Cash Shortage Problem
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Ports Review
Cash Shortage Problem For the Fijians
From Norman Baxter, in Suva FOOTBALL and cricket bodies in the United Kingdom are in terested in Fiji, and negotiations b in hand for teams representing ose sports to tour the UK within e next two or three years.
But the big question mark is Lance, for there are no wealthy Drting bodies in Fiji. They have to pend on the goodwill of other intries to pay touring expenses.
Df course, any tour the Fijians ike will be a financial success, for sy are the most entertaining foot llers and cricketers in the world.
Fhey play for the sheer love of lying—and to win, if they can. owds would fill the grounds to ; their unorthodox rugby and ?ezy cricket.
Meanwhile, the New Zealand ?by union has “bitten” at sug stions by members of the Fiji jby union that the Dominion body s “miserable”. The reason for the ii attitude was that it received ?rant of only £1,500 from more than ),000 New Zealand made out of > 1957 tour.
Hie NZ Union, one of the althiest rugby bodies in the world, used to act the fairy godmother its poor relation, and Fiji was noyed. it does seem a bit poor that ;, with bulging coffers, will not more to help foster the code in ii. Fiji supplied the machine for w Zealand to make the money.