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Page 171
... Lyell Mines , Limited , and acquired the old Woah Hawp gold mine at Ballarat . The London chairman of this new ' wild cat ' company received £ 300 a year , and his fellow - directors received £ 150 , preferential shares , and a special ...
... Lyell Mines , Limited , and acquired the old Woah Hawp gold mine at Ballarat . The London chairman of this new ' wild cat ' company received £ 300 a year , and his fellow - directors received £ 150 , preferential shares , and a special ...
Page 313
... shares into small lots and many hands went further in the Mt Lyell Co. than in almost any other Australian industrial company ; in 1962 the five biggest individual shareholders in Mt Lyell held between them less than 5 per cent of the ...
... shares into small lots and many hands went further in the Mt Lyell Co. than in almost any other Australian industrial company ; in 1962 the five biggest individual shareholders in Mt Lyell held between them less than 5 per cent of the ...
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Geoffrey Blainey. exchanges . Mt Lyell was such a company . An ambitious bidder only needed to offer the thousands of Mt Lyell shareholders a good premium for their shares , and most of the shareholders probably would have quickly ...
Geoffrey Blainey. exchanges . Mt Lyell was such a company . An ambitious bidder only needed to offer the thousands of Mt Lyell shareholders a good premium for their shares , and most of the shareholders probably would have quickly ...
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