Shipping Time-Tables

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

Sydney-Papua-N. Guinea

MV Montoro sails from Melbourne for Sydney, Brisbane, Port Moresby, Samaral, Rabaul, Kavieng, Madang, Lae, Port Moresby (optional). Next Sydney sailings July 31, Sept. 25.

MV Malekula sails from Sydney for Brisbane, Port Moresby, Samaral, Rabaul, Wewak, Alexishafen. Madang, Lae, Sydney.

Next Sydney sailings July 24, Sept. 8.

MV Malaita sails from Sydney for Bris bane, Port Moresby, Samaral, Rabaul, Kavieng, Lombrum, Lorengau, Madang, Lae, Samaral, Sydney. Next Sydney sail ings Aug. 25, Oct. 6.

MV Bulolo, modern liner, sails about every six weeks; Sydney, Brisbane, Port Moresby, Samaral, Lae. Madang, Lom brum. Rabaul. Next Sydney sailings Aug. 14, Sept. 23.

Details from Burns, Phllp and Co., Ltd., 7 Bridge Street, Sydney.

MV Pak Hoi: Leaves Sydney for Bris bane, Port Moresby, Samarai. Next Sydney sailings July 28, Aug. 21.

MV Soochow: Leaves Sydney for Bris bane, Port Moresby. Honiara (BSIP), Madang, Lae, Port Moresby. Next Sydney sailings July 29, Sept. 15.

MV Shansi; Leaves Melbourne for Sydney. Brisbane, Port Moresby, Samaral.

Lae, Madang. Kavieng, Rabaul. Next sail ings Aug. 14, Sept. 4.

MV Sinkiang: On charter to British Phosphate Commissioners for six months on recruiting trip to Gilbert and Ellice Is., Nauru and Ocean Is.

Details from New Guinea Australia Line (Swire and Yuill Pty., Ltd., agents). 6 Bridge St., Sydney.

Sydney-Netherlands N.G.

Three weeks service by MV’s Sigll, Silln doeng, Sibigo and Sinabang carrying pas sengers and cargo from East Australian ports to Hollandia, Biak and Sorong, NNG (with call at Manokwari alternate trips), thence Borneo, Bangkok, Singapore, thence Australia direct. Next Sydney sailings: Sibigo July 21. Sigli Aug. 11. Sinabang Sept. 1, Silindoeng Sept. 22.

Details from Royal Interocean Lines, 255 George St., Sydney.

Far East-Sth. West. & Central

Pacific

The China Navigation Co., Ltd., vessels Chungking, Chefoo and Chekiang com menced in July a monthly service from Japan to Hongkong and thence southwards through Papua-New Guinea ports, BSI, New Hebrides, New Caledonia and Fiji, with an extension to Tonga if cargo is available; return to Japan direct.

Chungking: Departed Japan July 3, thence Hongkong, Tarakan for Kavieng July 18, Rabaul July 19. Madang July 23.

Lae July 26. Samarai July 30, Pt. Moresby July 31, Honiara Aug. 6, Santo Aug. 9.

Noumea Aug. 14, Suva Aug. 17 (then Lautoka). Nukualofa Aug. 30. return Japan direct (arr. Sept. 12).

Hn C n h crl f^: ep '. Japan Aug - thence Hongkong, Tarakan for Rabaul Aug. 18 A w g ‘ i 2 Lae Aug ‘ 25 ‘ Pt ' Moresby Aug. 29. Honiara Sept. 3, Santo Sept. 6 Noumea Sept. 10, Suva Sept. 14 (then Lautoka), Nukualofa Sept. 27. return to Japan direct (arr. Oct, 12). w £ h l kiang: Dep ‘ Ja P an Aug. 24, thence Hongkong. Tarakan for Rabaul Sept 9 Madang Sept. 13, Lae Sept. 16, Samarai on’ Pt - Moresby Sept. 21, Honiara Sept. 27, Santo Sept. 30, Noumea Oct. 4 Suva Oct. 9 (then Lautoka), return to Japan direct (arr. Oct. 30).

Details from China Navigation Co., Ltd Br7£p I U J U Pty - Ltd - agents >- 6 Bridge St.. Sydney.

The Australia-West Pacific Line motor vessels Aros, Citos, Delos and Milos main tain regular services between Australian ports and Japan. Northbound vessels call at Manila, Hongkong and Japan; south bound vessels call at any or all of the following: Hongkong. Manila. Sandakan

Madang, Lae, Rabaul. Brisbane, Sydney caurr e o.r,o^r^„ la^ 1 a^ h a„ q d U % t S 1 l!

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Milos: Madang Aug. 3. Lae Aug. 4 “ aU , A Sfc 7 ; H °nlara Aug. 10. Santo Aug. 13. Vila Aug. 15. Brisbane Aug. 18 Sydney Aug. 21. B Citos: Lae Aug. 15, Brisbane Aug. 19 Sydney Aug. 23.

