Blue Star Line plans Gulf container service next year
The Blue Star Line will launch a monthly container service connecting Australia New Zealand and Middle East gulf ports. Two specialized ships with self loading cranes will operate to Iran United Arab Emirates Bahrain Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Wool dairy products fruit paper timber and general items are listed as expected cargo with on board discharge capacity.
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Blue Star Line
New Zealand
Middle East
Grahn Lightfoot
Iran
United Arab Emirates
Bahrein
Saudi Arabia
Kasait
Ach
Jth
Gulf
London
Australia
Repco Ltd Wins Go Ahead for U S Expansion
Repco Ltd, Australia’s largest vehicle spare parts distributor, wins stockholder approval from Geon Industries Inc to take over Geon’s foreign car parts division. The deal includes two major warehouses and 32 branches, boosting Repco’s reach in the United States market with about 12 million imported passenger cars and a scale far larger than at home.
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Repco Ltd
Australia
Geon Industries Inc
Repco
Geon Industries
Renee
Sliusi
Oliver-Davey Buys Stake in Mellwraiths Group
Oliver-Davey Glass Industries Ltd says it has acquired more than 10 percent of Mellwraiths, Melbourne based plumbing and building group. Chairman Jim Marks notes plans to buy a further 10 percent on the market but no takeover bid. The firm paid 51.13 a share for the initial stake and would spend about 51.75 million to acquire 360 000 more shares. Equity accounting requires 20 percent to influence profits. discussion on board representation is pending.
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Oliver-Davey Glass Industries Ltd
John MeKlwrait Industries Ltd
Oliver-Davey
Jim Marks
Mellwraith
Melbourne
Oliver Davey
Mr Marks
Mcllwraith
Ts Sofiite Perentage
Mettersih
Marks
Canadian firm moves into uranium field near Chancurry
A large Canadian based company began exploration on uranium deposits near Chancurry in North West Queensland. The company Consolidated Morrison Explorations Ltd will extract deposits and provide technical expertise if viable. Deposits were leased by Geometary NL, the Western Australian 60 pany. An assay report in February indicated selfflawcake deposits about four times the uranium oxide per short tonne than Mary Kathleen.
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Chancurry
Queensland
Consolidated Morrison Explorations Ltd
Primide
Geometary NL
60Pany
Mary Kathleen
West Australian oil and gas exploration spend tally
West Australian Petroleum Pty Ltd and West Australian Natural Gas Pty Ltd report nearly 340 million dollars spent in 25 years to 1976. WAPET drilled 796 wells and core holes totaling 854.27 kilometres, costing 142 million. Exploration 217 million, production and development 91 million, Wang gas line 19 million. Barrow Island field could last about 10 more years at current prices, with production rates falling. about 130 million barrels recovered by 1976, with five times that amount remaining.
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West Australian Petroleum Pty Ltd
West Austestian, Natural Gas Pty Ltd
WAPET
Western Australia
Wang
Perth
Barrow Island
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Norman Ross
CNR
Newcastle and
Isa Streets
Fyshwick
New Shipping Service
Oliver
Davey
Brazil
PET
Woolworths
Asteris
Ake
Enotes
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