Shipping Time-Tables
There now are comparatively few ship ling lines running on regular time-tables n the Pacific Islands. The following time aoies are only approximately correct — hey are subject to much alteration at hort notice:—
Sydney-Suva-N. America
Canadian-Australasian liner Aorangl 17,500 tons) maintains regular two tionthly sailings—Sydney-Auckland-Suva* [onolulu-Victoria-Vancouver. and return
Sydney-Papua-N. Guinea
MV Bulolo, modern liner, sails about
yery six weeks: Sydney-Brisbane-Moresby
amarai - Lae - Madang - Rabaul -
amarai-Moresby-Brisbane-Sydney.
Next departure from Sydney about .pril 22.
MV Malaita left Sydney end of March ar Samarai, Rabaul, Manus, Madang, ae, and return to Sydney.
Details from Burns Philp & Co. Ltd., 7 tridge Street, Sydney.
Zealand-Fiji-Samoa-Tonga
Motor vessels Tofua and Matua. from lew Zealand, serve Suva (Fiji), Nukua >fa and Vavau (Tonga), Niue Is., Pago ago (American Samoa), Apia (Western amoa). Tofua leaves Auckland for any r all of above ports at approx, five weeks itervals. Matua calls at Wellington and yttelton (NZ) and supplements Tofua’s :hedule in Islands, calling at ports as irected by owners. (Owing to hurricane damage to Fiji anana plantations, Matua was with rawn from service in March and will bt mployed elsewhere until May, when the Osition will be reconsidered.) Tofua scheduled to leave Auckland n next voyage late April.
Details from Union SS Co.
I. Zealand-Cook Is.-
Niue-Samoa
Old MV Maui Pomare (40 passengers) laintains fairly regular service between uckland and Rarotonga (Cook Islands) 'ith alternative calls at Niue and Apia W. Samoa).
Details from Union Steamship Com ,any or Department of Island Territories
Wellington, NZ.
Sydney-New Hebrides, Etc.
Owing to withdrawal of Burns Philp hip Morinda from Sydney-Norfolk Is - -ord Howe-New Hebrides-Honiara service i is likely that it will be May before a IP ship visits these Islands ports.
Details from Burns Philp & Co 7 bridge 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.
Rms
Aorangi
5yd. . . Mar. 13 May 15 Sept. 25 luck. . . Mar. 17-: 18 May 19-20 Sept . 29-00 Suva . . Mar. 21 May 23 Oct. 3 ■ I'nTu . Mar. 28 Mky 30 Oct. 10 met. . . Apl. 3 June 5 Oct. 16 fane. . Apl. 4-10 June 6-12 Oct. 17-23 net. . . Apl. 10 June 12 Oct. 23 I’nTu , .. Apl. 17 June 19.
Oct. 30 luva . Apl. 26 June 28 Nov. 8 luck. . . Apl. 29- July 1-3 Nov. 11-13 May 1 1yd. ..
May 5 July 7 Nov. 17