SNIFFING AND AIK SERVICES ORIENT UNE TO LONDON VIA SUEZ. CALLING AT COLOMBO,- . ADEN. PORT SAID NAPLES, MARSEILLES. GIBRALTAR n ■ Sailings frqm Steamer Tons Auck ,Syff ORION tint 24.000 Aug, 8 38-000 Aug. 16 Aug. 23 ORONTESt(n) . (s) 20,000 Out. 1 ORSOVA* 29,000 Oct. 13 ORIONt(h) 24.000 Nov 12 ORCADES* (a) (d) 28.000 Nov. 12. Nov. 19 ORONTESJ(S) 20,000 Jan. 7 ORONSAY* 28.000 Jan. 9 ORCADES*<d) 28.000 - Feb 6 ORIOKt(h) 24,000 Feb 18 ORSOVA* . 29.000, Feb. 24 Mar. 3 ORONSAY* 25.000 - Apr. 3 ORONTESHs) 20.000 Apr. 15 ORIONt 24.000 May 27 • First and Tourist “B." t Cabin Class and Tourist “B." tTourist One Class. (a) Omits Adelaide and Marseilles. (d) Omits Aden (h) Calls Hobart en route to Melbourne, (s) To Southampton instead of London (n) Calls at Navarino Bay (Greece) to disembark Dassengers only EXCURSIONS to Cairo. Pompeii, etc. The famous Quick Trip from Suez to Cairo, rejoining the ship at Port Said, is again . available, with other outstanding shore excursions on the Orient Line Suez route, in*; eluding the Excursions to KaridY from Colombo and that from Naples to celebrated Pompeii RETURN TICKETS SAVE 10 P.C. Valid 12 months and returnable by P. & 0., Shaw Savill. Blue Funnel, and N.Z Shipping Co. BOOMERANG EXCURSIONS FROM SYDNEY TO BRITAIN AND RETURN At special off-season” rates tn homeward sailings listed below with return by Orient. P & 0., or Blue Funnel Line from U.K Jan -May. 1959. or 12 months later Boomerang Excursion Fares Return r , tare from Homewardßack. Stg. Ist Class Ist Class £315 Cabin Class Ist Class £290 Tourist-One Classlst Class£26s Boomerang Excursion Sailings: ORONSAY* 28,000 Aug 23 ORONTESt 20.000 Oct. 1 ORSOVA* 29.000 Oct. 13 ORION + 24,000 Nov 12 ORCADES* 28,000N0v 19 • First Class 1 Cabin Class t Tourist-One Class EXECUTIVE TICKETS 2J WEEKS TO LONDON Combining SEA COMFORT with AIR SPEED for the cost only of the First-class steamer fare Flying from Svdney to Perth, spend two restful weeks at sea, then flv from Naples dr South of France to London. Similar return arrangement available—interchangeable with P. and O. NEW “ECONOMIC” TICKETS New reduction in off-season fares via Suez. "ECONOMIC” TICKETS . . In Cabin Class. One Class, and Tourist B Class a new kind of single ticket for off-season travel from Australia to Britain and Mediterranean ports between August and December reduces fares by amounts varying from approximately 25 p c to 30 p c FIRS'! -CLASS “OFF-SEASON" SINGLE TICKETS between September and December. Most First-class single fares are reduced from £2O to £stg,loo UNION S.S. CO. OF N.Z., LTDa 168 Hereford street, Christchurch Telephone 76-290. T.H.
oment and pacific dines To CANADA AND U.S.A. The combined resources and experience oi two of the world’s leading Shipping Lines—Orient and P. and O.—will provide the largest shipping service ever to operate in the Pacific, opening vast travel horizons. This great new enterprise will include the Trans-Pacific service to Canadci and U.S.A, which has been maintained by the Orient Line since 1954. Next year, it will forge an exciting new link between Australia, the Philippines, Hong Kong and Japan; and complete a wide-flung Pacific triangle by linking these colourful Far Eastern countries with North America via Honolulu FORTHCOMING SAILINGS FROM AUCKLAND TO SUVA, HONOLULU, VANCOUVER. AND SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES Steamer Tons Ex Auck HIMALAYA? 28,000 Aug. 11 ORCADES 28 000 Oct. 10 ORONSAY 28.000 Nov. 14 ORSOVA 29,000 Jan. 22 HIMALAYA? 28,000 Mar 21 ORCADES 28,000 May 1 ORSOVA 29.000 May 25 ORCADES (p) 28.000 June 13 ORONSAY2B,OOO June 26 Carrying First-class, Intermediate First Class, and Tourist “B” Class, or (?) Tourist Class. (p) PANAMA EXTENSION Voyages marked (p) will proceed from San Francisco, to London, via Los Angeles, Panama, Colon, Trinidad Madeira and Le Havre for London RETURN TICKETS ON THE PACIFIC SERVICE SAVE 10 p.c. and if arranged before embarkation are returnable by Matson. NORTH AMERICA BOOMERANG VOYAGE Returning in the same ship. First Class only at 1> single FARES—from £Stg3ls. THREE SPECIAL VOYAGES HIMALAYA—33 DAYS Aug. 11 from Auck., returns Sept. 13 ORCADES—33 DAYS Oct. 10 from Auck., returns Nov. 12. ORONSAY—33 DAYS Nov. 14 from Auck., returns Dec. 17 PACIFIC TRIANGLE INAUGURAL VOYAGES From Sydney, MARCH 18. 1959. P. and O. HIMALAYA; Auckland (March 21), Suva. Honolulu, Vancouver San Francisco. Los Angeles (April 11), Honolulu, Yokohama. Hong Kong. Manila (thence leaving Pacific via Singapore and Suez for London, where due MAY 28 From Manila, MAY 9, 1959; P. and O. CHUSAN: Hong Kong, Yokohama. Honolulu, Vancouver, San Francisco, (enters Pacific via Singapore and leaves via Panama). From Sydney; AUG. 7, 1959: P. and O. HIMALAYA: Auckland (Aug. 10>, Suva. Honolulu, Vancouver. San Francisco, Los Angeles (AUG. 30) Honolulu, Yokohama, Hong Kong. Manila (SEPT. 19), thence via Torres Straits to Sydney, due SEPT 28 From Sydney, OCT. 27, 1959; Orient Line ORONSAY: via Torres Straits. Manila. Hong Kong. Yokohama (NOV 10-11), Honolulu, Vancouver. San Francisco. Los Angeles (NOV. 27), Honolulu. Suva, Auckland, Sydney (due DEC. 15). Aoply for further particulars to THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING CO.. LTD.. 149 Hereford street Christchurch. UNION STEAM SHIP CO OF N.Z.. LTD., 168 Hereford street. Christchurch T.H. ROYAL ROTTERDAM LLOYD WILLEM RUYS (21.000 tons) Wellington to Southampton and Rotterdam. via United States. Returns via Suez and Singapore. SAILS FROM WELLINGTON, 1959. April 11 June 20 - Sept. 15 Nov. 25 Agents: A. R. GUTHREY and CO.. LTD., 335 Moorhouse ave. ’Phone 62-969. T.H.S.
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