Staff Reporters

West Australian Newspapers Holdings Ltd Annual General Meeting will be held at the Parmelia Hilton Hotel,Mill Street, Perth,Western Australia on Thursday,6 October 2005 at 3pm.

FORMER Wesfarmers chief executive Michael Chaney (left) will retire from his board appointment at BHP Billiton after the resources giant's annual general meetings to be held in October and November th

Perth businessman David Gray, managing director of O'Connor-based David Gray & Co, has been elected chair of rural training organisation ChemCert WA.

Cool Energy has appointed Simon Elliott as project manager and field co-ordinator, to drive the field demonstration and commercialisation of the company's gas sweetening technology.

Kevin Fell has been appointed as chief operating officer for ISS Group Limited.

September 30 Segue Resources proposed code: SEG Issue price: $0.50 Principal activities: tungsten and tin exploration.

Energy Metals Ltd 9-Sep-05 Jindalee Resources Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 10,000,000 ordinary shares (45.45%).

Agincourt Resources Ltd 02-Sep-05Commonwealth Bank of Australia decreased its substantial shareholding from 7,577,629 ordinary shares (10.67%) to 5,993,561 ordinary shares (8.41%)

Tap Oil Ltd 6-Sep-05 Announced Farm-in to 25% Interest in Vic/P39(v) Permit from Nexus Energy.

Elixir Petroleum Ltd 07-Sep-05 Has interests in six licences (covering seven blocks) being offered in the UKCS 23 Seaward Licensing Round.

Maintenance of the grounds and sports field at Arena Joondalup Gro-Turf Pty Ltd

Universal Resources Limited has appointed Terry Quaife as project manager for the Roseby Copper Project.

Price $350,000 5 Day "niche business" & easy to learn. Managed and nets $155k+. Plant $145k good figures, continual cash flow. Offers invited.

MINING services contractor Ausdrill has reported a net profit after tax of $11.3 million for the year to June 30 and is predicting another strong year ahead.

Westralian Nickel Proposed code: WNI Issue price: $0.20 Principal activities: nickel exploration.

Consolidated Minerals Limited 06-Sep-05 AMP Ltd increased its substantial shareholding from 11,557,769 ordinary shares (5.33%) to 20,961,280 ordinary shares (9.65%).

Navigator Resources Ltd 05-Sep-05 3,413,763 ordinary shares will be released from escrow on 19 September 2005:

Gindalbie Metals Ltd 08-Sep-05 Lodged response to ASX query

Mount Gibson Iron Ltd General Meeting will be held at Celtic Club, Function Room, 48 Ord Street, West Perth, 6005, at 10:00 a.m.on 4 October 2005

QUEENSLAND National Party senator Barnaby Joyce, who earlier this month committed his support for the full sale of Telstra, has called for more time to consider his position.

ASPEN Group has announced a $7.45 million profit, up 84 per cent from last year.

Fashionist has changed its address to:Unit 2, 41 Belmont Avenue, BELMONT WA 6104 Ph: (08) 9478 6022, Fax: (08) 9478 6033

Gallery Gold Limited has appointed Peter Buck as a non-executive director, following the resignation of Howard Walker.

September 15 Contact Resources Proposed code: CTS Issue price: $0.20 Principal activities: nickel, gold, copper, uranium and chromite exploration.

Prima Biomed Ltd 02-Sep-05 David Sietsma ceased to be a substantial shareholder - dilution from share issue.

Riversdale Mining Ltd 26-Aug-05 Linq Group Ltd increased its substantial shareholding from 2,820,000 ordinary shares (7.68%) to 8,170,950 ordinary shares (9.24%)

PCH Group Ltd 05-Sep-05 Its subsidiary,PCH Offshore Pty Ltd,had been awarded a Letter of Intent for the exclusive provision of scaffolding services on BP 's PCWU Topsides project being conducted in Ba

Medical Corporation Australasia Ltd 06-Sep-05 Has entered into Shareholding Assignment Agreements with joint venture partners in relation to the sale of its 45% share in Hangzhou AoYi Pollen Pharmaceu

The Minister for Sport and Recreation, Bob Kucera, has presented Surf Life Saving Western Australia (SLSWA) with triple best practice certifications during the opening ceremony of the 2005 State Lifes

The Western Australian Local Government Superannuation Fund has appointed City of Melville chief executive officer John McNally as chief executive officer.

Irrigation Price $83,500 Huge opportunity, includes irrigation business, boat hire and fuel sales.

OIL and gas production and exploration company Antares Energy has made an in-principle farm-in agreement to participate in the drilling of a deep gas prospect in Texas, in the US, to earn a 25 per cen