Shipping Time-Tables
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nney-Papua-N. Guinea
lings are approximate and may ■r by as much as two weeks. tontoro sails from Melbourne for EBrisbane, Port Moresby, Samarai, IKavieng, Wewak, Madang, Lae j-esby. Next Sydney sailings; May iinclude Lombrum and Lorengau), jfalekula sails from Sydney for Port Moresby, Samarai, Lae, Alexishafen. Wewak, Rabaul.
Next Sydney sailings: May 24, alaita sails from Sydney for Bris □ort Moresby, Samarai, Rabaul, i Lorengau, Madang. Lae, Samarai, Sydney. Last Sydney sailing; Wext Sydney sailing: June 13 (will Ni, New Hebrides, BSI and idlle ports). . . julolo, modern liner, sails about ax weeks; Sydney, Brisbane, Port Samarai, Lae, Madang, Lom " j.abaul. Last Sydney sailing; May it Sydney sailings; June 22, Aug- MX.). i from Burns, Philp and Co., Ltd., Street, Sydney. akhoi: Leaves Sydney for Bris :ort Moresby, Samarai, Lae, Port Sydney. Last Sydney sailing: Next Sydney sailings; May 30, (approx.).
Boochow; Leaves Melbourne for Brisbane, Pt. Moresby, Samarai, Kavieng, Madang, Lae. Port Sydney. Last Sydney sailing: ” Next Sydney sailing; June 17 .lansi: Leaves Melbourne for Sydney, port Moresby. Samarai, Lae, Wewak, Rabaul, Sydney. Next sailing: June 10. linkiang: Leaves Sydney for Bns- Honiara (BSIP), Rabaul, Kavieng. (G&E), Rabaul, Lae, Sydney. Last sailing: May 6. Next Sydney sail ly 1 (after NG will go to Central .under charter to British Phosphate ision). • s from New Guinea Australia Line and Yuill Pty.. Ltd., agents), 6 ISt.. Sydney.
Elizabeth Boye: Leaves Sydney 17 for Port Moresby, Lae, Rabaul. ydney sailing; June 1 (approx.). 11s from Karlander (NG) Line (F. ohens Pty., Ltd., agents), 176 Day llney.
Malacca and Matupi, will in ;e the Austasia Line’s new Australia :orneo service as under: cca: Departed Sydney May 15, ie May 17-19, Port Moresby May 24.
May 29, Lae June 2. Madang June dakan June 15, Jesselton June 17, ■g Mani June 20, Labuan June 26. direct to Australia, arr. Sydney t (approx.). pi; Dep. Adelaide June 11, Mel- June 13-17, Sydney June 19-22, ne June 24-26, Port Moresby June Ibaul July 5, Lae July 9, Madang L, Sandakan July 22, Jesselton July ijong Mani July 27, Labuan August iurn direct to Australia, arr. Sydney 8 (approx.).
Details from Blue Star Line (Aust.) Pty., Ltd. (agents), 17-19 Bridge St., Sydney.
Sydney-Netherlands NG
Three weeks service by MV’s Sigli, Silin 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. Last Sydney sailing; Sigli May 17. Next Sydney sailings: Sina bang June 10, Silindoeng June 28, Sibigo July 23 (approx.).
Details from Royal Interocean Lines, 255 George St„ Sydney.
Netherlands NG—Papua-NG
The Dutch KPM Line operates MV Arfak (70 tons) from Hollandia, NNG. on
the sth of each month (approx.) to Wewak, Madang and Lae, in P-NG; and MV Karossa (2,000 tons) from Merauke (south coast of NNG) about every six weeks to Port Moresby (P-NG), Sorong (NNG), Dili (Portuguese Timor), and Singapore, with passengers and cargo.
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. Next vessel: Donegal; Port Moresby, arr. July 25.
Sydney agents: Birt and Co. Pty., Ltd., 4 Bridge St. Port Moresby agents: Burns Philp (New Guinea), Ltd.
Australia-NZ-Fiji-Canada-USA
Sailings of Orient and P. & O. Line Passenger Ships
Details from Orient and Pacific Lines, 2-6 Spring St., Sydney.
Aug. 1, Suva/Lautoka Aug. 4, thence direct, arriving Aug. 25.
Details from China Navigation C« (Swire and Yuill Pty., Ltd., agei Bridge St., Sydney.
The Australia-West Pacific Line! vessels Arcs, Citos, Delos and Milos tain regular services between Am ports and Japan. Northbound vessi at Manila. Hongkong and Japan; bound vessels call at any or all following: Hongkong, Manila, Sai Madang. Lae, Rabaul. Brisbane, !
Melbourne and Adelaide, with qu calls at Gizo (opt.). Honiara and koro. in BSIP; and at Santo am New Hebrides.