Delos: Madang Sept. 17, Lae Sept 18- 20. Rabaul Sept. 22-23, Honiara Sept 25- 26, Vanikoro Sept, 28-30, Santo Oct. 1-2 Vila Oct. 3, Brisbane Oct. 6, Sydney Oct!

Aros; Nth. Borneo, dep. Sept. 30, will omit Islands ports on this trip; arr. Bris bane Oct. 10, Sydney Oct. 14.

Details from Wllh. Wilhelmsen Agency Pty., Ltd., 30 Pitt St.. Sydney, or Islands agents (R. Tebb, Lae; Town Transport, Rabaul; A. Strachan, Madang; BSIP Trad ing Corp., Honiara: D. J. Gubbay and Co..

Santo; Wm. Breckwoldt and Co., Vila).

Australia-NZ-Fiji-Canada-USA

Sailings of Orient and P. & O. Line Passenger Ships 1959-60

Himalaya Orsova Orsova Orcades Arcadia

+ Frnm n£ nO /r UIU ,* the t n Japan> Hongkong, Manila, arr. Sydney Sent 28 San Francisco" Vancouver' (Septan) LiSbon ' Trlnldad ' Colon - Panama.' Los Angeles, t Prom Sydney thence Yokohama, Manila, Hongkong and Kobe to Honolulu (Nov. 19).

N. Zealand-Fiji-Tonga-Samoa

MV Tofua maintains a service from kuckland to Suva, Nukualofa, Vavau, Niue, Pago Pago, Apia, Suva and return :o Auckland. Next sailing from Auckland: Uig. 11 (after survey), Sept. 8, Oct. 6.

MV Matua maintains a service from Auckland to Lautoka, Suva, Apia, Nuku ilofa, Lyttleton, Wellington, and return o Auckland. Next sailings from Auckland: Fuly 28, Aug. 28, Sept. 25.

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

Sydney-New Hebrides-BSI-

Bougainville, Etc.

MV Tulagi, 10 passengers, makes a round rip Norfolk Is., Vila, Santo, Honiara nd BSI ports, Bougainville ports, leaving ydney about once every six weeks. Next ydney sailings July 27, Sept 10.

Details from Burns, Phllp and Co., 7 irldge Street, Sydney.

Sydney-N. Caledonia-Tahiti

Vessels of Messageries Maritimes Line, jming from Marseilles, via West Indies nd Panama, call about every six weeks t Papeete. Vila (New Hebrides). Noumea nd Sydney, and return by same route, t present on this run are the motor ilps, Tahitlen and Caledonlen and a lartered vessel, Melanesien. Next Sydney ulings; Melanesian Aug. 14, Caledonien ;pt. 27, Tahitien Nov. 10.

MV Polynesie (Messageries Maritimes) alntains about monthly passenger sall gs between Sydney and Noumea and ie New Hebrides. Next Sydney sailings: lly 31, Aug. 28. Sept. 18.

Details from Sydney agents: Messageries aritimes. 36 Grosvenor Street, Sydney.

Sydney-S. Africa-UK-Pacific

Ports-Sydney

Shaw Savill’s one-class all-passenger ier Southern Cross makes four round e-world voyages per year, two west und, then two east-bound, calling at va and Papeete every trip. Next voyage >m Southampton is Sept. 10, via South rica, for Sydney, arr. Oct. 16. Dep. dney Oct 18, bound Southampton via ellington fOct. 21-231, Suva fOct. 27), peete (Oct. 31-Nov. 1) and Panama.

Details from agents: Shaw Savlll and Won Co., Ltd.. 8a Castlereagh Street.

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Fiji, Etabllssements Donald Tahiti, Papeete, Tahiti.

N. Zealand-Cook Is.

The passenger vessel Maul Pomare * regular service between Auckland and the Cook Islands.

Details on application to NZ Qoverne P a rtment of island Territories.

Wellington, or to any office of the Union oS Co. of NZ, Ltd.

N. America-Tahiti-Central

Pacific-NG

-faclflc Islands Transport Line’s vessels Thorsisle and Thorshall maintain a regular service from Pacific Coast North American ports, with sailings over 35-40 days. Some ports depend on cargoes offering.

T *l orsls l e: Dep. New Westminster Aug. ® eattle Au K- 13-14, San Francisco Aug. 17-21, Los Angeles Aug. 22-25, Papeete Sept. 5-7, Pago Pago Sept. 11-12, Apia Sept. 13-15, Suva Sept. 18-19, Noumea Sept. 21-22, Townsville Sept. 26-30, Pago Pago Oct. 8-9, Los Angeles Oct. 22-24 San Francisco Oct. 25-28. (Over)’

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Thorshall: New Westminster Sept. 26- 29, Seattle Sept. 30-Oct. 1, San Francisco Oct. 4-7. Los Angeles Oct. 8-9, Papeete Oct. 20-21. Pago Pago Oct. 25-27, Apia Oct. 28-29, Suva Nov. 1-2, Noumea Nov. 4-5, Lae Nov. 9-10, Pago Pago Nov. 18-19, Los Angeles Dec. 2-4, San Francisco Dec. 5.

