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Canberra Times

Location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Date

May 17, 1966

Page

8

More women find jobs despite overall work decline

The Commonwealth Employment Service reports a nationwide drop in job seekers with 1.2 percent of the workforce registered unemployed. Women gained ground as men’s numbers fell slightly, while vacancies decreased from 39,015 to 36,264 and total unemployment benefits rose to 47,650. Regional rates placed Victoria at 0.9 percent and Queensland highest among states.

Victoria Commonwealth Employment Service Labour and National Service Bury Australia Queensland MSW Tasmania

Lake View looms as hot potato in UK to Australia move

The Lake View mining group faces an awkward choice as the Australian government weighs allowing a domicile shift. The UK tax position and British Treasury stance collide with Australian aid subsidies and potential tax concessions, with a final decision months away and a possible compromise on a special tax concession.

Treasury New Borken Hill Brit Australia Lake View Aus Star Gold New Broken Hill Britain Financial Times United Kingdom Callaghan The

New bid by UE Box increases offer for Ross and Gilder

UE Box raised its cash component to 5 shillings per Ross and Gilder dining share and now offers one UE Box share plus 5/- cash for each Ross and Gilder dining share. Ross and Glendining Ltd agreed with Anthony Squires Holdings to manufacture and distribute the Daroff Philadelphia men’s suit range in New Zealand with International Style Co Ltd to handle production and sales nationwide.

United Empire Box Co Ltd New Zealand Anthony Squires (Holdings) Ltd Daroff

United Uranium Suffers Loss Despite Revenue Gap

United Uranium NL posted a 104 987 loss for the year ended December 31, reversing a 340 160 profit last year. No income from uranium contracts with the UK Atomic Energy Authority edged profits, while future plans foresee earlier resumption of uranium operations. An Arnhem Land project with Western Nuclear Aust Pty Ltd, a Western Nuclear Inc subsidiary, is under development.

United Uranium NL United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Western _ Nuclear Aust) Pty Ltd United Uranium Arnhem

Directors Lift Fees at Annual Meeting Amid Profit Decline

Email Ltd reports net year profit of R617,498 to December 31 versus $1.2 million prior year. Shareholders at the June 3 general meeting will consider proposing manganese, lead, zinc and tors projects and a per-director fee structure. Macquarie Worsted Ltd maintains interim dividends at 4.4 percent despite lower six months to March 31 sales.

Email Ltd Jero Macquarie Worsted Ltd

Move to accelerate Moomba evaluation

South Australia Premier Walsh urges Delhi Santos Ltd to speed Moomba area evaluation. Directors report the rig will be moved sw to support the companys Permian sands project. Gas discovery at Moomba No 1 near Pinkenba to begin production within weeks as operations temper.

Sydney South Australia Walsh Delhi Santos Ltd Moomba Santos Ltdi Compan Permian Delphi Australian Brisbane Pinkenbai South Aus Itralia Directora Tion

Gladstone refinery cost nears a hundred million

Australia sees local spending of about 97.75 million on the Gladstone alumina refinery for Queensland Alumina Limited. The project, with Kaiser Engineering supervising, aims to boost export industry and jobs, with start-up planned for March 1967.

Australia Gladstone Queensland Queensland Alumina Limited

Trading bank advances at new peak in April data

Major trading banks increased advances by 94.3 million to 2,792.1 million in April, while deposits fell 357.1 million to 5,096 million. Commonwealth Statistician released the April figures showing seasonal taxation flows and fee impacts on overdraft usage. statutory reserves dropped 139.2 million to 524.9 million despite two reserve releases. Bank liquidity remains under pressure for the rest of the financial year.

Commonwealth Statistician R. B. Cameron Australian Bankers Association Research Directorate

Stock option transactions report summary

A fragment lists option trades including three month calls and puts on various tickers. Entries show King Island Woodside Western Mining and Haughton Rye with multiple contract counts and strike prices around 2.00 to 4.14, noting expiries from one to three months.

King Island Woodside Westen Mining Western Mining Haughton Rye

Indexes Sydney 16 May 1966 and 13 May 1966

A compact economic snapshot listing multiple sector indexes with figures in Australian notation. Entries include Backing and Finance, Pastoral, Trade Services, Ford Tobacco Textiles, Steel Engineering, Electric Sales Manufacturing, Automotive, Non ferrous Metals, Fuel Power, All Ordinaries, CH Index, Sugar Index and Tokyo Index with corresponding values.

Sydney Jesurance Ford Brink Englong Bidag Cansin

Prices Steady on Sydney Stock Exchange

Sydney shares showed a generally steady day with the index edging down 0.28 to 320.47 as leading industrials wavered. Myer dropped 6 cents to 3.04 while Burns Philp led gains, trading up 13 cents to 3.85, with mining stocks dominating turnover and Renison rising sharply.

Sydney Sydney Stock Exchange Myer Burns Philp Renison Ampol Woodside

Fragmented OCR List of Names and Brands Across Sectors

A dense OCR dump lists numerous names, entities, and figures across diverse sectors including oils, paper, mining, media, titanium, lamps, retailers, and manufacturing. It appears as a fragmented index or ledger of firms, individuals, product codes, and numeric annotations without cohesive narrative or clear events.

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