Staff Reporters

Annual General Meeting to be held at The Celtic Club, 48 Ord Street, West Perth, on December 14 at 2.30pm.

Four Western Australian Councils have been honoured in the National Awards for Local Government announced in Canberra last night.

TRAVELSCENE and American Express have some delightful cruising options close to home over the summer break.

The Chief Justice of Western Australia, David Malcolm, has been appointed to a chair of Law at the University of Notre Dame in Fremantle.

Proposed code: DMA Issue price: $0.20 Principal activities: exploration for gold, uranium, nickel and iron.

4-Nov-05 Harmony Investment Fund Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 63,792,758 ordinary shares (19.9%).

CaptiveVision Capital Ltd increased its relevant interest from 60,000,000 ordinary shares (61.3%) to 60,570,000 ordinary shares (62.0%).

8-Nov-05 Its wholly owned subsidiary, Bootu Creek Resources Pty Ltd has secured a limited recourse project financing facility of $20 million and foreign exchange hedging facility with the Commonwealth

11-Nov-05 Has placed 7,580,000 shares at an issue price of $0.40 per share to DRDGOLD Ltd

A SCOPING study for a development plan of the Shovelanna Iron Ore Project has been completed by Cazaly Resources Ltd and reviews development alternatives available to accelerate development of the Sho

COVENTRY Group will acquire the two separate businesses of Cornall Group and Howard Silvers Hardware for a combined purchase price of $16.2 million.

International property group Knight Frank has appointed Richard Mathlin as an associate in the firm’s residential department.

Proposed code: RIS Issue price: $0.20 Principal activities: owner operator of bulk carrier vessels and provision of a wide range of services for the shipping industry.

Hawkesbridge Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 6,468,113 ordinary shares (7.97%).

11-Nov-05 GBS takeover offer has been declared unconditional.

7-Nov-05 Announce two significant contracts for its fuel injection technology in both 2-stroke and 4-stroke engine applications.

A group of ECU business students has scooped the pool at the Annual Young Achievement Australia Business Awards in WA.

MURRAY & Roberts has lifted its stake in Clough Ltd to 46.1 per cent from 30.3 per cent after Clough shareholders agreed to a fresh injection of capital from the South African construction and enginee

COLES Myer has agreed to sell six Megamart stores to Harvey Norman and sub-let a further three, including the Megamart on Beaufort Street in Perth.

Proposed code: AZM Issue price: $0.20 Principal activities: gold exploration. Corporate: Malcolm MacPherson (chairman); Stephen Ross (managing director); Bernard Aylward (non-executive director).

3-Nov-05 Equity Trustees Ltd as RE for SGH Prof Investor Smaller Companies Trust became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 9,424,589 ordinary shares (5.349%).

8-Nov-05 McNeil Nominees Pty Ltd increased his relevant interest from 1,645,789 ordinary shares (6.47%) to 1,940,789 ordinary shares (7.63%).

7-Nov-05 Has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire 40% of Sun Biomedical Laboratories Inc, the developer of the SaliSystems illicit drug testing products, for 12 million shares and has an op

Annual General Meeting to be held at the Esplanade Hotel, Freemantle , 46 Marine Terrace, at 10.30am Thursday November 17.

SHERLOCK Bay Nickel Corporation Limited has announced that exploration drilling has commenced at its 100 per cent owned Sherlock Bay Nickel Project.

A strategy for improving Telstra through deploying a market based management system by managing operations and delivering integrated services to customers through a one factory approach was announced

Comings & Goings for WA’s listed companies have been provided by the WA office of the Australian Stock Exchange.

Proposed code: LAD Issue price: $0.20 Principal activities: diamond exploration. Corporate: Send Fai Chan (chairman); Ross Kestel (non-executive director); John Terpu (non-executive director).

7-Nov-05 MIR Investment Management Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 11,780,328 ordinary shares (5.06%).

8-Nov-05 Lion Selection Group Ltd decreased its relevant interest from 16,250,000 ordinary shares (11.028%) to 14,770,104 ordinary shares (10.02%).

10-Nov-05 100% subsidiary, FRL Contracting Pty Ltd (previously known as Alljay Contracting ) has been awarded the $7-8M per annum General Earthworks Contract by the Goldfields subsidiary, St Ives Gold

The Perth Convention Exhibition Centre (Perth Centre) has been acclaimed the top business tourism venue in Western Australia, taking out the Meetings & Business Tourism title at the Western Australian