Surprises at changes in Goroka show leadership

By MALUM NALU

Eastern Highlands Agricultural Society (EHAS) president Wilson Orlegge Thompson has expressed surprise that Eastern Highlands provincial government has taken over the running of the popular Goroka Show and a new chairman has been appointed.

This follows the appointment of business woman, Kearyn Hargreaves, as the new head of the Goroka Show Society by Eastern Highlands Governor Julie Soso last Friday.

Thompson said the EHAS, Highlands Farmers and Settlers Association (HFSA), and the show committee headed by Gideon Samuel were surprised at the sudden appointment, but accepted it.

CIC coffee inspector Lassy Amos (right) explaining the PNG coffee grading system to two Japanese visitors during the 2010 Goroka Show.

“The HFSA, EHAS and committee are surprised of a new chairman appointed and Eastern Highlands provincial government taking over,” he said.

“The Eastern Highlands provincial government budgeted K10, 000 per annum, but never paid from 2005-2008, and 2009-2012.

 “Eastern Highlands provincial government owes show committee K64, 000 plus costs from Prime Minister’s visit, plus legal battles from Eastern Highlands provincial government days.

“My group will allow Eastern Highlands provincial government to take over to assume all liabilities as HFSA and EHAS are voluntary associations with show committee a non-legal entity, so that chairman Gideon Samuel and committee members cannot be sued in person.

“Also, any assets like showground and fixtures, the name Goroka Show and logo, bank accounts.  and intellectual rights belong to HFSA and EHAS.”

Thompson, however, said Goroka Show was the oldest in PNG and must run this year.

Willis powers Australia U-19 to victory over PNG

ESPNcricinfo staff

July 4, 2013

Australia Under-19 256 (Willis 110, Morea 3-27) beat Papa New Guinea Under-19 112 (Kelly 4-18) by 144 runs
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Sean Willis' unbeaten century led Australia to a 144-run victory over Papua New Guinea in their Top End Under-19 Series game in Darwin. Australia, whose batsmen suffered a collapse in Tuesday's defeat to India U-19, got off to a bad start again as their top order struggled to make a platform, leaving them at 71 for 4

This brought Willis to the crease, and along with Alex Gregory, helped consolidate Australia's indifferent start by putting on 51 runs for the fifth wicket. Once Gregory fell, Jack Doran came in next and the pair put on a sixth-wicket stand of 112. This helped Australia recover to a respectable 234 for 6, with some late hitting helping the team reach 256 for 6. Willis finished unbeaten on 110, a knock which included 12 fours and 6 sixes. Kabua Morea was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 3 for 27.

PNG began their chase cautiously. Openers Kiplin Doriga and Anthony Vare struggled to settle in and were dismissed off consecutive deliveries in the seventh over by medium-pacer Matthew Kelly. Wickets continued to fall regularly for PNG, as the efforts of Kelly, Riley Ayre and Matthew Short ensured Australia were able to defend their total. PNG were ultimately dismissed for 112 in 39 overs, with Kelly finishing with best figures of 4 for 18 in his 8 overs.

The result of this friendly match has no bearing on the current standings of the ongoing U-19 tri-series, where an unbeaten India remain on top. Australia are second, with one win and one loss. New Zealand, who are yet to register a victory, are third. Australia next play New Zealand at Marrara Oval on July 6.

Oceania Cup hopes for Pacific rugby union teams

ABC

Four Pacific nations have the chance to move a step closer to representing the region at the 2015 Rugby Union World Cup in England.

Starting this weekend, Papua New Guinea, the Cook Islands, Tahiti and Solomon Islands will compete in the Oceania Cup.
The Oceania Cup champion will then take on Fiji in a one off match next year with the winner gaining direct qualification to sport pinnacle tournament.
The Oceania Cup begins in Port Moresby on Saturday and runs until July the 13th.

Artefacts of PNG find their way home

Timothy Pope for  Pacific Beat

 

Papua New Guinea's National Museum and Art Gallery is preparing to take possession of more than 300 sculptures, art works and cultural artefacts which are being returned to the country by a former resident.

It's the single largest donation in the museum's history.

Photo: Artefact from Milne Bay Province from the Mr Keleny collection. (Supplied: University of Sydney)

92-year-old Gabriel Keleny has decided to return the vast collection acquired over the thirty years he spent living and working in PNG.

Map: Papua New Guinea

Audio: Artefacts of PNG find their way home (ABC News)

Australia's Macleay Museum has the task of cataloguing the works before they're shipped back to Port Moresby.
Senior Curator Jude Philp told Radio Australia's Pacific Beat it's an astonishing collection.

