Sydney-N. Caledonia-

Shipping And Plane Services

Ship Services

Sydney-NZ-Fiji-Hawaii-

North America

rHE itinerary of the Canadian-Australasian liner “Aorangi” (17,500 tons) is Sydney, .uckland, Suva (Fiji), Honolulu (Hawaii), Vic oria (Vancouver Island), and Vancouver (British lolumbia, Canada). Time-table for the Pacific jction of her run is:—

Subject to alteration without notice ♦Aorangi will be withdrawn from the trans 'acific run after she reaches Sydney.

Sydney-N. Caledonia-

Tahiti

r INERS of the Messageries Maritimes main- L/ tain a service at about two-monthly itervals between Sydney, Vila (New Hebrides), loumea (New Caledonia) and Papeete (Tahiti), n route to Marseilles, via the Panama Canal; nd 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, tha West bast, and the Loyalty Islands, under present ondltions, receive 10 round trips per annum, he ships call at the following ports: EAST COAST.—Yate. Ounla, Thio. Naltety, anala, Kouaoua Kua, Moneo, Ponerthouen, ibarama. Polndlmle. Wagap, Touho. Tipindje, tienghene. Tac, Oubatch, Pouebo, Balade, Pam, rama, and return.

WEST COAST.—Pouembout, Kone. Temala. bh, Ouaco Gomen, Koumac, Tangaiou. Tlebaghi, fehoue, Poume, Baaba, Belep and return.

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

The steamer “Neo Hebrldals” runs regularly etween Noumea and Sydney, with occasional rips to tne New Hebrides (mostly Aneltyum). he owners are Soclete Maritime et Manlere [agen, Noumea. Sydney agents; F. C. Sleigh. 54 George Street, Sydney.

The Messageries Maritimes motor-ship Poly esien sails from Sydney about every six weeks a Noumea. Vila and Santo (New Hebrides) and utports, with occasional trips to the Wallis and 'utuna Islands. Details from Messageries Mari imes branch office, in Sydney. Noumea and ila.

New Zealand —Fiji— Samoa—Tonga

Monthly Service by MV ,r Matua”

Service Conducted By Union Ss Co.,

Ltd.—Subject To Alteration Without

Notice

•Western Time.

New Zealand—Cook

Is.—Niue—Samoa

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

Sydney-Papua-

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 six 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, Phllp & Cos., Ltd., Sydney, or Island branches.

Sydney-Norfolk Island-

New Hebrides

The SS “Morinda,” Burns, Philp & Cos., 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.

RMS ‘Aorangi” [onolulu “ Jan. 11 uva —■ Jan. 20 uckland — Jan. 23-2£ ydney, arr — Jan. 29* ydney, dep Dec. 7 — uckland Dec. 11-12 — uva Dec. 15 — Honolulu Dec. 22 — ancouver Dec. 29-Jan. 4 —

Auckland .. .. Jan. 11 Feb. 8 Suva Jan. 15-16 Feb. 12-13 Nukualofa .. .. Jan. 18-19 'Feb. 15-16 Vavau J &n - 20 Feb. 17 Pago Pago* .. Feb. 17 Apia* Jan. 20-22 Feb. 18-20 Suva Jan. 25-26 Feb. 23-24 Auckland .. .. Jan. 30 Feb. 28

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 by 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-I land by NZ National Airways (to Nadi); from Australia by Qantas (to Laucala Bay, Suva);’ from Auckland by NZ National Airways (to i 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 services Sydney-Auckland and Sydney-Wellington by Tasman Empire Airways.

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

Bcpa And Cpa.

Europe - Indo-China -N. Caledonla.—Fort

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.

B.C.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), £AS7/15/- single. £AIO3/19/- re turn. Sydney-San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles or Vancouver, £A265/8/- single, £ A477/15/- return. Auckland-Nandi (Fiji),; £NZ3I single, £NZSS/16/- return. Auckland- San Francisco. Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles or 1 Vancouver, £NZI97/3/- single, £NZ3S4/18/- 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 -6l*ett6S * 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 i every Tuesday, Saturday, via Honolulu, Canton j Island, Nadi and Tontouta; and from Seattle every Tuesday, via Portland, Honolulu, Canton i Island, Nadi and Tontouta.

Planes leave Auckland every Thursday and!

