Shipping News
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In Brief
• New Schedules: The Bp
ips Tulagi and Malaita are now •crating on new schedules. The dagi will omit Bougainville ports Dm the voyage due to start from dney on October 2. This is ex cted to cut the round trip from to 40 days. The Malaita, has ten over the Bougainville ports >m the Tulagi.
• Freight Rates Up; The
sight rates of Messageries Mari les and the Dutch shipping lines ving New Caledonia, were raised 15 per cent, on September 1.
• Slipway Redesigned:
e NSW Public Works Department > redesigned the slipway and idle for slipping cargo boats at d’s Beach, Lord Howe Island, A >stantial slipway will run from western side of the shed at the ich well down into the water, and boats will be slipped in a large si cradle, 30 ft by 10 ft.
• For Pago Pago: The Us
ast Guard cutter, Cape Providence, ived in Pago Pago on August 4 m Hawaii and is now stationed American Samoa. It is a 95 ft 3 commanded by Lieutenant lliam Sobek with a crew of two ty officers and 10 enlisted men.
• Still On Reef: The 90-
year-old P-NG coastal vessel Capella was still on Paramana Reef, near Hood Point, in mid-September after going aground there on September 8.
Early reports indicated that her hull was not damaged, and it was hoped to float her off on a favourable tide.
• For New Caledonia: The
Government of American Samoa has sold the Isabel Rose to Pan Pacific Lines Ltd., Honolulu. The purchase price is believed to be about $8,600.
The Isabel Rose after overhaul will go into the inter-island trade in New Caledonia.
• For Islands Run: The
Union Steam Ship Co. Ltd. has added the Wanaka (3,000 tons) to its Aus tralia-Pacific Islands cargo run, be cause its other ships could not cope with increased imports into Fiji.
• New Bsip Clubhouse: The
Point Cruz Yacht Club’s new club house was formally opened August 15 by the High Commissioner. Sir Robert Foster. Sir Robert praised the members for starting such a club in a small community.
• Apia Wharf Work: Pile
driving for the Apia wharf was ex pected to start in September after the arrival of 150 tons of cement and steel piling from Japan.
A steel barge is being equipped at Pago Pago for pile-driving. A 50-ton capacity crane belonging to the American Samoa Government will be mounted on the barge.