Photo: Artefact from Gulf Province from the Mr Keleny collection. (Supplied: University of Sydney)

 

"It is a real variety of art styles and cultural materials made by people across Papua New Guinea," she said.
"The national museum of Papua New Guinea put up their hand and said yes, this is something we would really like."
Between three and four hundred sculptures, art works and other cultural artefacts have been donated to the museum by Mr Keleny, who came from Hungary and settled in PNG after the second world war.
During that time he collected an astonishing array of art and artefacts from all over the country.
Students from the University of Sydney will spend the next week cataloguing the collection under the supervision of curators from the Macleay Museum before they're shipped to Port Moresby.
They're not expected to appear on display until 2014.

Goldminex Resources to test for porphyry copper-gold in PNG

Thursday, July 04, 2013 by Proactive Investors

Goldminex Resources (ASX: GMX) has kicked off an initial 1200 metre diamond drilling program to test for porphyry copper-gold potential at the Kiki Prospect, located within the company’s flagship Liamu Project in Papua New Guinea.
Located in the centre of the Liamu Project area, Kiki is situated on the eastern flank of a geophysical aeromagnetic high anomaly and exhibits a window of elevated copper and gold geochemistry within potassic, phyllic, argillic and advanced argillic alteration.
Outcrop rock chip samples reported previously, returned up to 29g/t gold and 3.5% copper. The project covers 40 square kilometres, and is interpreted as being the remnants of a large volcano. There are 13 porphyry copper-gold prospects.
Goldminex had $1.6 million in cash at the end of March 2013.

Drilling program
The drilling program will be two 600 metre diamond drill holes, with the target a 700 metres by 400 metre strong chargeability anomaly partly overlapping elevated magnetic anomaly.

Vale farm-in
Goldminex's partner is Vale S.A. (NYSE: VALE), and whereby Vale can earn a 51% interest through funding expenditure of US$20 million (over four years starting in 2011) across six tenements within the Owen Stanley Ranges package - which includes the Liamu Project.

Children removed from Manus asylum centre

AAP

The last remaining children have been removed from Australia's asylum seeker processing centre on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island.
The immigration department confirmed that 42 people in family groups, including 12 children, and nine single adult males were on Thursday removed from the facility and transferred to Christmas Island.
This follows last month's transfer of 70 people, including family groups, out of the centre.
A spokesman for the department confirmed there were no remaining children on the island but would not be drawn on whether other minors would be sent to the facility in the future.

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"While there's no more children on Manus Island at this time, it doesn't necessarily mean that they potentially won't be sent there in the future," he told AAP.

Lawyers to resurrect Manus court challenge

By Eoin Blackwell, AAP Papua New Guinea Correspondent

A constitutional challenge to Australia's detention centre on Manus Island could be resurrected as early as next week.
Loani Henao, the lawyer for Papua New Guinea Opposition Leader Belden Namah, declared his intention to renew the challenge on Thursday, moments after Justice David Cannings dismissed the case in PNG's Supreme Court.
Mr Namah had challenged the PNG government's ability to sign a memorandum of understanding with Australia to fly in asylum seekers.
Outside the court, Mr Henao said he was happy with the decision but would begin work on a fresh challenge.

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"It brings clarity to the issues in the proceedings," he told reporters.
"We will now proceed to resurrect the application ... we will be filing that definitely either Monday or Tuesday next week.
"Mr Namah is definitely proceeding with this matter."
Justice Cannings ruled that Mr Namah did not follow proper procedure when he filed the challenge on March 1 this year.
He found that the summons used did not comply with Supreme Court rules, which came into effect in late 2012, and it was incorrect for Mr Henao to file the application instead of his client.
"We uphold the submission ... that the amended originating summons is entirely non-compliant with the requirements of the Supreme Court Rules 2012, and that the applicant has used an improper mode of commencement," Justice Cannings said.
"In such situations in the past, the approach of the court has been to conclude that this is a matter that goes to the jurisdiction of the court and renders the proceedings incompetent.
"We see no reason to depart from that approach."
The dismissal brings at least a temporary close to months of legal haggling, with much of the debate focussed on the method used to bring the challenge.
Meanwhile, Australia will press ahead with plans to build a $137 million permanent processing centre on Manus Island.
Construction company Decmil will build the 600-bed centre as well as a 200-room accommodation complex for staff.
Work is set to start this month, with a completion date set for January 31, 2014.