iydney-Papua—

Shipping And Plane Services Air Services

Ship Services

slew Zealand—Fiji—

Samoa—Tonga

Monthly Service by MV “Matua”

Service Conducted By Union Ss Co.,

Ltd.—Subject To Alteration Without

Notice.

uckland Feb. 13 Mar. 15 Apl. 15 iva .. Feb. 17-18 Mar. 19-20 Apl. 21-22 llkualofa Feb. 20-21 Mar. 22-23 Apl. 24-25 ivau . Feb. 22 Mar. 24 Apl. 26 lue* .. Mar. 24 igo Pago*Feb. 22 Apl. 26 pia* . . Feb. 23-25 Mar. 25-28 Apl. 27-30 iva . . Feb. 28/Mar. 1 Mar. 31/Apl. 1 May 3-4 uckland Mar. 5 Apl. 5 May 8 *Western Time.

Sydney-N, Caledonia-

Tahiti

INERS of the Messageries Maritimes main tain a service at about two-monthly itervals between Sydney, Vila (New Hebrides), oumea (New Caledonia) and Papeete (Tahiti), i route to Marseilles, via the Panama Canal; id 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, thc- West last, and the Loyalty Islands, under present mdltlons, receive 10 round trips per annum he ships call at the following ports; EAST COAST.—Yate, Ounia, Thio, Nakety snala, Kouaoua Kua, Moneo, Ponerihouen.

Ibarama, Polndlmle, Wagap, Touho, Tlpindje, Lenghene, Tac, Oubatch, Pouebo, Balade, Pam rama, and return.

WEST COAST.—Pouembout, Kone, Temala ih. Ouaco Gomen, Koumac. Tanvaiou, Tiebaghi. shoue, Poume, Baaba, Belep and return.

LOYALTY ISLANDS.—Mare (Tadlne), Llfou Ihepenehe) Ouvea (Pajaoue, St. Joseph) and turn.

The steamer "Neo Hebrldais” runs regularly tween Noumea and Sydney, with occasional ips to tne New Hebrides (mostly Aneityum) ic owners are Societe Maritime et Manlere agen. Noumea. Sydney agents; F C. Sleigh 4 George Street. Sydney The Messageries Maritimes motor-ship Poly :sien sails from Sydney about every six weeks Noumea, Vila and Santo (New Hebrides) and itports, with occasional trips to the Wallis and ituna Islands. Details from Messageries Marl tnes branch office, In Sydney, Noumea and la.

■lew Zealand—Cook

Is.—Niue—Samoa

motor vessel “Maui Pomare” owned and operated by the NZ Gov ernment, maintains a direct service it ween Auckland and Rarotonga (Cook ilands). with alternative calls at Niue

nd Apia (Samoa).

iydney-Papua—

New Guinea

>URNS, PHILP LINE motor-vessels “Bulolo”

J and “Malaita” maintain regular services be ween Sydney and ports In Papua-New Guinea.

“Bulolo” leaves Sydney, northbound, approxl mtely every six weeks; “Malaita” every seven 'eek« “Bulolo” calls at Brisbane. Port Moresby, amaral, Lae. Dregarhafen. Rabaul, Samaral. ort Moresby. Brisbane, thence bark 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 & Co., Ltd., Sydney, or Island branches.

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.

Slimmory of Pacific Alt

Services

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

Toi

SOLOMON ISLANDS.-Frequent regular flymg boat service from Sydney bv Trans Oceanic Airways. Qantas service also from Lae, NO. 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. rAHTTl.—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.a

Bcpa And Cpa.

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

nightly service by Air Prance.

Pan-American—

Trans-Pacific Service:

PAN-AMERICAN World Airways clippers now provide the following services in the SoutM Pacific, using DC4 planes, equipped with Sleep-t erettes;— Planes leave Sydney Wednesday and Saturdays for San Francisco, via Tontouta (New Cale-£ donia), Nadi (Fiji), Canton Island and Hono-c lulu.

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

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

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

Free baggage allowance is 30 kilos per personn Excess baggange charged at 1 per cent, of single; fare; per kilo up to 10 kilos; Vfe per cent, fon every kilo over 10 kilos.

CPA Sydney-Vancouver

Service

CANADIAN Pacific Airlines, Ltd., run a transa Pacific service between Sydney and Vane couver. For the present there will be onr northbound and one southbound trip per fortt night. Stops are made at Nadi (Fiji), Canton Island, Honolulu and San Francisco. The northn bound flight commences from Sydney every alten nate Wednesday.