Sunday, and fly via Nadi, Canton Island andJ Honolulu to San Francisco. They leave San Fran- ■ cisco for Auckland every Tuesday and Saturday; by the same route. Fares, in Australian cur# rency, are:—

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

Free baggage allowance is 30 kilos per person..

Excess baggange charged at 1 per cent, of single-: fare; per kilo up to 10 kilos; Vz per cent, fon every kilo over 10 kilos.

£ s. d £ s. d.

Single.

Return;

Sydney-Seattle

265 10 0 477 18 0

Sydney-’Frisco

265 10 0 477 18 0

Sydney-Honolulu .. ..

217 15 0 391 19 0

Sydney-Fiji

57 15 0 103 19 0 Auckland-Seattle .. 246 5 0 443 5 0 Auckland-Honolulu . .. 199 0 0 358 4 0 Auckland-Fiji 39 0 0 69 15 0 Auckland-’Frisco .. 246 5 0 443 5 0

Sydney-Noumea .. ..

37 10 0 67 10 0

Trans-Tasman Service

Sydney—Auckland

PASMAN Empire Airways, Ltd., operate a flying-boat service between Rose Bay, (rdney, and Mechanics Bay, Auckland, with a ;et of four new Solent flying-boats each with capacity for 45 passengers, in seven self mtained cabins on two decks. Full fresh-cooked teals are served en route. Average crossing me is 6Vi hours.

Flying-boats depart from Sydney at midnight lily. They depart from Auckland at 12 noon lily.

Fares: £35 (A), £2B (NZ), single; £63 (A), 50/8/- (NZ), return.

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

Trans Tasman Services

Sydney—Wellington

PASMAN Empire Airways, Ltd., operate a regular flying-boat service between Sydney id Wellington with Solent flying-boats.

Services depart Sydney at 10 p.m. on Tuesday, ednesday, Friday, Sunday; and depart Welling n at 11 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday id Saturday.

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

: rance-lndo-China-

Aust.-N. Caledonia

nHE French national airways, Air France.

L runs a monthly service between Paris id New Caledonia, and return. Stops are made Damascus, Karachi, Calcutta, Saigon, Batavia, irwin, Brisbane.

DC4 Skymasters are used in the service bet ;en Saigon and New Caledonia, Lockheed mstellations between Saigon-Paris, and Mes geries Maritimes are agents in Australia.

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

Darwin —Netherlands

New Guinea Service

THE service between Batavia, NET, 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 DCS aircraft, chartered from KLM Airlines. The service is run once weekly.

Sydney—Queensland—

New Guinea

Q.E.A. Ltd. Operate regular services between Sydney and Port Moresby, Lae, Madang, Rabaul, Bulolo and Wau via Brisbane, Rock hampton. Townsville and Cairns.

This Service is known as the “Bird of Para dise” Service and DC4 Skymaster and DCS Air craft are used. The Skymaster aircraft leave Sydney every Tuesday and Saturday at 9 p.m. and, making a night flight calling at Brisbane only, arrive at Port Moresgy the following morn ing at 8.05 a.m. connecting with DCS Aircraft and arrive Lae on Wednesdays at 11,20 a.m. and Sundays at 12.20 a.m. The Skymaster arriving Port Moresby on Wednesdays also connects with a DC3 for Bulolo and Wau on the same day, while the Skymaster arriving on the Saturday connects with a DC3 from Port Moresby to Rabaul direct on the same day.

DCS Aircraft leave Lae at 7.10 a.m. connecting with Skymasters, leaving Port Moresby at 10.30 a.m. on Sundays and Wednesdays for Sydney via Brisbane, arriving Sydney at 10 p.m. A DCS leaves Madang on Tuesdays at 3.45 p.m to con nect with the Skymaster leaving the following morning for Sydney ex Lae.

DC3s leave Sydney at 8.15 a.m. daily, except Wednesday and Sunday, calling at Brisbane, Rockhampton and nightstopping at Townsville.

The following morning they depart Townsville at 5.20 a.m., calling at Cairns and arriving at Port Moresby at 10.30 a.m. and Lae at 12.20 p.m. The aircraft which arrives at Lae on Tuesdays extends to Madang the same afternoon.

Return flights leave Lae at 5.45 on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays departing Port Moresby at 7.35 a.m. and proceeding to Sydney the same day via Cairns, Townsville, Rock hampton and Brisbane, arriving Sydney at 10.15 p.m.

