[?]Ipping Time-Tables
here now are comparatively few ship f lines running on regular time-tables he Pacific Islands. The following Unic es are only approximately correct— r are subject to much alteration at t notice:—
Sydney-Suva-N. America
anadian-Australasian liner Aorangl 500 tons) maintains regular two ithly sailings—Sydney-Auckland-Suva olulu-Victoria-Vancouver, and return
Rms Aorangi
. .. Mar. 13 May 15 Sept. 25 :k. .. Mar. 17-18 May 19-20 Sept. 29-30 a Mar. 21 May 23 Oct. 3 iT’u . Mar. 28 May 30 Oct. 10 t. .. ApL 3 June 5 Oct. 16 ic . Apl. 4-10 June 6-12 Oct. 17-23 t. .. Apl. 10 June 12 Oct. 23 Tu .. Apl. 17 June 19. Oct. 30 a .. Apl. 26 June 28 Nov. 8 k. .. Apl. 29- July 1-3 Nov. 11-13 May 1 l. .. May 5 July 7 Nov. 17
Sydney-Papua-N. Guinea
V Bulolo, modern liner, sails about •y six weeks: Sydney-Brisbane-Moresby rarai - Lae - Madang - Rabaul larai-Moresby-Brisbane-Sydney. ast departure from Sydney March 8. (V Malaita is due to leave Sydney ards end of March for Samarai, >aul, Manus, Madang, Lae, and re a to Sydney.
'etails from Burns Philp & Co. Ltd., 7 dge Street, Sydney.
Zealand-Fiji-Samoa-Tonga
[otor vessels Tofua and Matua, from v Zealand, serve Suva (Fiji), Nukua , and Vavau (Tonga), Niue Is., Pago o (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 edule in Islands, calling at ports as icted by owners.
Owing to hurricane damage to Fiji tana plantations, Matua was with wn from service in March and will be ployed elsewhere until May, when the ition will be reconsidered. I ofua scheduled to leave Auckland next voyage late March or early April, •etails from Union SS Co.
Zealand-Cook Is.-
Niue-Samoa
4d MV Maul Pomare (40 passengers) intains fairly regular service between :kland and Rarotonga (Cook Islands), h alternative calls at Niue and Apia Samoa).
Jetails from Union Steamship Com ly or Department of Island Territories llington, NZ.
>ydney-New Hebrides, Etc.
)wing to withdrawal of Burns Philp p Morinda from Sydney-Norfolk Is.- •d Howe-New Hebrides-Honiara service, is likely that it will be May before a ship visits these Islands ports, letails from Burns Philp & Co., 7 dge Street, Sydney.
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 (and shortly to be replaced by the new and faster Thorsisle) maintains a regular service
between North American ports and French Oceania, Samoa, Fiji, New Cale donia and New Hebrides.
Details from General Steamships Cor poration Ltd., 432 California St., San Francisco.