Shipping Time-Tables
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Australia - New Zealand - Canada - USA
] sailings are approximate and may vary by as much as two weeks.
Sydney-Papua-N. Guinea
IVMalaita sails from Sydney for Rabaul, leng. Lombrum, Lorengau, Wewak, cisbafen, Madang, Lae, Sydney. Next ing Nov. 8, Dec. 12. f Malekula sails from Sydney for igrai, Rabaul, Kavieng, Manus, Wewak, [lshafen, Madang, Lae, Samarai and m to Sydney. Next sailing Nov. 25, 13. ▼ Bulolo, modern liner, sails about y six weeks: Sydney-Brisbane-Moresby arai - Lae - Madang - Manus - Rabaul arai-Moresby-Brisbane-Sydney. Next Bg Oct. 26, Dec. 8. stalls from Burns Philp & Co. Ltd., ridge Street, Sydney.
I Soochow; Sydney - Brisbane - Port esby-Samarai-Sydney. Sailing Oct. 28, 22, 7 Shansi: Sydney - Brisbane - Port Bsby-Samarai-Sydney. Sailing Nov. 8. 7 Fukien: Sydney - Brisbane - Port esby - Rabaul - Lae - Brisbane lourne. Next sailing not yet fixed. ■ Sinkiang: Sydney - Port Moresby arai - Rabaul - Kavieng - Madang - ■Melbourne. Sailing Nov. 17. tails from New Guinea Australia Line 8. Yulll & Co., Ltd., agents), 6 Bridge Sydney uthbound only: i.Citos: Next sailing not yet fixed. 7 Delos; Rabaul Nov. 6, Lae Nov. 11.
Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne.
MV Aros: Lae Nov. 30, Rabaul Dec. 3, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne.
Details from Wilh. Wilhelmsen Agency Pty., Ltd., 63 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, Lyttelton, Wellington, and return to Auck land. Each Autumn there is a temporary rearrangement of schedules while the re spective vessels are on annual survey.
Next sailings; MV Tofua: Nov. 7, Dec. 3.
MV Matua: Nov. 4 see below; Nov. 26, Auckland, Lautoka, Suva, Lyttelton, Well ington, Auckland.
Details from all offices of Union Steam Ship Co. of NZ.
N. Zealand-Cook Is.
The regular passenger vessel Maul Pomare should resume in mid-December The 700-ton freighter Viti is meanwhile operating a cargo service from Auckland and occasional limited passenger facilities are available on trans-Pacific freighters SS Waikawa will call Rarotonga about mid-Dec., thence Auckland. MV Matua will make a special passenger-and-cargo run from Auckland Nov. 4, Apia Nov. 8-9, Rarotonga Nov. 12, Mangaia Nov. 14, Raro tonga Nov. 15, Auckland Nov. 21.
SS Waitemata should clear Auckland early December for Rarotonga.
Pull 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 sailing Oct. 28. Dec. 16.
MV Muliama, 8 passengers, leaves Sydney for British Solomons ports about monthly, ports varying with cargoes. Next sailing: Nov. 15, Dec. 15.
Details from Burns Philp & Co., 7 Bridge Street, Sydney.
Sydney-N. Caledonia-Tahiti
Vessels of Messageries Maritimes Line, coming rrom 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: Caledonien, Jan. 6, Tahitien, Feb. 17.
From Papeete for Sydney; Caledonien,
Dec. 13; Tahitien, Jan. 21; forn only, MV Eridan Noy. 4.
MV Polynesia (Messageries maintains about monthly passene ings between Sydney and Noun the New Hebrides. Next sailings SS Neo Hebridais-11, 1,266 tone tains an irregular cargo services; Sydney and Noumea, and fouiL trips per annum to Wallis Is. 1 Owners: Soc. Miniere et Maritime!
Noumea. Sydney agents: H. O Ltd.. 115 York Street.
Sydney-S. Africa-UK-P c
Ports-Sydney
Shaw SaviU's new one-class all-I liner Southern Cross makes fouc the-world voyages per year,! alternately west - bound and easi with regular calls at Suva andb.
Next voyage east-bound, calltl November 1, Papeete November :
N. America-Fiji-Hebride
Pacific Islands Transports vessels Thorsisle and Thorshsr tain a regular service fromc Coast North American ports, with every 35-40 days. Some ports o cargoes offering. Next sailing; Departs Papeete Oct. 24, Pago : 29, Apia Oct. 31, Suva Nov. 56 Nov. 7, Noumea Nov. 12. Fiji suu Townsville Nov. 20, Honiara No’o Nov. 29. San Francisco arrivesa; Thorshall: Departs San Francisco: Los Angeles Nov. 19. Papeete Dee< Pago Dec. 8, Apia Dec. 10, Suviv Lautoka Dec. 16, Noumea Decs; sugar ports, Townsville Dec. 31„I 7, arrives San Francisco Jan. 26.8 Details from General Steamsai
■»tlon Ltd., 432 California St.. San icisco. U.S.A., and Island Agents. rs.-PAPEETE-PAGO pago-n.z.-
Australia
atson-Oceanic Line of San Francisco ates a regular passenger-cargo service t Los Angeles. Southern terminal ports With cargoes offering. Vessels call at >ete. Pago Pago, and Suva, depending argoes.
Sydney-Suva-Honolulu
Vancouver
cific Shipowners, Ltd., of Suva sidiary of W. R. Carpenter & Co.) ite a service three times yearly with 10,000 ton, 98-passenger vessel mba along the above route. Accom ition is entirely First Class, two-berth is. Next sailings from Sydney Jan. and late May. 1956. tails from American Trading & Ship- Co. Pty., Ltd., Sydney.
Honolulu-Papeete
a 242-ton auxiliary schooner Te Vega, lean - owned, operates a luxury mger service to a regular schedule, calls at Marquesas and Line Islands equired. To dep. Honolulu Oct. 27, Papeete Nov. 12, dep. Dec. 1, arr. lulu Dec. 15, dep. Dec. 31, arr. >te Jan. 15. Details from Darr Lines, fheo. H. Davies & Co., Honolulu.