SHEPFLHQ. H UDDART PARKER LINE. C Circumstances permitting.) FOR STD NET (from Auckland direct). ULIMAEOA .. .. .. .. .. Indefinite FOR SYDNEY from Wellington direct). ULIMAROA Indefinite Fitted with wireless telegraphy. Surgeon carried. Office: QUAI STREET (opp. Queen’s Wharf). Phone 43-183. QAN ADLAN NATIONAL STEAMSHIPS AND CANADIAN NATIONAL RAIL WATS. DIRECT MONTHLY SAILINGS BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND, UNITED STATES AND CANADA. Cargo also Accepted for United Kingdom and the Continent. Through Bills of Lading at Lowest Current Rates. FROM HALIFAX. CANADIAN TRANSPORTER, Due About May 7. TO NEW YORK. BOSTON AND MONTREAL. CANADIAN BRITISHER. Sailing finally about May 2. For rates of freight and further particulars, apply to CANADIAN GOVERNMENT MERCHANT MARINE, LTD., And CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS. 5, 6. 7 and 8. Ferry Buildings, Quay St_ Shipping Phone 43-095. Railway 42-300. MOTOR SERVICES. O JJOTORUA MOTOR TRANSPORT CO., j * LTD., WHITE STAR MOTOR SER- j VICES:—ROTORUA TO WHAKATANE. ] OPOTIKI AND GISBORNE. DAILY. 6 j A.M. (Sunday In lieu of Monday), TO i WHAKATANE ONLY. 5.30 P.M. TAURANGA TO WHAKATANE. OPOTIKI AND GISBORNE. TUESDAYS. THURSDAYS AND SATURDAYS, AND VICE VERSA. FARES.—WHAKATANE. 20s; OPOTIKI, 30s; GISBORNE, 555. (ALL PASSENGERS FULLY INSURED AGAINST ACCIDENT). Phones 19 and 353, Wires “Motoco,” Rotorua. Book with Thos. Cook and Son. Government Tourist Bureau, or Johnstone, Blue Taxis. Phone 42-468. AUCKLAND—CLEVEDON ROYAL MAIL SERVICE. Leaves CLEVEDON daily at 9 a.m. CIVIC SQUARE. AUCKLAND, daily at 4 p.m. Fare: 4s Single; 7s Return. V. A BROWN, Proprietor. ~ - 4 UCKLAND, P AERO A WAIHI. Cars leave Dilworth Bldgs., 8.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m. Leave Waihi 9 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. for Auckland. Sunday, leave Waihi, 4.30 p.m. Leave Auckland, 6 p.m. Fares: Paeroa and Waihi, single 17s 6d, return 32s 6d. Auckland-Tauranga, 30s. Ring AARD. Phone 44-656. WAIHI-PAEROA TRANSPORT CO. S. Bonniee, Manager. Phone 68, Waihi. TRAVEL WITH THE SUM UCKLANDW A I U K U. RELIABLE MOTOR SERVICE Leaves Waiuku: Leaves Auckland: Daily, 8.15 a.m. Sun Office, 4.30 p.m. G.P.0., 4.35 p.m. Saturday, 5.30 p.m. Sunday, 7.30 p.m. FARES: Waiuku-Mauku .. .. .. .. 3 0 Waiuku-Patumahoe ...... 3 6 Waiuku-Drury 5 0 Return ..10 0 Waiuku-Papakura .. .. •• 6 0 Return 10 0 Waiuku-Auckland ...... 6 0 Return .. ..10 0 Auckland-Papakura •• •• 3 6 Auckland-Drury 4 0 Auckland-Patu mahoe .... 5 0 Bookings The Sun Office, Auckland F. C. Alexander, Waiuku. Phone 179. Phone 46-S2O. PANAMA CANAL TRAFFIC. —During the month of February, 1928, 547 commercial vessels and eight small launches transited the Panama Canal. Tolls on the commercial vessels aggregated 2.253,755.37 dollars, and on te launches 63.30 dollars, or a total tolls collection of 2,253,818.67 dollars. The daily average number of transits of sea-going vessels for the month was 18.56, and the daily average tolls collection 77,715.70 dollars. The average amount of tons paid by each of the commercial transits was 4.12U.21 dollars, compared with 4,097.69 dollars for the month of Jannary, 1928. In the following tabulation the number of commercial transits and the amount of tolls collected are shown for the first eight months of the fiscal year. Totals for Month: Month. Transits. Toll. Dollars. 2,274,040.55 2,294,432.34 2,380,115.97 2,369,267.99 2,398,459.75 2,212,752.50 2.253,755.37 18,398,340.46 July .. 509 August 543 September 540 October 567 November 559 December 589 January, 1928 .. .. 540 February 547 Totals .. •• .. 4,394
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 345, 4 May 1928, Page 2
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