Hipping Time-Tables
There now are comparatively few ship ng lines running on regular time-tables the Pacific Islands. The following time- Dies are only approximately correct— ey are subject to much alteration at ort notice:—
Sydney-Suva-N. America
Kanadian-Australasian liner Aorangi (,500 tons) maintains regular two
in thly sailings—Sydney-Auckland-Suva
nolulu-Vlctoria-Vancouver, and return.
Rms Aorangi
Sydney-Papua-N. Guinea
IV Bulolo, modern liner, sails about ry six weeks: Sydney-Brisbane-Moresby narai - Lae - Dregerhaven - Rabaul
tiarai-Moresby-Brisbane-Sydney.
ast departure from Sydney December 3. rv Malaita, freighter with some corn table passenger accommodation, sails varied schedule about every seven jis usually Sydney - Samarai - Lae
aang-Manus-Rabaul-Samarai-Sydney.
ext sailing early January. 11 details from Burns, Philp & Co.,
Zealand-Fiji-Samoa-Tonga
[otor vessels Tofua and Matua, from r Zealand, service Suva (Fiji), Nukua . and Vavau (Tonga), Niue Is., Pago 0 (American Samoa), Apia (Western 10a). Tofua leaves Auckland for any ill of above ports at approx, five weeks rvals. Matua calls at Wellington and telton (NZ) and supplements Tofua’s ;dule in Islands, calling at ports as cted by owners. 3fua scheduled to leave Auckland iden voyage) December 21. atua’s next sailing, scheduled January from Auckland. etails from Union SS Co.
Zealand-Cook Is.-
Niue-Samoa
id MV Maui Pomare (40 passengers) Qtains fairly regular service between Eland and Rarotonga (Cook Islands), 1 alternative calls at Niue and Apia Samoa).
Jtails from NZ Government Shipping
dney-Norfolk Is.-
N. Hebrides-Solomons
j a h “ e , r Morinda, 40 passengers, runs about 6 weekly intervals: Sydney r°J,k Is, _* (alternative) -Vila and N. rides ports-Honiara (Solomons), and rn direct to Sydney, stalls from Bums, Philp & Co., Ltd.
rdney-N. Caledonia-Tahiti
fcf 1 ® ° f Messageries Maritimes Line. g from Marseilles, via West Indies
and Panama, call about every six weeks at Papeete, Vila (New Hebrides), Noumea and Sydney, and return by same route. Details from Messageries Marl times.
Small motor-ships Polynesien (Messa geries Maritimes) and Neo Hebridais (H.
C. Sleigh, Ltd.) maintain fairly regular service between Noumea and Sydney.
N. America-French Pacific Is.-
Samoa-Fiji
Pacific Islands Transport Line (Nor wegian) run a regular freight and passenger service between Pacific coast ports in USA and Canada and Tahiti.
Samoa, Fiji, New Caledonia and New Hebrides with Motorship Thor I.
d. . . Nov. 8 Jan. 10 Mar. 13 ck. . . Nov. 12-13 Jan. 14-15 Mar. 17-18 va . . Nov. 16 Jan. 18 Mar. 21 a'l’u . Nov. 23 Jan. 25 Mar. 28 :t. . . Nov. 29 Jan. 31 Apl. 3 nc. . Nov. 30- Dec. 6 Peb. 1-7 Apl. 4-10 :t. . . Dec. 6 Feb. 7 Apl. 10 iTU , .. Dec. 13 Peb. 14 Apl. 17 va . . Dec. 22 Peb. 23 Apl. 26 ck. . • Dec. 25-28 Peb. 26-28 Apl. 29- May 1 I. ..
Jan. 1 Mar. 3 May 5