Staff Reporters

A general meeting is to be held on Friday September 10 at Parkwater Business Centre, 45 Ventnor Avenue, West Perth, Western Australia, commencing at 2pm.

Esplanade Hotel owner Marilyn New is the new president of the Fremantle Chamber of Commerce.

Manso Consulting has appointed Judy Tan as a business analyst.

IIR Executive Development will host Minimise your Costs and Risks in Managing Complex Assets over August 26 to 27 at the Mercure Hotel.

Code: BDIOpening price: $0.36Principal activities: Diamond exploration.

Acorn Capital Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 5,870,000 ordinary shares (12.28%).

Peet & Company Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 114,000,000 ordinary shares (56.99%.)

Farooq Khan increased his relevant interest from 6,800,627 ordinary shares (8.37%) to 7,595,551 ordinary shares (9.452%).

On September 3, 8,338,885 fully paid ordinary shares held by directors and  5,169,443 Options overfully paid ordinary shares held by directors and Dalkeith Corporate will be relea

A general meeting will be held at The Western Australian Club, 101 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA on September 10, commencing at 10am WST.

A POLICY paper called Dollar Disclosure has been released for public comment setting out how the Australian Securities and Investments Commission plans to administer new dollar di

Stephen Purnell has been appointed chief executive officer of Advanced Energy Systems, he replaces Stephen Phillips who will stay with the company in the role of executive directo

AMID the fanfare of the announcement of its $873.1 million net profit, Wesfarmers also announced some of its expansion plans for the coming year.

The Western Australian Trade Enquiry Service is operated by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia (CCI) with the support of the WA Government’s Department of I

Proposed code: AXOIssue price: $0.20Principal activities: Gold exploration

Minga Pty Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 3,465,000 ordinary shares.

PBL (WA) Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 255,446,189 ordinary shares (52.12%) to 261,011,749 ordinary shares (53.25%).

AMP Ltd decreased its relevant interest from 16,968,112 ordinary shares (8.74%) to 14,955,012 ordinary shares (7.7%).

At an interlocutory hearing in the Federal Court last Friday, 6 August 2004, upon the application of Sofcom Limited, Altera Capital Limited and Fast Scout Limited, Justice Hely ma

A general meeting will be held at The Board Room, Level C, Sheraton Perth Hotel, 207 Adelaide Terrace, Perth, Western Australia on Tuesday, the September 7 commencing at 10am WST.

Two Government schools have shared first prize in Geraldton’s ‘School Yard Blitz’ competition.

Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection – British Columbia, Canada director Environmental Management Branch Eric Partridge; M-Co executive director Ken Chapman; former Federal

Multiplex has successfully sought up to $US16.5 million in bonding from Australia’s export credit agency for a subsidiary’s involvement in the construction of a mineral sands proj

Goldman Sachs J B Were Holdings Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 9,364,485 ordinary shares (5.01%).

Anthony Lennon became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 70,010,448 ordinary shares (35%).

Robert Anthony & Helen Maree Healey increased their relevant interest from 21,700,000 ordinary shares (7.02%) to 28,200,000 ordinary shares (7.64%).

185,714 ordinary fully paid shares and 142,857 options (unlisted) exercisable at 20 cents on or before June 30 2006 are to be released from restricted securities class on the Augu

Lodged response to ASX query.

On August 6 2004 it has issued 5,000,000 fully paid ordinary shares at an issue price of 7.5 cents per share raising a total of $375,000.

Paul Kingsley and Melissa Hickford have been appointed as directors at MJB&B Advertising and Marketing.

The steady growth in international tourism over 2003-04 continued into the first month of 2004-05, with the seasonally adjusted number of short-term visitor arrivals to Australia