Shipping Time-Tables
pp. 5-6 · Read in the full issue
There now are comparatively few ship- Ing lines running on regular time-tables i the Pacific Islands. The following fime ables are only approximately correct hey are subject to much alteration at nort notice:—
Sydney-Papua-N. Guinea
MV Bulolo. modern liner, sails about very six weeks: Sydney-Brisbane-Moresby amarai - Lae - Madang - Manus - Rabaul amaral-Moresby-Brlshnne-Sydney.
Next sailing early May.
MV Malekula sails from Sydney for amarai, Rabaul, Manus, Wewak, Madang, ae, Samarai and return to Sydney.
Fext sailing early May.
Details from Burns Pnilp & Co. Lid., 7 Irldge Street. Sydney.
MV’s Soochow and Shansi, 3,000 tons essels, leave every six weeks approxi lately (making a three-weekly service); Sydney - Brisbane - Pt. Moresby - Madang iabaul-Pt. Moresby-Sydney. Next sailing hansi, April 17. Next sailing Spochow, ite April. Sinkiang leaves from Mel ourne approximately every 7 weeks, and lils via Sydney and Queensland ports to '.-N.G. Next sailing Melbourne, about lay 24.
Details from New Guinea Australia Line G. S. Yuill & Co., Ltd., agents), 6 Bridge t.. Sydney.
i. Zealand-Fiji-Samoa-Tonga
Motor vessels Tofua and Matua, from few Zealand, serve Suva (Fiji), Nukua >fa and Vavau (Tonga), Niue Is., Pago ago (American Samoa), Apia amoa). Tofua leaves Auckland for any r all of above ports at approx, five weeks
intervals. Matua calls at Wellington and Lyttelton (NZ), Lautoka (Fiji) and sup plements Tofua’s schedule in Islands, calling at ports as directed by owners.
Tofua’s next voyages are scheduled to leave Auckland April 12 and May 10.
Matua will leave Auckland on her next voyage May 1.
N. Zeaiand-Cook is.
The NZ Government’s old motor vessel
Maui Pomare is scheduled to leave Auck land every month for Rarotonga and other Islands in the Lower Cooks, subject to requirements of trade. This vessel carries 30 passengers. After annual survey, left Auckland in early April for Cook Group.
Full details on application to NZ Government Department of Island Terri tories in Wellington, or to any office of .the Union SS Co. of NZ, Ltd., which Company acts as Agent for this vessel at some ports.
Sydney-New Hebrides-BSI-
Rabaul, Etc.
MV Malaita makes a round trip at about 8-weeks intervals from Sydney to Lord Howe-Norfolk Is.-New Hebrlde* Ports - BSI ports - Bougainville - Kabaui - Samaral-Sydney.
Last sailing from Sydney April 6.
Details from Burns Phup <b Co., 7 Bridge Street, Sydney.
Sydney-N. Caledonia-Tahiti
Vessels of Messageries Marltlmes 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 Marl times. Luxurious new liners Caledonlen and Tahitien recently added to this service.
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-Hebrides, etc.
Norwegian motor vessel Thorslsle, carry ing cargo and passengers maintains a regu lar service between North American ports and French Oceania, Samoa Fiji, ivew Caledonia and New Hebrides Sailing from San Francisco April 2, Papeete, April 14. Apia, April 19, Suva, April 23, Noumea, April 28 (dates approx, only).
Details from General Steamships Cor poration Ltd., 432 California St., San Francisco, U.S.A.