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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 April 1954Vol. XXIV, No. 9

Sea Link Between

p. 23 · Read in the full issue

Australia And Dutch Ng

ROYAL Interocean Lines an nounced on March 23, that a direct shipping service from Melbourne and Sydney to Bangkok, via Dutch New Guinea, would be gin in April.

There will be calls at Hollandia, Sorong and Sandakan. There will be two ships maintaining a six weekly schedule and carrying a limited number of passengers.

II Monsieur Charnet, who has for some years been Government Rep resentative at Raiatea, French Oceania, returned to France re cently on completion of his term.

To replace him, Monsieur Bigeon, with his wife and child, has arrived from France.