Shipping Time-Tables

Sydney-Papua-N. Guinea

tfV Bulolo, modern liner, sails about fry six weeks: Sydney-Brisbane-Moresby narai - Lae - Madang - Manus - Rabaul marai-Moresby-Brisbane-Sydney. ffext sailing about April 20. ilV Malekula sails from Sydney for narai, Rabaul, Kavieng, Manus, Wewak, Bdshafen, Madang, Lae, Samarai and urn to Sydney. Next sailing about 1 April. )etails from Burns Philp & 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 itinue Sydney - Brisbane - Moresby narai - Lae - Madang - Kavieng jaul and return, with calls at Mel irne as required. text Sydney sailing, Soochcw; Mar. 29. text Sydney sailing, Sinkiang; Mar. 29. text Sydney sailing, Shansi: Apr. 23. he above dates are approximate, and le to be altered by as much as two ks. etails from New Guinea Australia Line S. Yuill & Co., Ltd., agents), 6 Bridge Sydney.

Zealand-Fiji-Samoa-T onga

otor vessels Tofua and Matua, from r Zealand, serve Suva (Fiji), Nukua and Vavau (Tonga), Niue Is., Pago

Pago (American Samoa), Apia (Western Samoa). Tofua leaves Auckland for any or all above ports at approx, five weteks 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 Mar. 29/Apr. 26.

Matua will leave Auckland Apr. 16/May 14.

N. Zealand-Cook Is.

N.Z. Government’s MV Maui Pomare normally clears Auckland about monthly for Rarotonga and other Lower Group

islands as required by fruit trade, occasional calls at Niue. She carries 30 passengers. In March she was out of service and unlikely to resume running for some months.

Pull details on application to NZ Government Department of Island Terri tories in Wellington, or to any office ®f 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 rolmd trip at about 8-weeks intervals from Sydney to

Norfolk Is.-New Hebrides Ports-BSI ports-

Bougainville-Rabaul-Samarai-Sydney.

Sailing from Sydney about April 7.

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

Sydney-N. Caledonia-Tahiti

Vessels of Messageries Maritimes Line, coming irom 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: May 24, 1955. Caledonien: April 11, August 23, 1955.

From Papeete, Southbound Tahitien;

April 30, 1955. Caledonien; July 1955.

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

Sydney-S. Africa-UK-Pacil

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 mac West Indies ports, Panama, Pa (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 vo 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, malntai regular service between North Ame ports and French Oceania, Samoa, New Caledonia and New Hebrides.

MV Thorsisle sails from San Frai on April 8, due Papeete April Nukualofa April 29, Apia May 3,