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

Fares are (in Australian currency: Sydney?

Vancouver, San Francisco-Los Angeles and Porh land-Seattle, £265/8/- single, £477/15/- returm Fiji-Vancouver, £207/8/- single, £373/7/- re turn; Sydney-Fiji. £57/15/- single. £lO3/19/- r© turn; Sydney-Honolulu, £217/13/- single! £391/16/- return.

Bookings may be made at the Union Stem Ship Company of New Zealand. Limited, Sydney! or Melbourne: Union Steam Ship Co. of NZ. Ltdfc Fiji, Canadian Pacific Airlines, Vancouver!

Canadian Pacific Railway Co., Sydney or Mele bourne.

NZ National Airways

South Pacific Services

'T'HE Pacific services run by the New Zealam 1 National Airways Corporation are e follows: —

Auckland-Norfolk Island-Fiji-Tonga

Western Samoa-Cook Islands: A “Douglas.

airliner leaves Whenuapai, Auckland, on alteu nate Tuesdays at 9 a.m. (March 6 and 2<S etc.) for Norfolk Island (arr. 12.8. p.m.; dep. 2 p.m.). Nadi (arr. 8 40 p.m., dep. 5.4. a.m. Thursday). Nausori (arr. 6.25 a.m.. dep. 7.2. a.m.), Tonga (arr. 10.50 a.m., dep. 11.50 a.m.j •Faleolo. Western Samoa (arr. 4.5 p.m. Wedneis day. dep. 8 a.m. Thursday), Aitutaki, Cooi Islands (arr. 1.50 p.m. Thursday, dep. 2.8. p.m.), Rarotonga. Cook Is. (arr. 4.5 p.m.).

The aircraft departs from Rarotonga on tHJ return journey on alternate Saturday (March 10 and 24, etc.) at 8 a.m. f<l Aitutaki (arr. 9.15 am., dep. 10 a.m.), Faleolh w. Samoa (arr. 3.15 p.m., dep. 8 a.m. Sunday? ‘Tonga (arr. 10.55 am. Monday, dep. 11.!.. 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. (arr. 10.55 am., dep. 12 noonn Whenuapai, Auckland (arr. 4.50 pm.). •Crosses International Date Line.

£ ŗts.hr h d. £ s. dJ Single.

Ua itui rnr Sydney-Seattle 265 10 0 477 18 • Sydney-’Frisco 265 10 0 477 18 t Sydney-Honolulu .. .. 217 15 0 391 19 e Sydney-Piji 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 t

Auckland-Norfolk Island: A “Douglas”

rimer leaves Whenuapai. Auckland, every Sun ,y at 8 a.m. for Norfolk Island (arr. 11.55 n.). and departs on the return flight at 12.55 n., arriving at Whenuapai at 5.45 p.m. >n alternate Sundays (March 4 and 18, u.), a second service is also operated, leaving henuapai at 9 a.m., arriving Norfolk at 12.55 m., departing again at 1.55 p.m., and arriving ickland at 6.45 p.m.

FARES, single (in NZ currency); Auckland to rfolk, £l4; to Fiji, £3l; to Tonga, £35/15/-; W Samoa, £39/10/-; to Aitutaki, £43/10/-; Rarotonga, £45. Norfolk to Fiji, £l9; Fiji Tonga. £B/15/-; to W. Samoa, £l3; to iutaki, £29; to Rarotonga, £3l. W. Samoa to irotonga, £l9; to Aitutaki, £l6/10/-. Return res less 10 per cent.

BOOKING OFFICES: Wellington, Govt. Life dg., Customhouse Quay; Auckland, Air Centre, ithan’s Bldg., Commerce St.; Dunedin, 8-10 inse St.; Christchurch, 104 Gloucester St.; sborne, 74 Peel St.; Palmerston North, 7 Broadway Ave.; Hamilton, 8 Alma St.; New pmouth, Grand Central Building. Egmont .; Blenheim, 13 Queen St.; Hokitika, South ie Airport; Norfolk Is.. Burns Philp, Ltd.; li, NAC, Suva; Burns Philp, Lautoka; Tonga, utoka; Tonga, Mrs. F. F. Melhose, u-amotu Airfield; W. Samoa, Burns Philp (SS), d., Apia; Cook Is., Mrs. P. McVeagh, Aitutaki. d Mr. J. D. Campbell, Rarotonga.