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

US-Tahiti-Pago Pago-Fiji-

Australia

Matson-Oceanic Line of San Francisco operates a regular five-weeks passenger cargo service from Los Angeles with the Ventura, Alameda, Sierra and Sonoma.

Southern terminal ports vary with cargoes offering. Vessels call at Papeete, Pago Pago and Suva, depending on cargoes.

Last Sydney sailing: Ventura July 19.

Next Sydney sailings: Sierra Aug. 26, Sonoma Sept. 30 (approx.).

American Pioneer Line has eight ships (Pioneer Gem, Isle, Glen, Reef. Cove, Star, Tide, Gulf) on Australia - Panama -US Atlantic Coast service with calls at Papeete on southbound voyage. Sailings approx, every 3 weeks.

Sydney-Fiji-Vancouver

Pacific Shipowners, Ltd., of Suva (sub sidiary of W. R. Carpenter and Co.) operate a service three times yearly with the 10,000 ton, 98-passenger vessel Lakemba along the above route. Accommodation is entirely First Class, two-berth cabins, with calls at Suva, Lautoka and Honolulu.

Next sailing from Sydney Sept. 20 (approx.).

Details from American Trading and Shipping Co. Pty., Ltd., 19 Bridge St., Sydney.

Sydney-(or NZ)-North

America

Cargo vessels Waihemo. Waiana and Waitomo, owned and operated by the Union Steam Ship Co. of NZ, Ltd., main tain a monthly service across the Pacific, from Sydney to Vancouver and USA ports, via Suva, Lautoka, Nukualofa and Apia, as cargoes offer. Occasional calls are made at Fanning Island. They have limited passenger accommodation. Last Sydney Sailing: Waitomo July 17. Next Sydney sailings: Kauri Aug. 7 (approx.), Waihemo Sept. 6 (approx.).

The Waitemata, from NZ ports, makes 3-4 trips yearly to Vancouver (via Raro tonga and Papeete).

North America-Tahiti-N.Z.-

Sydney-Fiji-Samoa-Hawaii

Matson Line’s Mariposa and Monterey make round passenger trips from Pacific North Coast American ports to New Zealand and Australia, via Pacific Islands ports.

Monterey; Dep. San Francisco July 12, Los Angeles July 13. Papeete July 21-23, Auckland July 29-30, Sydney Aug. 2-5, Auckland Aug. 8, Suva Aug. 11, Pago Pago Aug. 12, Honolulu Aug. 17-18, San Francisco Aug. 23.

Mariposa: San Francisco Aug. 5, Los Angeles Aug. 6, Papeete Aug. 14-16, Auck land Aug. 22, Sydney Aug. 25-28. Auckland Aug. 31-Sept. 1, Suva Sept. 4, Pago Pago

Sept. 5, Honolulu Sept. 10-11 San Francisco Sept. 16.

Details from Matson Lines Bereer House, 82 Elizabeth Street, Sydney.

Sydney-Tahiti-Europe

The Italian Sitmar Line (Panama flag) iT > £m' V f SSel F * iraea ’ a passen eer liner of 14,500 tons, fully air-conditioned, will san from Sydney for Europe, via Auck land, Papeete and Panama on Dec. 23. The Sitmar Line recently commenced an irregu lar service along this route, providing a new moderately priced sea connection .i he eastbound direction only with Tahiti. Also on the run is the Line’s Caste! Felice, which sailed from Sydney in May. J Details from Navcot Aust. Ptv Ltd 58 Margaret St., Sydney,

United Kingdom-Australia-

Port Moresby

The Federal Steam Navigation Co.. Ltd., has extended Its regular quarterly UK- Australia service to Port Moresby.

The vessels sail from Liverpool via Suez to Sydney, Brisbane, Townsville, Cairns, Port Moresby.

Surrey; Due Port Moresby Aug. 29 (approx.).

Galway: Due Port Moresby Oct. 29 (approx.).

Sydney agents: Blrt and Co. Pty., Ltd., 4 Bridge St. Port Moresby agents: Burns Philp (New Guinea), Ltd.

Tonga-Fiji Shipping Service

The Tonga Shipping Agency, as agents for the Tonga Copra Board, operates a regular monthly cargo and passenger service between Nukualofa and Suva with MV Aoniu. 500 tons gross. Turn-round in Suva is usually two days, and the Agents there are W. R. Carpenter and Co. (Fiji), Ltd.