Shipping Time-Tables
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All sailings are approximate and may vary by as much as two weeks.
Sydney-Papua-N. Guinea
MV Bulolo, modern liner, sails about every six weeks: Sydney-Brisbane-Moresby flamarai - Lae - Madang - Manus - Rabaul - Samaral-Moresby-Brlsbane-Sydney.
Next sailing September 12.
MV Malekula sails from Sydney for Samarai, Rabaul, Kavieng, Manus, Wewak, Alexlshafen, Madang, Lae, Samarai and return to Sydney. Next sailing October 1.
MV Malaita sails from Sydney for Rabaul.
Kavieng, Lombrum, Lorengau, Wewak, Alexlshafen, Madang, Lae, Sydney. Next sailing August 30.
Details from Burns Phllp & Co. Ltd., 7 Bridge Street, Sydney.
MV Fukien: Sydney - Brisbane - Port Moresby - Rabaul - Lae - Brisbane - Melbourne. Sailing August 20.
MV Soochow: Sydney - Brisbane - Port Moresby - Samarai - Sydney. Sailing Sep tember 3.
MV Shansi: Sydney - Brisbane - Port ■bresby - Samarai - Sydney. Sailing Sep tember 3. ■Details from New Guinea Australia Line (Q. S. Yuill & Co., Ltd., agents), 6 Bridge St., Sydney.
Southbound only: I MV Delos: Not yet fixed.
MV Aros: Lae, Sept. 5; Rabaul, Sept. 8: Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne.
MV Citos; Madang, Sept. 30; Lae, Oct.
2; Rabaul. Oct. 5; Honiara, Oct. 8; Vanikoro, Oct. 13; Brisbane, Sydney, Mel bourne.
Details from Wilh. Wilhelmsen Agency Pty., Ltd., 03 Pitt St., Sydney.
N. Zealand-Fiji-Samoa-Tonga
MV Tofua maintains a service from Auckland to Suva, Nukualofa, Vavau, Niue, Pago Pago, Apia, Suva and return to Auckland.
MV 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; October 11.
MV Matua: September 13; does Tofua circuit.
Details from all offices of Union Steam Ship Co. of NZ.
N. Zealand-Cook Is.
The regular passenger vessel "Maul Pomare” is out of commission indefinitely.
The 700-ton freighter “Viti” is meanwhile operating a cargo service from Auckland and occasional limited passenger facilities are available on trans-Paciflc freighters.
SS Waitemata will call Rarotonga about Sept. 18, thence Auckland. SS Waihemo. same, about mid-October. MV Matua will take a special passenger-and-cargo run from Auckland Nov. 4, Rarotonga Nov. 9, Mangaia No 10, Rarotonga Nov. 11.
Auckland Nov. 17.
Full details on application to NZ Government Department of Island Terri tories in Wellington, or to any office of the Union SS Co. of NZ, Ltd.
Sydney-New Hebrides-BSI-
Rabaul, Etc.
MV Tulagi, 10 passengers, leaves Sydney for Norfolk, Vila. Luganville, Honiara.
Tenaru, Yandina, Gizo, Bougainville ports, Rabaul, Sydney.
Next sailings September 1, October 20.
Details from Burns Phllp & Co., 7 Bridge Street, Sydney.
Sydney-N. Caledonia-Tahiti
Vessels of Messageries 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.
From Sydney: Tahitien, October 12;
Caledonien, August 23.
From Papeete for Sydney; Caledonien, December 13; Tahitien, September 17.
MV Polynesie (Messageries Maritimes) maintains about monthly passenger sail ings between Sydney and Noumea and the New Hebrides. Next sailings August 26, September 16.
SS Neo Hebridais-11, 1.266 tons, main tains a regular cargo service between Sydney and Noumea, and four charter trips per annum to Wallis Is. via Suva.
Owners: Soc. Miniere et Maritime Hagen,
Noumea. Sydney agents: H. C. Sle Ltd.. 115 York Street.
Sydney-S. Africa-UK-Pacifi
Ports-Sydney
Shaw Savill’s new one-class all-passei liner Southern Cross makes four rou the-world voyages per year, sai alternately west - bound and east - boi with regular calls at Suva and Pape Next voyage east-bound, calling £ November 1, Papeete November 5.
N. America-Fiji-Hebrides, e
Pacific Islands Transport Li vessels Thorsisle and Thorshall mi tain a regular service from Pai Coast North American ports, with saill every 35-40 days to French Ocea Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, New Caledonia, Hebrides, and New Guinea. Some p depend on cargoes offering. Next sail Thorsisle: Departs Lae Aug. 25, Seattle Sept. 20. Thorshall: Departs Francisco Sept. 3, Los Angeles Sept: Papeete Sept. 20, Pago Pago Sept.
Apia Sept. 28, Suva Oct. 4, Lautoka 7, Noumea Oct. 12 for Seattle, due Oct: Details from General Steamships 0 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 Franc operates a regular passenger-cargo sen from Los Angeles. Southern terminal p vary with cargoes offering. Vessels cal Papeete, Pago Pago, and Suva, depenj on cargoes.
Sydney-Suva-Honolulu
Vancouver
Pacific Shipowners, Ltd., of & (subsidiary of W. R. Carpenter & operate a regular service twice yearly
the 10,000 ton, 98-passenger vessel Lakemba along the above route. Accom modation Is entirely First Class, two-berth cabins. Next sailings from Sydney late December, 1955, and late April, 1956. j Details from American Trading & Ship ping Co. Pty., Ltd., Sydney.