ydney—Queensland—

New Guinea

VE.A. Ltd. operate regular services between I Sydney and Port Moresby, Lae, Madang, ,baul, Bulolo and Wau via Brisbane, Rock mpton, Townsville and Cairns. rhis Service is known as the “Bird of Para ;e” Service and DC4 Skymaster and DC3 Air ift are used. The Skymaster aircraft leave dney every Tuesday and Saturday at 9 p.m. d, making a night flight calling at Brisbane ly. arrive at Port Moresgy the following morn i at 8.05 a.m. connecting with DCS Aircraft d arrive Lae on Wednesdays at 11.20 a.m. and ndays at 12.20 a.m. The Skymaster arriving rt Moresby on Wednesdays also connects with DCS for Bulolo and Wau on the same day, die 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 DC3 leaves Madang on Tuesdays at 3.45 p.m to connect with the Skymaster leaving the following morning for Sydney ex Lae.

DC3s leave Sydney at 8.15 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 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 and Thursdays, departing Port Moresby at 7.35 a .m. and proceeding to Sydney the same day, via Cairns, Townsville, Rockhampton and Brisbane, arriving Sydney at 10.15 p.m. , T . .

The service leaving Lae on Thursdays, also connects with a DC3 leaving Wau the previous afternoon at 3.30 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 diary services in Papua, New Guinea, and rltish Solomons:— A Douglas DC3 leaves Lae, New Guinea, every turday. and flies to Rabaul, and Kavieng. d returns to Lae; but every alternate Satur ly the plane goes on from Kavieng to Manus, id returns via Kavieng to Rabaul (overnight) d returns to Lae on the Sunday morning.

Every Wednesday a plane flies from Lae to adang and Wewak, and thence, via Madang Rabaul. It returns from Rabaul to Lae on rursday. 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, Kikori, Lake Kutubu, re rning to Port Moresby, via Kikori and Kerema ? same day. Optional call at Wana between irema and Kikori.

Every alternate Wednesday, a Qantas Catalina ;s from Port Moresby eastward (dep. 9 a.m.) d calls at Abau and Samaral before flying out the Archipelagoes in the afternoon. Calls are ide at Esa’ala and Losuia (where an over ?ht stop is made), and the following day Iternate Thursdays) at Deboyne Lagoon, before mrnlng to Port Moresby, via Samarai and au.

Every alternate Monday, a Qantas Catalina ves Port Moresby for Rabaul, via Abau, marai, Esa’ala and Losuia (New Britain): next Tning (Tuesday) it flies to Queen Carola rbour, Buka. Kieta, Buin (Bougainville) and urns to Rabaul: next morning (Wednesday) flies to Talasea, Moewe Harbour and Jacquinot y. and returns to Rabaul; and next morning bursday) it returns from Rabaul, via Losuia.

I’ala, Samarai. and Abau, to Port Moresby, ptional calls are made at Inus and Linden fen.) 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 flit at Honiara: and returns to Lae the fol ring day Tuesday), over the same route.

Every Tuesday and Friday a plane leaves Port >resby at 7.30 a.m., reaches Kokoda at 8.35

a.Hi., files Oh to ttigatufa (Popendetta) at 8.55 a.m., and leaves again for Port Moresby at 9.5 a.m., reaching there at 10.15 a.m.

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

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

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

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

Trons-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. Average crossing time is 6V2 hours.

Flying-boats depart from Sydney at midnight bn Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, and at 8 a.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays. They depart from Auckland at 12 noon daily except Monday.

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

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

Services depart Sydney at 10.30 p.m. on Tues day, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday: and depart Wellington at 11 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday.

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

Sydney—Norfolk Is.

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.)

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.

Sydney-Vancouver

BCPA Service

BRITISH Commonwealth Pacific Airlines, Ltd., operate a twice weekly trans-Paciflc 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 toJ the United Kingdom or Europe. The through? fare from Sydney to London is £325 (Aust,).

The fares for the Pacific flight are: Nandi (Fiji), £AS7/15/- single, £AIO3/19/- ree turn. Sydney-San Francisco, Seattle, Portland!) Los Angeles or Vancouver, £A265/8/- single?! £A477/15/- return. Auckland-Nandi (Fiji) (. £NZ3I single, £NZSS/16/- return. Aucklandb San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles oo Vancouver, £NZI97/3/- single, £NZ3S4/18/- re-s turn.

