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\jOl Hem Robertson in Lae om Pat Robertson, in Lae a push to start, everyone m grandma to junior can go •kart, and that’s what doing in New Guinea. ,rt clubs have been formed ;e Territory centres—Port ', Bulolo and Lae—and there things ahead. Enthusiasts >ady talking of chartering for inter-Territory races. »rt Moresby they are using Drary track at Ward’s airit they are going to build ™fno circuh course vet have had a few runs

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The District Commissioner mised a block of land, and iat’s available the club mem- .1 get on to it with a bulllon’t need a licence or regisfor these glorified can’t drive them on roads, roper circuit course you can ■o 85 mph hub president, Bud Hanson, club already has a member- 20, and go-karts are being i every corner. Committee Dave Poulton built Lae’s -kart, and among other local are two policemen.

President Hanson built his go kart in three weeks, from an Ameri can design, but he is planning to import them from Australia. Cost should be about £AI4O. Bud’s kart has a two-stroke engine and will gQ fQr three Qr fQUr h()Urs Among his drivers is his seven years-old son, Dallas, who looks good j n a cras h helmet. And he can drive, too. , - f

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** From Norman Baxter, in Suva npHE annual Colonial War Memorial 1 Hospital Week at Suva gave sports enthusiasts a real chance to indulge. First of all veteran hockey players, braving a heavy ground, me t the women in a match which confused both players and spectators.

The men wore female attire. Most of . the women wore the pants, Most delightful of the “vets” was youthful Harry Apted, who looked as though he would, in a few days, be ready to celebrate a certain happy event. It may have been, of course, that he wanted to guard himself against possible injury if he fell over (which he did).

Between times he played good hockey, Play continued into near dark

ness, and as soon as the women scored the only goal of the day, the umpires blew their whistles for full-time. That settled the score satisfactorily.

Piece de resistance was the scheduled Garrick Hotel v. George Houng Lee soccer, with the head of Houng Lee’s on his familiar motor-cycle, and Vince Costello, “head” of the Garrick, in a side car, leading their teams on to the field.

Vince had exercised hard for the match, even to the extent of one day leaving his car in the garage at Tamavua, and walking to work in his hotel.

But the senior Houng Lee re mained on his motor-cycle to the end. Perhaps he considered he was fit enough.

All in all, everybody had a lot of fun.

The Ladies Made

It a Walk Over

CADDIES at the Fiji Golf Club, Samabula, near Suva, played a caddish trick on the associates early last month when they staged a lightning strike for higher fees.

They wanted 2/6 for the nine holes, instead of 1/6.

But the associates, woman-like, refused to be stood over.

They left the caddies in no doubt that they would lug their own clubs round the course if necessary.

The solidarity of the associates was stronger than that of the caddies, the caddies caved in suddenly after two or three groups of women players hit off from the first tee —and then set off with their clubs.

But there were no hard feelings.

The associates offered the caddies a little helpful advice. They told them to put their claim in writing to the club committee.

Native Players

Make NG History

FOR the first time in the 12-year history of in + er-Territory Rugby League matches in Papua-New Guinea, natives were chosen to play in league games in Madang in early June.

Kaputen, a Rabaul native playing in Port Moresby, was chosen to play wing in the Papua representative side.

Papuan native Malaga, working in Wewak, was selected to play wing in the New Guinea reserve team.

The New Guinea representative team also included one Chinese and one mixed-race player.

[?]-old Dallas Hanson, with his crash helmet, looks pretty efficient behind the wheel of his father's go-kart in Lae, New Guinea.