Next Games After Ail

Port Moresby To Stage

Port Moresby will stage the Third South Pacific Games in 1969, follow ing reversal of a P-NG House of Assembly decision not to hold them.

A motion against the Games was passed in the House in September after the Administration had claimed that costs would be so high that the territory could not afford them at its present stage of development. But the P-NG South Pacific Games Com mittee went to war against this de cision (PIM, Oct., p. 13, Nov., p, 8).

At the November sittings of the House, Mr. Don Barrett (West Gazelle), who is also a leading P-NG sports official, moved that the House sup port the Games. His motion said that since the House did not have full information at its earlier meeting it was competent to now support the Games and to approve direct appro priation from revenue of up to $150,000 over the next three years.

The House supported him.

At the Noumea Games in Decem ber the P-NG committee delegates made it official.