PARCEL POST TRANSPORT, TWO DEPARTURES EVERY MONTH.

Between Sydney and Auckland, services are provided by Union Steam Ship Co. steamers making 1 trip a week, arriving in Auckland on Sunday and departing on Monday.
Crossing time: around five days.
The liner leaving Marseille on Sunday for China and Japan meets up in Colombo with the one from the previous Wednesday. Passengers and dispatches for Sydney and Tahiti are transferred to the latter, which travels alone to Australia.