New BP Ship for Hebrides-Solomon

Burns Philp's new motor-vessel, "Tulagi", which completed her delivery voyage to Sydney (en route, she called at Port Moresby) at the end of May. She has a total deadweight of 2,360 tons and is of modern design. Builders were Grangemouth Dockyard Co., Ltd., of Scotland.

On completion of an immediate recruiting voyage to the Line Islands, she will be placed on the Sydney-Norfolk Island-Vila-Santo - Solomons-Sydney run. She will not call at Bougainville ports, etc., as has been done by "Maiaita". Those ports will be included in a rearranged plan for the other BP vessels.

"Tulagi" at present carries an Asiatic crew signed on 12-months' Articles. What crew she will carry at the end of the present agreement

will be discussed later, but it is un[?] that negotiations between BP a[?] maritime unions have resulted in the co[?] setting aside plans to carry non-Au[?] crews in those vessels at present Australian crews.

In this respect BP operates at a [?] disadvantage with their principal co[?] on the New Guinea service whose carry Asiatic crews at lower rates.

"Tulagi" was commanded by Cape[?] Sadler on the delivery voyage from Captain C. Tschaun, lately of "Maleku[?] take command for the voyage to [?] Islands.

The passenger accommodation for 12 [?] modern.