Delos: Dep. Japan May 22. via, kong, Nth. Borneo ports, Rabaul , Lae June 12, Brisbane June 18, June 22. Dep. Sydney July 12 for direct, arriving July 28.
Aros: Dep. Japan June 8, via Ho: Manila, Nth. Borneo ports, Lae J’ l Brisbane July 4, Sydney July 8 Sydney July 30 for Japan direct, s Aug. 22.
Milos: Dep. Japan June 24, viaj kong, Nth. Borneo ports, Madang „ Rabaul July 12, Honiara July 15, W July 18, Santo July 21, Vila July 21 bane July 26, Sydney July 29. Dep.
Aug. 13 for Japan direct, arriving i Citos: Dep. Japan July 8, via Ho:i Nth. Borneo ports, Rabaul July : Aug. 2, Brisbane Aug. 8, Sydney A Dep. Sydney Aug. 31 for Japan arriving Sept. 18.
Details from Wllh. Wilhelmsen Pty., Ltd., 30 Pitt St.. Sydney, or agents (Buntings, Lae; Town Trs Rabaul; Strachan and Strachan, M BSIP Trading Corp., Honiara; Gubbay and Co., Santo; Wm. Bres and Co., Vila).
Sydney-New Hebrides-1
Bougainville, Etc.
MV Tulagl, 10 passengers, makes ! trip Norfolk Is., Vila. Santo, 1 and BSI ports, Bougainville ports, Sydney about once every six weeks: Sydney sailing: May 6 (extendt Tarawa, Washington Is., Fanning Is: BSI and returning via Russell Groufl Next Sydney sailing: July 28.
Details from Burns, Philp and Bridge Street, Sydney.
Sydney-New Caledonii
New Hebrides-Tahltil
Vessels of Messageries Marltlmes coming from Marseilles, via Westf
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Orsova
Orcades
Arcadia ]
Himala1
Sydney
depart June 5 June 25 July 4 Aug. 2<
Auckland
arr/dep June 8 thence Japan July 7 thence Ja
Suva
arr/dep June 11 and Far East July 10 and Far!
Honolulu
arr/dep June 16 July 19 July 15 Aug. 261
Vancouver
arr/dep June 21-22 July 24-25 July 20-21
Aug. 3l|
San Francisco
arr/dep June 24-25 July 27-28 July 23-24 Sept. 3-<
Los Angeles
arr/dep June 26 July 29 July 25 Sept. 5l
Honolulu
arr/dep thence Aug. 3 July 30 Sept. 101
Suva
arr/dep UK via Aug. 10 thence Japan Sept. 17 :
Auckland
arr/dep Panama Aug. 13 and Far East
Sept. 20]
Sydney
arrive Canal Aug. 16 Aug. 25 Sept. 23 I
aa, call about every six weeks Vila (New Hebrides). Noumea .-, and return by same route, i on this run are the motor- Jltlen and Caledonien and a isessel, Melanesien. Last Sydney aianesien May 20. Next Sydney )Jiedonien June 29, Tahitien Aug. cnesie (Messagerles Marltimes) «bout monthly passenger sail :;sn Sydney and Noumea and librides (Vila and Santo). Next clings; June 3, June 24. July 15. jom Sydney agents: Messageries £36 Grosvenor Street, Sydney.
iand-Fiji-Tonga-Samoa
;ia maintains a service from ito Suva, Nukualofa, Vavau, Pago, Apia, Suva and return ii. Last Auckland sailing: May Auckland sailings: June 14, iua maintains a service from ),;o Lautoka, Suva, Nukualofa, Lyttelton, Wellington and re ackland. Last Auckland sailing: II undergo survey on return to -jn May 27. Next Auckland sail 3.
Tom all offices of Union Steam !f NZ.
ilney-Pacific Ports-
Panama-UK
Eavill’s one-class all-passenger nern Cross makes four round ' voyages per year, two west ::n two east-bound, calling at s’ahiti every trip. Next voyage: sampton May 26, via Capetown, ,y 1-3, Wellington July 6-8, Suva Papeete July 16-17, thence via anal to Liverpool, arr. Aug. 10.
