Shipping Time-Tables
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sydney-Papua-N. Guinea
V Bulolo, modern liner, sails about ■y six weeks: Sydney-Brisbane-Moresby iarai - Lae - Madang - Manus - Rabaul larai-Moresby-Brisbane-Sydney. ext sailing about June 14.
V Malekula sails from Sydney for tarai, Rabaul, Kavieng, Manus, Wewak, dshafen, Madang, Lae, Samarai and rn to Sydney. Next sailing about B 17.
Btails from Burns Philp & Co. Ltd., ridge Street, Sydney.
V Sinkiang: Sydney, Brisbane, Port esby, and return.
V Fukien: Sydney, Port Moresby, Lae, bane, and Sydney/Melboume.
V Soochow and MV Shansi: Sydney, bane. Port Moresby, Samarai, Lae, lang, Kavieng, Rabaul, Sydney, Mel rne. sxt sailings: MV Fukien, late June; MV show, June 11; MV Sinkiang, June 3; 43hansi, June 10. le above dates are approximate, and [e to be altered by as much as two is. (tails from New Guinea Australia Line 8. Yuill & Co., Ltd., agents), 6 Bridge Sydney.
Zealand-Fiji-Samoa-Tonga
V Tofua maintains a service from dand to Suva, Nukualofa, Vavau, s, Pago Pago, Apia, Suva and return Auckland.
V Matua maintains a service from
Auckland to Suva, Lautoka, Apia, Suva, Wellington, and return to Auckland. Each Autumn there is a temporary rearrange ment of schedules while the respective vessels are on annual survey. Next sailings; MV Tofua: May 24, June 21.
MV Matua: June 18.
N. Zealand-Cook Is.
The regular passenger vessel “Maui Pomare’’ is out of commission indefinitely.
“Waitemata”, with very limited passenger accommodation, will call at Rarotonga north-bound for the US from NZ in late June. Other passenger arrangements are still pending.
Full 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.
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 June 10.
Details from Burns Philp & Co., 7 Bridge Street, Sydney.
Sydney-N. Caledonia-Tahiti
Vessels of Messagerles Maritimes 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 Messagerles Maritimes.
Luxurious new liners Caledonlen and
Tahitien recently added to this service.
Sailing dates:— From Sydney;- Tahitien, May 24; Caledonien. August 23. Eridan, east-bound, leaves Noumea July 9, Papeete August 5.
From Papeete for Sydney; Caledonien, July 30; Tahitien, September 11.
MV Polynesien (Messageries Maritimes) maintains about monthly passenger sail ings between Sydney and Noumea and the New Hebrides. She will make her last
voyage from Sydney about June 14, and a new vessel, Polynesle, will enter the service late July or August.
Sydney-S. Africa-UK-Pacific
Ports-Sydney
Shaw Savill’s new one-class all-passenger liner Southern Cross makes four round the-world voyages per year, sailing
alternately west - bound and east - bo with regular calls at Suva and Pai Next voyage east-bound, calling November 1, Papeete November 5.
N. America-Fiji-Hebrides,
Pacific Islands Transport H vessels Thorsisle and Thorshall n tain a regular service from P‘ Coast North American ports, with sa:, every 35-40 days to French Oce= Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, New Caledonia, Hebrides, and New Guinea. Some depend on cargoes offering. Next sa; Thorsisle —San Francisco June 22, Paj July 6, Nukualofa July 14, Apia Juk Suva July 22, Noumea July 28, Lae Ai 5, thence direct to San Francisco, art August 24.
Details from General Steamships poration Ltd., 432 California St..
Francisco, U.S.A., and Island Agents ad.).
U.S.-Papeete-Pago Pago-N.Z.-
Australia
Matson-Oceanic Line of San Fram operates a regular passenger-cargo se; from Los Angeles. Southern terminal j vary with cargoes offering. Next sail Sonoma, north-bound, leaves Towfii May 21, Suva May 27, Papeete Jur due Los Angeles June 13. Alameda sc bound, leaves Papeete May 30, Pago : June 4, due Brisbane June 9.
Sydney-Suva-Honolulu
Vancouver
Pacific Shipowners, Ltd., of i (subsidiary of W. R. Carpenter & operate a regular service twice yearly the 10,000 ton, 98-passenger v Lakemba along the above route. Act modation is entirely First Class, two-b cabins. Next sailings from Sy f scheduled late May and late Decemb* Details from American Trading & £ ping Co. Pty., Ltd., Sydney.