Shipping Tie-Tables

There now are comparatively few ship ping lines running on regular time-tables In the Pacific Islands. The following time tables are omy 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- Konolulu-Victorla-Vancouver, and return

Sydney-Papua-N. Guinea

MV Bulolo, modern liner, sails about wery six weeks: Sydney-Brisbane-Moresby- Samarai - Lae - Madang - Rabaul -

lamarai-Moresby-Brisbane-Sydney.

Last departure from Sydney April 26.

MV Malekula will leave Sydney on day 21 for Samarai, Rabaul, Manus, dadang, Lae, Samarai and return to Sydney.

Details from Bums Phllp & Co. Ltd. 7 Irldge Street, Sydney.

Zealand-Fiji-Samoa-Tonga

Motor vessels Tofua and Matua. from Jew Zealand, serve Suva (Fiji), Nukua 3fa and Vavau (Tonga), Niue Is.. Pago 'ago (American Samoa), Apia (Western iamoa). 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 chedule 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 11 voyage late May or early June.

Details from Union 88 Co.

I. Zealand-Cook Is.-

Niue-Samoa

Old MV Maui Pomare (40 passengers) alntarns fairly regular service between uckland and Rarotonga (Cook Islands), V Samoa) atiVe CallS at Niue and Apia Details from Union Steamship Com iny or Department of Island Territories r elllngton, NZ.

Sydney-New Hebrides-BSI*

Rabaul, Etc.

MV Malalta will make a round trip at out 2-months intervals from Sydney to >rd Howe-Norfolk Is.-New Hebrides >rts - BSI ports - Bougainville - Rabaul * imarai-Sydney.

Next sailing about end of May Details from Bums Philp & Co 7 ridge Street, Sydney.

Sydney*N. Caledonia-Tahiti

Vessels of Messageries Marltimes 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 Polyneslen (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 Francisoo,

Rms Aorangi

5yd. ..

May 15 Sept. 25 Nov. 27 Auck.

May 19-20 Sept. 29-30 Dec. 1-2 Suva ., May 23 Oct. 3 Dec. 5 H’nTu , . May 30 Oct. 10 Dec. 12 Vlct. ..

June 5 Oct. 16 Dec. 18 Pane. .

June 6-12 Oct. 17-23 Dec. 19-24 Vlct. ..

June 12 Oct. 23 Dec 24 3’nTu . June 19.

Oct. 30 Dec. 31 3uva ..

June 28 Nov. 8 Jan. 9 Auck. ..

July 1-3 Nov. 11-13 Jan. 13-15 3yd. ..

July 7 Nov. 17 Jan. 19