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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 20, 19 May 1909, Page 37

Tours THE Storied Isles THE South Pacific. The Magnificent New Twin Screw "Tofua." (4200 tons) “A TUA " (3500 tons) ‘ NA VUA ' (3000) (Specially built for the 1 Island Services), SBFkK 7 -1 ■ f 1 ala and the favourite steamer ->\ f gtif 1 ■■ha uro to, ' ■ Vffw > ?g:i '.J' monthly '/ v•> from Auckland and Sydney to The Friendlies [Tonga. Haapai, Vauau}, Samoa (Apia). Fiji [Suva. Leuuka. etc 1, Cook Group (Rarotonga, etc.). Tahiti (Papeete, etc ) T.S.S. “NAVI’A.” tons. “Those leafy isles upon the ocean thrown. Like studs of emerald o'er a silver zone." THE ISLAND STE AMERS, carrying passengers, mails, and cargo to and from all ports of call maintain monthly sailings all the year round, but the best time for tourists is from April to November inclusive. High ranges of temperature, such as are recorded in Australia, are unknown in the Islands, even in th • summer months; but from about the middle of December till the close of March is what is known as the rainy season, a fid at that time the weather may be expected to be close, with a temperature up to UO degrees F. in the shade. During the other months the climatic conditions are usuall v most favourable, ami the thermometer seldom rises above 80 degrees F. in the Fijian, Tougan, Cook, or Society Groups. Samoa is sli htly warmer, but cool evening and night are the rule in all the groups. All information re Islands Tours, also folder, “ Three Wonderful Nations.” containing chart of routes and illustrations of Tonga Samoa, and Fiji, and Booklet, “ A Day in Suva,” supplied free on application at any of the offices of the UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY OF N.Z.. LTD.