Shipping Time-TaWes

Sydney-Papua-N. Guinea

(There was a complete tie-up of Islands ilps, due to wharf strike, in November, se page 17.) MV Bulolo, modern liner, sails about ery six weeks: Sydney-Brisbane-Moresby marai - Lae - Madang - Manus - Rabaul -

maral-Moresby-Brisbane-Sydney.

Next sailing about January 7.

MV Malekula sails from Sydney for marai, Rabaul, Kavieng, Manus, Wewak, Bxishafen, Madang, Lae, Samarai and ;urn to Sydney. Next sailing about cember 17. details from Burns Phllp & Co Ltd Bridge Street, Sydney. dV’s Soochow, Shansi and Sinkiang, :h 3,000 tons, provide regular service ween Sydney and Papua-New Guinea ts; Sinkiang now provides a fast service Iney-Brlsbane-Port Moresby and return same route. Soochow and Shansi will tinue Sydney - Brisbane - Moresby aarai - Lae - Madang - Kavieng - >aul and return, with 'calls at Mel rne as required. ext Sydney sailing, Soochow; Jan. 21. ext Sydney sailing, Sinkiang: Jan. 7. ext Sydney sailing, Shansi; Jan. 7. etails from New Guinea Australia Line S. Yuill & Co., Ltd., agents), 6 Bridge Sydney.

Zealand-Fiji-Samoa-Tonga

otor vessels Tofua and Matua, from Zealand, serve Suva (Fiji), Nukua and Vavau (Tonga). Niue Is., Pago » (American Samoa), Apia (Western oa). Tofua leaves Auckland for any ,11 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 scheduled to leave Auckland December 7 and January 4.

Matua will leave Auckland December 23 and January 22.

N. Zealand-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.

Full details on application to NZ Government Department of Island Terri tories in Wellington, or to any office ef the Union SS Co. of NZ, Ltd., which

Sf2Sf,S£ as Agents ,or thls «

Sydney-New Hebrides-BSI-

Rabaul, Etc.

Malaita makes a round trip at about S-weeks intervals from Sydney to Norfolk Is.-New Hebrides Ports-BSI ports- Bougai nv ili e -R a b au i.s amar a i.gydnev Details £ S £ dney about 29.

Details from Burns Philo &• p 0 7 Bridge Street, Sydney. C 0” 7

Sydney-N. Caledonia-Tahiti

rnmlnt el f ° f 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 Maritimes.

Luxurious new liners Caledonien and Tahitien recently added to this service.

Sailing dates:— From Sydney, Northbound Tahitien; January 7. May 24, 1955. Caledonien; April 11, August 23, 1955.

From Papeete, Southbound —December 14, 1954, April 30, 1955. Caledonien; March 18, July 30, 1955.

Small motor-ships Polynesien (Messa geries Maritimes) and Neo Hebrides (H C. Sleigh, Ltd.) maintain fairly regular service between Noumea and Sydney.

Sydney-S. Africa-UK-Pacific

Ports-Sydney

A service by Shaw Savill, with their new all-passenger liner Southern Cross, will commence from the UK early in 1955.

Calls on maiden voyage will be made West Indies ports, Panama, Papee (Tahiti), Suva, Auckland, Sydney, Av tralian ports, South African ports, Cana Islands, UK.

Four round trips per year will be ma and direction of service will alterm (i.e. the second voyage from UK will South Africa about); about 1,200 one-ch passengers will be carried. Single, tv berth and multi-berth cabins are ava able. Fares Sydney-UK are from £1 Stg.; Suva-UK, via Panama, from £!

Stg.; via the Cape, from £132 St Papeete-UK, via Panama, from £; Stg.; via Cape, £l5l Stg.

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

Suva, April 28, 1955.

Auckland, May 2-3, 1955.

Sydney, May 6-9, 1955.

N. America-Fiji-Hebrides, el

Norwegian motor vessel Thorsisle, car ing cargo and passengers, maintains regular service between North Ameri ports and French Oceania, Samoa, I New Caledonia and New Hebrides.

Suggested sailing dates for the Thorsisle are as follows; San Francisco (Southbound) .. Jan Papeete Jan Apia Jan Nukualofa

Suva Ja^

Lautoka (Vatia) Feb Noumea Feb Lae Feb San Francisco (Inbound) .. Mar Details from General Steamships ( poration Ltd., 432 California St..

Francisco, U.S.A.