Shipping Time-Tables

Australia - New Zealand - Canada - USA

All sailings are approximate and may p vary by as much as two weeks.

Sydney-Papua-N. Guinea

[MV Malalta sails from Sydney for Rabaul, Ivieng, Lombrum, Lorengau, Wewak, ■xishafen, Madang, Lae, Sydney. Next Ding Dec. 30.

MV Malekula sails from Sydney for Imarai, Rabaul, Kavieng, Manus, Wewak, BXlshafen, Madang, Lae, Samaral and him to Sydney. Next sailing about mid iuary.

MV Bulolo, modern liner, sails about try six weeks: Sydney-Brisbane-Moresby- Inarai - Lae - Madang - Manus - Rabaul marai-Moresby-Brisbane-Sydney. Next ling Dec. 13. retails from Burns, Philp & Co. Ltd., (Bridge Street, Sydney.

IV Shansi: Sydney - Brisbane - Rabaul pieng - Samarai - Lae - Sydney. Sailing t. 10.

IV Soochow: Sydney - Brisbane - Port resby - Samarai - Sydney. Sailing Dec.

IV Sinkiang: Jan. 11.

Far East-P.-N.G.

pNING: Leaves Moresby Jan. 6, re us Japan via Brisbane. Leaves Japan L 15, Rabaul Dec. 27, Madang Dec. 31, f Jan. 2, Port Moresby Jan. 6.

ENGNING: Leaves Port Moresby Dec. pturns Hongkong via Townsville; leaves igkong Jan. 14, Rabaul Jan. 26, Madang L 30, Lae Feb. 2, Port Moresby Feb. 7.

Wails from New Guinea Australia Line S. Yulll & Co., Ltd., agentsi. 6 Bridge Sydney.

Southbound only: MV Aros: Rabaul Dec. 16.

MV Citos: Rabaul Jan. 19, Madang Jan 22, Lae Jan. 24, then E. Australian ports!

MV Delos: Now northbound.

Details from Wilh. Wilhelmsen Agency Pty., Ltd., 63 Pitt St., Sydney.

Sydney-Netherlands Ng

Monthly service from E. Australian ports to Hollandia and Sorong (with Biak and/or Manokwari if inducement) thence Borneo Bangkok, Singapore, thence Australia direct.

Details from Royal Interocean Lines, 255 George 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 sailing: MV Tofua Jan. 17; MV Matua Jan. 31.

Details from all offices of Union Steam Ship Co. of NZ.

N. Zealand-Cook Is.

The regular passenger vessel Maul Pomare should resume early in 1956 The 700-ton freighter Viti is meanwhile operating a cargo service from Auckland and occasional limited passenger facilities are available on trans-Pacific freighters.

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 Dec. 15.

MV Muliama, 8 passengers, leaves Sydney for British Solomons ports about monthly, ports varying with cargoes. Next sailing: Dec. 14.

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

Sydney-N. Caledonia-Tahiti

Vessels of Messageries Maritlmes 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. (At present on this run are the new motor ships. Tahitien and New Caledonien).

MV Polynesie (Messageries Maritimes) maintains about monthly passenger sail ings between Sydney and Noumea and the New Hebrides. Next sailing Dec. 23.

SS Neo Hebridais-11, 1,266 tons, main tains an irregular 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. Sleigh, Ltd., 115 York Street.

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, two west bound, then two east-bound, calling at Suva every trip, and at Papeete except in hurricane season. Next sailings: West bound, calling Suva only, Jan. 12; West bound, calling Papeete Mar. 30-31, Suva Apr. 5.

N. America-Fiji-Hebrides, etc.

Pacific Islands Transport Line’s vessels Thorsisle and Thorshall main tain a regular service from Pacific Coast North American ports, with sailings every 35-40 days. Some ports depend on cargoes offering. Next sailing: Thorsisle: Sails Vancouver Dec. 22, Papeete Jan. 25, Nukualofa Jan. 31, Pago Feb. 3, Apia Feb. 4, Suva Feb. 8, Lautoka Feb. 18, Noumea Feb. 15, Lae Feb. 2. Thorshall: Pago Pago Dec. 14. Apia Dec. 16, Suva Dec. 21, Lau toka Dec. 23, Noumea Dec. 27.

Details from General Steamships Cor poration Ltd., 432 California St., San Francisco, U.S.A., and Island Agents.

U.S.-Papeete-Pago Pago-N.Z.-

Australia

Matson-Oceanic Line of San Francisco operates a regular passenger-cargo service from Los Angeles. Southern terminal ports vary with cargoes offering. Vessels call at Papeete, Pago Pago, and Suva, depending on cargoes.

Sydney-Suva-Honolulu

Vancouver

Pacific Shipowners, Ltd., of Suva (subsidiary of W. R. Carpenter & Co.) operate a service three times yearly with 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 Jan. and late May, 1956.

Details from American Trading & Ship ping Co. Pty., Ltd., Sydney.

Honolulu-Papeete

The 242-ton auxiliary schooner Te Vega, American - owned, operates a luxury passenger service to a regular schedule, with calls at Marquesas and Line Islands as required. To dep. Honolulu Dec. 31, arr.

Papeete Jan. 15. Details from Darr Lines, c/o Theo. H. Davies & Co., Honolulu, or Etablissements Donald, Papeete.