Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 January 1952Vol. XXII, No. 6

Shipping

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Time-Tables

There now are comparatively few ship ping lines running on regular time-tables in the Pacific Islands. The following time laoies are only approximately correct— they are subject to much alteration at short notice:—

Sydney-Suva-N. America

Canadian-Australasian liner Aorangl (17,500 tons) maintains regular two monthly sailings—Sydney-Auckland-Suva- Honolulu-Victoria-Vancouver, and return

Rms Aorangi

Bydf .. Jan. 10 Mar. 13 May 15 Auck. .. Jan. 14-15 Mar. 17-18 May 19-20 Suva .. Jan. 18 Mar. 21 May 23 H’nTu . Jan. 25 Mar. 28 May 30 Viet. .. Jan. 31 Apl. 3 June 5 Vane. . Feb. 1-7 Apl. 4-10 June 6-12 Viet. .. Feb. 7 Apl. 10 June 12 H’nTu .. Feb. 14 Apl. 17 June 19.

Suva .. Feb. 23 Apl. 26 June 28 Auck. .. Feb. 26-28 Apl. 29- July 1-3 May 1 Syd. .. Mar. 3 May 5 July 7

Sydney-Papua-N. Guinea

MV Bulolo, modern liner, sails abottt ‘very six weeks: Sydney-Brisbane-Moresby-/ Bamarai - Lae - Madang - Rabaul - 3amarai-Moresby-Brisbane-Sydney.

Next departure from Sydney January 18.

N. Zealand-Fiji-Samoa-Tonga

Motor vessels Tofua and Matua, from New Zealand, serve Suva (Fiji), Nukua lofa and Vavau (Tonga), Niue Is., Pago Pago (American Samoa), Apia (Western 3amoa). Tofua leaves Auckland for any sr all of above ports at approx, five weeks intervals. Matua calls at Wellington and Lyttelton (NZ) and supplements Tofua’s schedule in Islands, calling at ports as lirected by owners.

Tofua scheduled to leave Auckland an next voyage on January 24.

Matua’s last sailing was scheduled January 10. from Auckland.

Details from Union SS Co.

N. Zealand-Cook Is.-

Niue-Samoa

Old MV Maui Pomare (40 passengers) naintains fairly regular service between ~nd and Rarotonga (Cook Islands), with alternative calls at Niue and Apia ;W. Samoa).

Details from NZ Government Shipping Dffice.

Sydney-P-NG-Solomons-

Hebrides, Etc.

MV Malaita for the present will main tain a schedule from Sydney-back to Sydney via Samarai, Rabaul, Soraken, Dther ports in Buka-Bougainville, Honiara, Yandina (both in BSD Santo and Vila (New Hebrides), Norfolk Island and Lord Howe.

Next sailing from Sydney scheduled for January 25.

All details from Burns Philp & Co.

Sydney-N. Caledonia-Tahiti

Vessels of Messageries Maritimes Line, coming 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 Mari 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-Fiji-N. Hebrides,

Etc.

Norwegian motor vessel Thor I, carry ing cargo and passengers land shortly to be replaced by the new and faster Thorsislei maintains a regular service between North American ports French Oceania, Samoa, Fiji, New Cale donia and New Hebrides.

Details from General Steamships Cor poration Ltd., 432 California St., San Francisco.

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