safely.

Wau Takes Dewar Cup From

Port Moresby.

Prom Our Own Correspondent.

Pt. Moresby, Jan. 6.

PORT MORESBY’S team of sportsmen returned home from Wau (New Guinea) by 'plane on December 28, having failed to retain the Dewar Cup, annually competed for between the two towns. They were, however, anything but down hearted: Wau hospitality is proverbial and the goldfields people surpassed themselves in ensur ing that every moment of their visitors’ stay was packed with enjoyment.

Cricket began on December 24. Pt. Moresby with 163 (Ewing 53 and Cadden 24) and 129 (Harris 41, n. 0., and Molloy 38) were outclassed by the Wau men, who scored 231 (Rich 63) in the Ist innings, and 62 without loss of wicket in the 2nd, Tennis was disastrous for Moresby —our players lost every set in both singles and doubles. Wau golfers also had their eye in and won every match, only one being close.

Although our team say that it would be im possible to contest the events in happier cir cumstances than the recent visit to Wau, they have vowed to go into strict training immediately in preparation for the matches to be held in Pt. Moresby in September next and for the Gargantuan hospitality with which they intend to bombard the Wau team.

The Union S.S. Co.’s trans-Pacific

cargo vessel “Limerick” (8,724 tons),

which arrived at Vancouver, via Fiji

and Tahiti, ran aground in the harbour on January 4. Damage was slight, and she was refloated and towed to dry dock. Her cargo of sugar was removed

safely.

Angabunga Plantations Limited, of

Papua, has been voluntarily wound-up.

At an extraordinary general meeting held

in Sydney on December 2, Messrs. D.

Manion and J. A. Cooney were appointed

liquidators.