Nadi (arr. 4.25 p.m., dep. 5 a.m. Tuesday),

Norfolk Is. (air. 10.55 am., dep. 12 noon), Whenuapai, Auckland (arr. 4.50 p.m.). •Crosses International Date Line.

Auckland-Norfolk Island: A “Douglas”

airliner leaves Whenuapai, Auckland, every Sun day at 8 a.m. for Norfolk Island (arr. 11.55 a.m.), and departs on the return flight at 12.55 p.m., arriving at Whenuapai at 5.45 p.m.

On alternate Sundays, a second aircraft also makes the run, leaving Whenuapai at 9 a.m., reaching Norfolk at 12.55 p.m., departing again at 1.55 p.m., and reaching Auckland at 6.45 p.m.

FARES, single (in NZ currency): Auckland to Norfolk, £l4; to Fiji, £3l; to Tonga, £3l; to Samoa, £34; to Aitutaki, £39; to Raro tonga, £39/10/-. Norfolk to Fiji, £l9. Fiji to Tonga, £B/15/-; to Samoa, £l3; to Aitutaki, £29/15/-; to Rarotonga, £3l. Samoa to Raro tonga, £l7/15/-; to Aitutaki, £l6/10/-.

Return fares, less 10 per cent.

BOOKING OFFICES: Wellington, Govt. Life Bldg., Customhouse Quay; Auckland, Airways House, Customs St.; Dunedin, 8-10 Manse St.; Christchurch, 104 Gloucester St.; Gis borne, 74 Peel St.; Palmerston North, 107 Broadway Ave.; Hamilton, 8 Alma St.; New Plymouth, Grand Central Building, Egmont St.; Blenheim, 13 Queen St.; Hokitika, South side Airport: Norfolk Is., Burns Phllp, Ltd.; Fiji, NAC at Nadi and Suva; Burns Philp, Lautoka; Tonga, Mrs. P. P. Melhose, Fou-amotu Airfield: W. Samoa, Burns Philp (SS), Ltd., Apia; Cook Is., Mrs. P. McVeagh, Aitutaki, and Mr. J. D. Campbell, Rarotonga.

TOA Services

TRANS Oceanic Airways run the following Pacific services:— SYDNEY-LORD HOWE IS.: A regular fort nightly service with large four-engine flylng

boats from Rose Bay. Fare: £i2 single: £2l/10/- return. Free baggage allowance 50 lb.

Excess baggage and freight rate Bd. per lb.

SYDNEY-NEW HEBRIDES: A regular monthly

service with large four-engine flying-boats from Sydney, via Noumea, to Vila and Espiritu Santo (overnight stop). Fares (single and re turn): Sydney-Vila. £39/10/- and £7l/2/-; Sydney-Santo, £42/10/- and £76/10/-; Noumea-

Vila, £lO and £18; Noumea-Santo, £l5 and £27. Freight: Sydney-Vila, 2/- per lb.; Sydney- Santo, 2/3.

Sydney-Solomon Islands: A Reguiai

monthly service from Sydney, via New Cale donia and New Hebrides to Tulagi and Honiara, Solomon Islands. This service is frequently ex tended to Lingatou, in the Russell Islands, and calls are sometimes made at Vanikoro, in the Santa Cruz Group. Fares; Sydney-Tulagi- Honlara. £55 S; £99 R. Free baggage allow ance. 60 lb.; excess baggage and freight, 3/C per lb.

N. Caledonia-Tahiti

TRAPAS (Soclete Francals de Transport!

Aeriens du Pacific Sud-Noumea) runs £ monthly service from New Caledonia to Tahiti Western Samoa (Faleolo), Cook Islands (Altu taki) to Papeete, where it arrives at about 11.4( a.m. two days later. One evening Is spent ir Nadi and one night in Altutaki. The plane re turns by the same route in the following week Fare from Noumea to Papeete Is 16,000 Pacifi< francs single, and 28,800 return. (160 Paclflt francs equal £ 1 Australian.) While the plam is at Papeete it runs one round trip betweer Papeete and Bora Bora.

