Shipping Time-Tables

S There now are comparatively few ship ping lines running on regular time-tables in the Pacific Islands. The following time tables are only approximately correct— they are subject to much alteration at short notice:—

Sydney-Papua-N. Guinea

HMV Bulolo, modern liner, sails about «verv six weeks: Sydney-Brisbane-Moresby- Samarai - Lae - Madang - Manus - Rabaul -

gamarai-Moresby-Brisbane-Sydney.

K Next sailing about September 14. ■MV Malekula sails from Sydney for gamarai. Rabaul, Kavieng. Manus, Wewak.

Klexishafen, Madang, Lae, Samarai and xet urn to Sydney. Next sailing about August 31. ■ Details from Burns Philp & Co. Ltd., 7 Bridge Street, Sydney. ■ MV’s Soochow, Shansi and Sinkiang, each 3,000 tons, provide regular service between Sydney and Papua-New Guinea ports: From July 19, Sinkiang will provide a fast service Sydney - Brisbane - Port Moresby and return by same route. tgoochow and Shansi will continue Sydney- Brisbane - Moresby - Samarai - Lae - T Madang - Kavieng - Rabaul and return, with calls at Melbourne as required. ■ Next Sydney sailing, Shansi: Aug. 26.

I Next Sydney sailing, Soochow. Sept. 14. ft Next Sydney sailing, Sinkiang: Aug. 11, iSept. 2.

E Details from New Guinea Australia'Line ifG. S. Yuill & Co., Ltd., agents), 6 Bridge ■St., Sydney.

N. Zealand-Fiji-Samoa-Tonga

N^ O< ?L7 eS r 1S Tofua and Matua, from New Zealand, serve Suva (Fiji), Nukua lofa and Vavau (Tonga), Niue Is.. Pago Am ® n . can ,S amoa '. Apia (Western Samoa). Tofua leaves Auckland for any ab °AT P° rts at approx, five weeks LvttelSn S tUa T Calls at Wellington and Zl, Lautoka (Fiji) and sup- Tof , ua ’ s schedule in Islands, calling at ports as directed by owners.

A,w£ f 1 Ua i *} ext v °yages scheduled to leave Auckland August 31 and September 28 Matua will leave Auckland August 25.

N. Zealand-Cook Is.

iMrJ he J* Z Gove mment’s old motor vessel Maui Pomare is scheduled to leave Auckm ,r h , for Rarot °hga and other Islands in the Lower Cooks, subject to

requirements of trade. This vessel carries 30 passengers.

Full details on application to NZ Government Department of Island Terri tones m Wellington, or to any office of the Union SS Co. of NZ, Ltd., which Company acts as Agents 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 Norfolk Is.-New Hebrides Ports-BSI ports-

Bougainville-Rabaul-Samarai-Sydney.

Sailing from Sydney about Sept. 17.

Details from Burns Philp & Co 7 Bridge Street, Sydney.

Sydney-N. Caledonia-Tahifl

Vessels of Messageries Maritimes Li, coming from Marseilles, via West Ino a ? d Panama - call about every six we: f Papeete, Vila (New Hebrides), Noun and Sydney, and return by same rou Details from Messageries Maritim Luxurious new liners Caledonien a Tahitien recently added to this servi Sailing dates:— From Sydney, Northbound— Caledonii November 23, April 12; Tahitien: Aug; 19, January 7, mid-May.

From Papeete, southbound — Tahiti.:

nrtT I It’ end April: Caledonii

October 31, March 20.

Small motor-ships Polynesien (Mesii genes Maritimes) and Neo Hebrides ) c. Sleigh, Ltd.) maintain fairly regui service between Noumea and Sydney.

Sydney-S. Africa-UK-Pacifi»

Ports-Sydney

A service by Shaw Savill, with their n«, all-passenger liner Southern Cross w) commence from the UK early in 19|( Calls on maiden voyage will be made West Indies ports. Panama. Papee (Tahiti), Suva, Auckland. Sydney, Au tralian ports, South African ports, Canai Islands, UK.

Four round trips per year will be mai and direction of service will alternaE (i.e. the second voyage from UK will j South Africa about); about 1,200 one-clai passengers will be carried. Single, tw, berth and multi-berth cabins are avai able. Fares Sydney-UK are from £1 Stg.; Suva-UK, via Panama, from £K.

Stg.; via the Cape, from £132 Stg Papeete-UK, via Panama, from £ l( Stg.; via Cape, £151 Stg.

Tentative sailing dates for maiden voyage Papeete, April 22-23, 1955.

Suva, April 28, 1955.

Auckland, May 2-3, 1955.

Sydney, May 6-9, 1955.

N. America-Fiji-Hebrides, eb

Norwegian motor vessel Thorsisle. carr:' ing cargo and passengers, maintains regular service between North America ports and French Oceania, Samoa, Fix New Caledonia and New Hebrides.

Details from General Steamships Coi poration Ltd., 432 California St., Saj Francisco, U.S.A.