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

France-1 ndo-China—

Aust.-N. Caledonia

THE French national airways, Air Frances runs a monthly service between Parlh and New Caledonia, and return. Stops are made! at Damascus, Karachi, Calcutta, Saigon, Batavias Darwin, Brisbane.

DC4 Skymasters are used in the service beti: ween Saigon and New Caledonia, Lockheee Constellations between Saigon-Paris, and Mess: sageries Maritimes are agents in Australia.

Fare between Brisbane and Tontouta (Noumeas 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, NEI, and BiaM Netherlands New Guinea, has been diss. continued and a new service from Darwin ti Biak and return has been inaugurated.

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

TOA Services

TRANS Oceanic Airways run the followlnn Pacific services:— SYDNEY-LORD HOWE IS.: A regular twice: weekly service with large four-engine flyingg

>ats from Rose Bay. Pare; £lO/16/- single; 21/12/- return. Free baggage allowance 44 lb. scess baggage and freight rate Bd. per lb.

NOTE: Sydney-Moresby service expected to art in January or February.

SYDNEY-HOBART: The company now runs a dee-weekly service direct to Hobart. Tasmania, om Sydney. It will be possible, therefore, ir passengers to book from Moresby to Hobart, aking an overnight stop in Sydney. Pares are: 10/10/- single, £2l return.

Sydney-Noumea-Suva

PHE 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. Fri.

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

Noumea dep. 12 noon alt Fri Sydney arr. 7.15 p.m. alt. Fri.

Intending passengers may book through antas offices in Australia. Burns Philp (South a) Company, in Suva; and J. Brock, in jumea.

The fares for this service In Aust. currency e:

TEAL Flying Boot

Service

Auckland Fiji

I7TTH new 45 seater Solent flying-boats. ▼ Tasman Empire Airways, Limited, operate weekly Auckland-Suva-Lambasa and return vice.

Aircraft depart Mechanics’ Bay, Auckland, a If hour after midnight, each Tuesday, and erate 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 am. Tuesday dep. Lambasa .. .. noon Tuesday arr. Suva 1.00 p.m. Tuesday dep. Suva 7.00 a.m. Wednesday irr. Auckland .. .. 1.30 p.m. Wednesday (Single): Auckland-Suva. £3l (NZ). 14/9/- (Fijian), £3B/15/- (Aust.); (Return): 5/16/- (NZ). £6l/19/- (Fijian), £69/15/ist.). suva-Lambasa (Single): £4/10/- (NZ). £5 ijian), £5/12/6 (Aust.); (Return): £B/2/- S), £9 (Fijian), £lO/2/6 (Aust.). leservations may be made through TEAL ;w Zealand), Qantas or TAA (Australia), NAG (Suva) or any leading travel agents.

N. Caledonia-Tahiti

'RAPAS (Soclete Francals de Transports Aeriens du Pacific Sud-Noumea) runs a nthly service from New Caledonia to Tahiti stern Samoa (Faleolo), Cook Islands (Altu :1) to Papeete, where it arrives at about 11.40 i. two days later. One evening is spent in dl and one night in Altutakl. The plane re ns by the same route in the following week, re from Noumea to Papeete is 16,000 Pacific ncs single, and 28,800 return. (160 Pacific ncs equal £1 Australian.) While the plane at Papeete it runs one round trip between peete and Bora Bora.

This service was temporarily suspended in ) November.)

Papua-NG Local

Services

JANDATED Airlines. Ltd., of Lae, New Guinea, 4 and other private operators, run air ser k; between Lae and the New Guinea mainland itres of Wau, Bulolo. Madang, Wewak. Altape, • Hagen. Plnschhafen. Moresby. Kokoda—in * anywhere In Papua or New Guinea where * re la an air-strip. These planes carry pas ifers. malls and cargo on regular schedules charter flights The Rev. and Mrs. K. D. Grove, of

Jthodist Mission, Tonga, are on furlough

Australia.

Mr. C. Bailey, a director of W. R. Car penter & Co. (Fiji) Ltd., left by Qantas on December 16, accompanied by Mrs.

Bailey, for a well-earned three months vacation in Sydney.

At the Sacred Heart Cathedral, Suva, on December 16 Miss Tamara Maesepp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K. Maesepp of Suva, was married to Mr. V. L.

Tregoweth.

dney-Noumea .. , Single.

Return. £37 10 0 £67 10 0 dney-Suva 55 10 0 99 18 0 lUmea-Suva ... , 20 5 0 36 9 0