The service leaving Lae on Thursdays, also connects with a DC3 leaving Wau the previous afternoon at 3.3 p.m.

Every Monday a DC3 leaves Rabaul at 6.30 a.m, for Port Moresby departing Port Moresby at 11 a.m. for Cairns and Townsville. The following morning it departs Townsville at 8 a.m. calling at Rockhampton and Brisbane and arriving Syd ney at 4.45 p.m.

Antas Subsidiary Services In

Papua-New Guinea-Solomons

Qantas Empire Airways run the following sub- Jlary services In Papua, New Guinea, and Itlsh Solomons: — A Douglas DC3 leaves Lae, New Guinea, every lursday, and flies to Rabaul, and Kavleng, id returns to Lae; but every alternate Thurs ly the plane goes on from Kavieng to Manus, id returns via Kavieng to Rabaul (overnight) id returns to Lae on the Friday morning.

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

Every alternate Monday, a Qantas Catalina es from Port Moresby, westward to Daru, via lie Island, Kerema, Kikorl, Lake Kutubu and ike Murray, remaining overnight at Kikorl id returning to PM next morning. This aircraft 11s at Lake Kutubu one service and Lake Mur y the next. Optional call at Wana between ir«ma and Kikorl.

Every alternate Wednesday, a Qantas Catalina es from Port Moresby eastward (dep. 9 a.m.) id calls at Abau and Samaral before flying out the Archipelagoes in the afternoon. Calls are ade at Esa’ala and Losuia (where an over ght stop is made), and the following day Iternate Thursdays) at Deboyne Lagoon, before turning to Port Moresby, via Samaral and lau.

Every alternate Monday, a Qantas Catalina lives Port Moresby for Rabaul. via Moewe Har ur. and Talasea (New Britain); next morning lesday) it flies to Buka, Kieta, Buin lougainvllle) and returns to Rabaul; next Drnlng (Wednesday) It flies to Talasea, Moewp irbour and Jacqulnot Bay. and returns to ibaul; and next morning (Thursday) It re rns from Rabaul direct to Port Moresby. >ptional calls are made at Inus and Linden ifen.) Every alternate Monday a Qantas Douglas flies •m Lae to Rabaul via Finschhafen and continues to Honiara (British Solomon Islands), via rokina, Vellalavella and Yandina remains over ght at Honiara; and returns to Lae the fol wing day Tuesday), over the same route.

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

Dragon DHB4 aircraft operate the following ternal services in New Guinea:— Every Tuesday depart Madang for Goroka, linantu, Aiyura, Arona, returning to Madang noon the same day. Calls as required for iding are made between Arona and Madang.

Every Thursday departs Madang at 7 a.m. for abag, Baiyer River, Mt. Hagen, with optional 11s at Kerowagi and Chimbu, and returning Madang at noon the same day.

Every Friday departs Lae at 6.30 a.m., calling any or all of the following places as re ired: Asolaka, Aiyura, Arona, Banz, Bena na, Chimbu, Goroka, Kalaipit, Kainantu, irowagi. Kup, Mt. Hagen, Nadzab, Nondugl, :elbeng, Wabag, Wabumunda, Minj.

Daily, except Wednesdays and Sundays, depart e at 3 p.m. for Bulolo and Wau, returning rect from Wau to Lae the same day. arriving Lae 5.5 p.m.

ydney-Norfolk Is.

Santas run a DC4 Skymaster alt. Thursdays burning same day) from Sydney to Norfolk and. Pare, £22 single; £39/12/- return. (For Norfolk Island, see also under N 2

itional Airways.

Sydney-New Hebrides

\ ANT AS operate a service to the New Hebrides ' with Sandringham flying-boats calling at mmea, Port Vila and Espiritu Santo. Frequent n.-scheduled flights are made, subject to the iproval of the Governments concerned.

