Archive for September, 2006

Tri-Nations SMS Reverse Auction

Friday, September 29th, 2006

The NRL is offering two return flights (Sydney – Auckland), two tickets to the New Zealand Kiwis v Australian Kangaroos Gillette Tri Nations match at Mt Smart Stadium, 4 nights accommodation, attendance at a Kangaroos training session and a signed test jumper!
Entering the competition is easy and with all profits from the reverse auction going [...]

eBay Cricket World Cup tickets invalid

Friday, September 29th, 2006

Tickets for next year’s cricket World Cup on internet auction sites or from third-party outlets will not be honoured, organisers warned today (AEST).
Only tickets sold through authorised travel agents and the International Cricket Council’s public ticketing program will be valid for entry at the tournament, which is being held for the first time in the [...]

Half-price bid to settle debts after auction ceases trading

Wednesday, September 27th, 2006

Businessman Jim Byrnes has offered 148 people who sold goods through his failed Cromwell’s Sydney auction house just 44c in the dollar for debts totalling $268,394.
Cromwell’s administrator Gavin Moss, who said in his report to creditors that the funds had been “misappropriated” from the company trust account, described the offer as “wishy-washy” and said more [...]

Alinta enters £7bn auction for UK Water

Friday, September 22nd, 2006

Alinta, the Australian energy group, has joined the £7bn bid battle for Thames Water, the UK’s largest water group, in what is set to be one of the biggest infrastructure deals in Europe this year.
If the Australian group’s bid is successful, it will launch a A$4bn (£1.6bn) share issue, underwritten by JPMorgan, the US bank, [...]

eBay hosting Steve Irwin scam items

Friday, September 22nd, 2006

eBayyer.com
Hundreds of eBay users are trying to profit from the death of Crocodile
Hunter Steve Irwin.
The Internet auction site has been flooded with unofficial merchandise since the wildlife expert died on September 4 when a stingray barb pierced his chest while he was filming a documentary off the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
One user told BANG [...]

Australian Cattle Auction Prices Falling

Thursday, September 21st, 2006

Cattle prices in Australia, the world’s second largest beef exporter, fell to a three-month low amid concern El Nino conditions may extend a drought and reduce supplies of grain and grass needed for livestock feed.
The cattle indicator, which measures auction prices of young cattle sold at sale yards in eastern Australia, has fallen four [...]

Paintings found on top of wardrobe

Thursday, September 21st, 2006

The three works will be auctioned on Monday and are conservatively expected to sell for between $5000 and $20,000 each.
They were given to a woman as gifts by the artist, who lived at Clarendon in South Australia during the 1970s and ’80s.
Two of the watercolours, Coorong Fisherman & Spoonbills (1974) and Abstract Figure [...]