Zealand-Cook Is.
cssenger vessel Maui Pomare a regular monthly service be :land, NZ, and the Cook Islands, on application to NZ Govern tartment of Island Territories. , or to any office of the Union NZ, Ltd.
merica-Tahiti-Central
Pacific-NG
islands Transport Line’s vessels and Thor I maintain a regular ;m Pacific Coast North American i sailings over 35-40 days. Some ind on cargoes offering. (On first voyage through Pacific, •mver May 23, Tacoma May 24- Bay May 27-31, San Francisco Los Angeles June 5-7, Papeete ), Pago Pago June 24-25, Apia , Nukualofa July 1-2, Suva July •ia July 6-7, Brisbane July 10-13, or Lae July 15-18, Rabaul .pia (open), Pago Pago July :s Angeles Aug. 11-13, San Aug. 14-15. i: Dep. Vancouver July 12, New er July 13-16, Tacoma July 17- :nd July 20-22, San Francisco Los Angeles July 28-30, Papeete !, Pago Pago Aug. 16-17, Apia , Suva Aug. 21-22, Noumea Aug. uwnsville (open), Rabaul/Lae .go Pago Aug. 30-31, Los Angeles 6, San Francisco Sept. 17. from General Steamships Cor
poration Ltd.. 432 California St.. San Francisco, USA, and Islands 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, Sierra and Sonoma. (Alameda is on charter to an associate company for an indefinite period.) Southern terminal ports vary with cargoes offering. Vessels call at Papeete, Pago Pago, Suva, Sydney, Brisbane and other Australian ports de pending on cargoes.
Next Brisbane sailings for USA; Sierra May 30, Sonoma June 28 (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 Sydney sailing: July 7 (approx.).
Details from American Trading and Shipping Co. Pty., Ltd., 19 Bridge St..
Sydney.
Sydney-Fiji
MV Rona (4,500 tons) leaves Sydney approximately every three weeks for Suva and Lautoka, with cargo and passengers (first class accommodation for eight). Next Sydney sailings: May 23 (then will go into dry dock on her return), July 8 (approx.).
Details from Colonial Sugar Refining Co.
Ltd., 9 Bent St., Sydney.
Sydney-(or NZ)-North
America
Cargo vessels Waihemo and Waitomo, and others, operated by the Union Steam Ship Company 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. Next Sydney sailings: Waiana May 26, Waihemo late July. (Waitomo is temporarily withdrawn at Vancouver.) The Waitemata, from NZ ports, makes 3-4 trips yearly to Vancouver (via Raro tonga and Papeete).
UK-Panama-Fiji
The Fiji Direct Service, with various vessels, maintains sailings at regular monthly intervals out of London, via Panama, for Suva, Fiji, and occasionally to Lautoka. Bethell, Gwyn and Co., Ltd., act as Loading Brokers in London, and Burns Philp (South Sea) Co., Ltd., are agents in Fiji. Cargo for transhipment at Suva to Samoa and Tonga is handled on wards by the Union Steam Ship Co. of NZ Ltd.
Sailing dates from London for 1960 (sub ject to alteration without notice) are as follows: June 2, June 30, July 28, Aug. 25, Sept. 22, Oct. 20, Nov. 17, and Dec. 15.
North America-Tahiti-N.Z.-
Sydney-Fiji-Samoa-Hawaii
Matson Line’s Mariposa and Monterey make round passenger trips from US Pacific Coast ports to New Zealand and Australia, via Pacific Islands ports.
Monterey: Dep San Francisco June 1, Los Angeles June 2, Papeete June 10-12.
Auckland June 18. Sydney June 21-24, Auckland June 27-28, Suva July 1, Pago Pago July 2, Honolulu July 7-8, San Francisco July 13.
Mariposa; Dep. San Francisco June 29, Los Angeles June 30, Papeete July 8-10, Auckland July 16, Sydney July 19-22, Auck land July 25-26, Suva July 29, Pago Pago July 30, Honolulu Aug. 4-5, San Francisco Aug. 10.
Details from Matson Lines, Berger House. 82 Elizabeth Street, Sydney.
Far East-Fiji-NZ
Royal Interocean Lines, operate a service from the Far East (Singapore) to Fiji.
NZ, and Australia, with three vessels call ing periodically at Suva and/or Lautoka.
They are Van Cloon, Van Nort, and Van Neck. Next calls at Fiji: Van Cloon June 15, Van Nort July 31, Van Neck Sept. 16.
Sydney-Tahiti-Europe
The Nederland Line Royal Dutch Mail’s MV Johan van Oldenbarnevelt sails quarterly from Sydney for Europe, via NZ, Tahiti and Panama Canal, giving Sydney- Papeete connection in eastbound direction only Next Sydney sailings: May 19, Aug. 12.
Details from Royal Interocean Lines, 255 George St., Sydney.
The Italian Sitmar Line (Panama flag) MV’s Fairsea and Castel Felice sail from Sydney for Europe, via NZ. Papeete and Panama at irregular intervals, with east bound calls at Tahiti. Next Sydney sailing: Fairsea Jan. 12. 1961.
Details from Navcot Aust. Pty., Ltd., 58 Margaret St., Sydney.
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.
Next scheduled departure date from Nukualofa will be June 4 (leaving Suva about four days later).