Sydney-Noumea-Suva

THE following is the time-table of the Qanta: Sandringham flying-boat:— Sydney dep. 9.30 p.m. alt. Tues.

Noumea arr. 6.30 a.m. alt. Wed.

Noumea dep. 8.20 a.m. alt. Wed.

Suva arr. 2.30 p.m. alt. Wed.

Suva dep. 6 a.m. alt. Fri.

Noumea arr. 10.30 a.m. alt. Fri.

Noumea dep. 12 noon alt, Fri.

Sydney arr. 9.15 p.m. alt. Fri.

Intending passengers may book through Qantas offices in Australia. Burns Philp (South Seas) Company, in Suva; and J. Brock, ii Noumea.

The fares for this service in Aust. currenc; are:

CPA Sydney-Vancouver

Service

C CANADIAN Pacific Airlines, Ltd., run a trans >< Pacific service between Sydney and Van couver. For the present there will be om northbound and one southbound trip per fort night. Stops are made at Nadi (Fiji), Cantoi Island, Honolulu and San Francisco. The north' bound flight commences from Sydney every alter nate Tuesday.

Four-engined, pressurised "Canadair” alrcraf are used; 36 passengers can be carried am a crew of 7. Flying is done in daylight. Over night accommodation is provided at hotels ii Nadi and Honolulu, which Is, of course, com plimentary.

Fares are (in Australian currency: Sydney Vancouver, San Franclsco-Los Angeles and Port land-Seattle, £265/8/- single. £477/14/- return Fiji-Vancouver, £207/8/- single, £373/7/- re turn; Sydney-Fiji, £57/15/- single, £lO3/19/- re turn; Sydney-Honolulu, £217/13/- single £391/16/- return.

Bookings may be made at the Union Stean Ship Company of New Zealand, Limited, Sydney or Melbourne: Union Steam Ship Co. of NZ, Ltd.

Fiji; Canadian Pacific Airlines, Vancouver.

TEAL Flying Boat

Service

Auckland Fiji

WITH new 45 seater Solent flying-boats Tasman Empire Airways. Limited, operat; a weekly Auckland-Suva-Lambasa and retun service.

Aircraft depart Mechanics’ Bay. Auckland, i half hour after midnight, each Tuesday, am operate to the following time-table: —

Single. Return.

Sydney-Noumea ... £37 10 0 £67 10 ( Sydney-Suva 55 10 0 99 18 ( Noumea-Suva 20 5 0 36 9 (

dep. Auckland .. .. 0.30 a.m. Tuesday arr Suva 7.00 a.m. Tuesday dep' Suva 9.00 a.m. Tuesday arr. Lambasa .. .. 10.00 a.m. Tuesday

dep. Lambasa .. .. noon Tuesday arr. Suva 1.00 p.m. Tuesday dep. Suva 7.00 a.m. Wednesday I arr. Auckland .. .. 1.30 p.m. Wednesday Fares (Single): Auckland-Suva, £3l (NZ), £34/9/- (Fijian), £3B/15/- (Aust.); (Return): £55/16/- (NZ), £6l/19/- (Fijian), £69/15/- (Aust.).

Suva-Lambasa (Single): £4/10/- (NZ), £5 (Fijian). £5/12/6 (Aust.); (Return): £B/2/- (NZ). £9 (Fijian), £lO/2/6 (Aust.).

Reservations may be made through TEAL (New Zealand), Qantas or TAA (Australia), NZNAC (Suva) or any leading travel agents.

Papua-NG Local

Services

MANDATED Airlines, Ltd., of Lae, New Guinea, and other private operators, run air ser vices between Lae and the New Guinea mainland centres of Wau, Bulolo, Madang, Wewak, Altape, Mt. Hagen, Plnschhafen, Moresby, Kokoda—in fact anywhere in Papua or New Guinea where there is an air-strip. These planes carry pas •engers, mails and cargo on regular schedules or charter flights.