[?]Oresby Cricketers’

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Isit To Cairns

A team of 14 players (Mr. Ken Beck, :retary, and Mr. Les Michel, manager) lited Cairns and the Queensland Table id on Australia Day weekend, rhis visit made history: Although a irns eleven visited Port Moresby in 1924, is Moresby side was the first ever to part from the Territory of Papua and w Guinea for Australia.

Fwo matches were played on the tour i two-day game against a strong Cairns ;ven, and a one-day match against a mbined Tableland side at Malanda.

Port Moresby scored a great fighting n against Cairns by 18 runs on the st innings. They were defeated at ilanda in a tense and exciting finish one run on the first innings.

Mr. Michel said that the great win against Cairns would give added prestige to cricket in the Territory, and that local players would receive much benefit from the trip.

The Moresby team enjoyed the wonder ful hospitality and sportsmanship of officials and players from Cairns and the Tableland, and the chairman of Cairns Cricket Association (Mr. Jim Duffy) hopes to send a combined Cairns and Tableland side to Port Moresby next September.

T[ Mrs. Ann Gardiner bought Tradco, Rabaul, TNG, on a “walk in walk out” basis and walked in on Feb ruary 1. Her brother from Sydney will help her run the Taxi side of

the business while she will attend to the Hairdressing and Frock Salon.

H Mr. B. H. Smith, Accountant at the Suva Branch of the Bank of New Zealand is to return to New Zealand shortly to become Man ager of the Takapuna branch of the Bank.