Shipping Time-Tables
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Sydney-Papua-N. Guinea
MV Bulolo, modern liner, sails about 'ery six weeks; Sydney-Brisbane-Moresby unarai - Lae - Madang - Manus - Rabaul imarai-Moresby-Brisbane-Sydney.
Next sailing about February 22.
MV Malekula sails from Sydney for unarai, Rabaul, Kavieng. Manus, Wewak, exishafen, Madang, Lae, Samarai and turn to Sydney. Next sailing about web 26.
Details from Burns Philp & Co. Ltd., Bridge Street, Sydney.
MV's Soochow, Shansi and Sinkiang. ch 3,000 tons, provide regular service tween Sydney and Papua-New Guinea rts: Sinkiang now provides a fast service flney-Brlsbane-Port Moresby and return same route. Soochow and Shansi will itinue Sydney - Brisbane - Moresby inarai - Lae - Madang - Kavieng haul and return, with calls at Mel ime as required. [ext Sydney sailing, Soochow: Mar, 25. text Sydney sailing, Sinkiang: Feb. 19.
Fext Sydney sailing, Shansi: Mar. 1. he above dates are approximate, and tie to be altered by as much as two iks. •tails from New Guinea Australia Line S. Yuill & Co., Ltd., agents), 6 Bridge Sydney.
Zealand-Fiji-Samoa-T onga
totor vessels Tofua and Matua, from r Zealand, serve Suva (Fiji), Nukua > and Vavau (Tonga), Niue Is., Pago
Australia - New Zealand - Canada - USA Sailings of Orient Line Passenger Ships, 1954-55.
i.,.. 111 ® liners Orsova and Orcades will each make an additional Pacific crossing In 1955. Orsova will leave Sydney for London on June 3 and will call at: Auckland Suva Honolulu. Vancouver, San Francisco. Los Angeles, Panama, Colon, Trinidad Cherbourg. She will reach London on July 13. Orcades will sail from London on August 22 bound for Sydney via the same route. She will arrive on October 1.
Pago (American Samoa). Apia (Western Samoa). Tofua leaves Auckland for any or all 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 March 1 and March 29.
Matua will leave Auckland March 19.
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 Company acts as Agents for this vessel at some ports.
Sydney-New Hebrides-BSI-
Rabaul, Etc.
MV Malalta makes a round trip at about 8-weeks intervals from Sydney to Norfolk Is.-New Hebrides Ports-BSI porta-
Bougalnvllle-Rabaul-Samaral-Sydney.
Sailing from Sydney about March 2t.
Details from Burns Phllp & Co., 7 Bridge Street, Sydney.
Sydney-N. Caledonia-Tahiti
Vessels of Messagerles Marltimes Line,
Sydney
Auckland
Suva
Honolulu
Vancouver
depart arr/dep arr/dep arr/dep arrive
Orsova
1955 28 Jan. 31 Jan. 3 Feb. 8 Feb. 14 Feb.
Orion 1955 25 Mar. 29 Mar. 2 Apl. 8 Apl. 14 Apl.
Oronsay
1955 15 July 18 July 21 July 26 July 1 Aug.
Orcades
1955 7 Oct. 10 Oct. 13 Oct. 18 Oct. 24 Oct.
Oronsay
1955 18 Nov. 21 Nov. 24 Nov. 29 Not. 5 Dec. depart
San Francisco Arr
15 Feb. 17 Feb. 15 Apl. 18 Apl. 2 Aug. 4 Aug. 25 Oct. 27 Oct. 6 Dec. 8 Dec.
Honolulu
depart arr/dep 18 Feb. 22 Feb. 19 Apl. 24 Apl. 5 Aug. 9 Aug. 28 Oct. 1 Nov. 9 Dec. 13 Dec.
Suva
arr/dep 1 Mar. 2 May 16 Aug. 8 Nov. 20 Dec.
Auckland
arr/dep 4 Mar. 5 May 19 Aug. 11 Nov. 23 Dec.
Sydney
arrive 7 Mar. 9 May 22 Aug. 14 Nov. 26 Dec.
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:— Prom Sydney, Northbound Tahitien;
May 24, 1955. Caledonien: April 11, August 23, 1955.
From Papeete, Southbound Tahitien; 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-Pacii
Ports-Sydney
A service by Shaw Savill, with theii all-passenger liner Southern Cross,, commence from the UK early in Calls on maiden voyage will be mat West Indies ports, Panama, Pat (Tahiti), Suva, Auckland, Sydney, tralian ports, South African ports, Cs Islands, UK.
Four round trips per year will be and direction of service will alte: (i.e. the second voyage from UK wi South Africa about); about 1,200 one passengers will be carried. Single, berth and multi-berth cabins are s able. Fares Sydney-UK are from Stg.; Suva-UK, via Panama, from Stg.; via the Cape, from £132 Papeete-UK, via Panama, from Stg.; via Cape, £l5l Stg.
Tentative sailing dates for maiden voi Papeete, April 22-23, 1955.
Suva, April 28, 1955.
Auckland, May 2-3, 1955.
Sydney, May 6-9, 1955.
N. America-Fiji-Hebrides,
Norwegian motor vessel Thorsisle, c ing cargo and passengers, maintaii regular service between North Ame ports and French Oceania, Samoa, New Caledonia and New Hebrides.
MV Thorsisle sails from San Frai on April 8 for Pacific Island ports, will probably call at Nukualofa April 27; Noumea about May 8; anc about May 15.
Details from General Steamships poration Ltd., 432 California St., Francisco, U.S.A.