NZ National Airways

South Pacific Services

''HE Pacific services run by the New Zealand National Airways Corporation are as Hows:—

Auckland-Norfolk Island-Fiji-Tonga

Estern Samoa-Cook Islands: A “Douglas”

rliner leaves Whenuapal, Auckland, on alter

nate Tuesdays at 9 a.m. (February 6 and 20, etc.) for Norfolk Island (arr. 12.55 p.m.; dep. 2 p m.), Nadi (arr. 8.40 p.m., dep. 5.40 am Thursday), Nauson (arr. 6.25 a.m., dep. 730 am.). Tonga (arr. 10.50 a.m., dep. 11.50 a.m )

Sndf V. “iSo

p.m.), Rarotonga. Cook Is. (arr. 4.5 p.m.). , . „ The aircraft departs from Rarotonga on the return journey on alternate Saturdays (February 10 and 24, 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), I T m n i ga Naus r o r ri (arr 2Mo S’ 425 Dm deD 5 am ' SnSnik Is iarr To’ss am & den' il noon ’

Whenuapai, n °° nK •Crosses International Date Dine.

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. „. „ . alternate Sundays (February 4 and 18, whei„“pSTt^T. v m c %«vto B ** ‘ 55 pJn - and Auckland at 6.45 p.m.

Bookings may be made at the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand. Limited, Sydney, or Melbourne: Union Steam Ship Co. of NZ. Ltd., Fiji, Canadian Pacific Airlines, Vancouver; Canadian Pacific Railway Co., Sydney or Mel bourne.

' FARES * sin e le < in NZ currency): Auckland to Norfolk, £l4; to Fiji, £3l; to Tonga, £35/15/-; to W SaiKOa - £39/10/-; to Aitutaki. £43/10/-; * Rarotonga £45 Norfolk to FIJI. £l9; Fiji

MtnSSf £29*“to sfmoa to

Rarotonga, £l9; to Aitutaki, £l6/10/-. Return fares less 10 per cent.

BOOKING OFFICES: Wellington, Govt. Life Bldg., Customhouse Quay; Auckland, Air Centre, Nathan’s Bldg., Commerce St.; Dunedin, 8-10 Manse St.; Christchurch, 104 Gloucester St.: Gisborne, 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 Philp, Ltd.; Fiji, NAC at Nadi and Suva; Burns Philp, Lautoka; Tonga, Mrs. F. 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 twice weekly service with large four-engine flying boats from Rose Bay. Fare: £lO/16/- single; £2l/12/- return. Free baggage allowance 44 lb.

Excess baggage and freight rate Bd. per lb.

NOTE: Sydncy-Moresby service expected to start in January or February.

SYDNEY-HOBART: The company now runs a twice-weekly service direct to Hobart, Tasmania,

from Sydney. It will be possible, therefore, for passengers to book from Moresby to Hobart, making an overnight stop in Sydney. Pares are; £lO/10/- single, £2l return.

Sydney— Noumea-Suva

THE following is the time-table of the Qantas 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. Pri.

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

Noumea dep. 12 noon alt. Fri.

Sydney arr. 7.15 p.m. alt. Pri.

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

The fares for this service in Aust. currency are:

CPA Sydney-Vcmcouver

Service

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

Accommodaton is provided at hotels in Nadi and) Honolulu, which is, of course, complimentary.

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

TEAL Flying Boat

Service

Auckland Fiji

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

Aircraft depart Mechanics’ Bay, Auckland, a half hour after midnight, each Tuesday, and operate to the following time-table:— 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 arr. Auckland .. .. 1.30 p.m. Wednesday Fares (Single): Auckland-Suva, £3l (NZ)i £34/9/- (Fijian), £3B/15/- (Aust.); (Return) £55/16/- (NZ), £6l/19/- (Fijian), £69/15/-' (Aust.).

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

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

N. Coledonia-Tohiti

TRAPAS (Societe Prancais de Transport!

Aeriens du Pacific Sud-Noumea) runs i monthly service from New Caledonia to Tahiti Western Samoa (Paleolo), Cook Islands (Alta taki) to Papeete, where it arrives at about 11.41 a.m. two days later. One evening is spent u 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 Pacifif francs single, and 28,800 return. (160 Pacifif francs equal £1 Australian.) While the plan is at Papeete it runs one round trip between Papeete and Bora Bora. (This service was temporarily suspended u late November.)

Papua-NG Local

Services

MANDATED Airlines, Ltd., of Lae, New Guines and other private operators, run air ser vices between Lae and the New Guinea malnlanr centres of Wau, Bulolo, Madang, Wewak, Aitapn Mt. Hagen. Flnschhafen, Moresby. Kokoda—ii fact anywhere in Papua or New Guinea when there is an air-strip. These planes carry pas sengers, malls and cargo on regular schedule or charter flights.

Sydney-Noumea .. .

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