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TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1985

FORMS FOR MAKING CLAIMS ARE OBTAINABLE FROM THE SUB-OFFICE OF THE OFFICIAL RECEIVER'S OFFICE, 16TH FLOOR, MELBOURNE PLAZA, HONG KONG, AND MUST BE RETURNED BY THE CLOSING DATE OF AUGUST 23.

PAYMENT THE SECOND AND FINAL DIVIDEND IS ABOUT 25 PER CENT. OF THIS DIVIDEND WILL BE PROCESSED BY COMPUTER, AND PAYMENTS WILL BE MADE BY CHEQUE POSTED TO EACH CREDITOR. THERE WILL BE NO NEED FOR CREDITORS TO CALL AT THE OFFICIAL RECEIVER'S OFFICE.

MORE THAN 10 400 CREDITORS WOULD SHARE IN THE FINAL PAYMENT, INCLUDING 7 724 GOLD ACCUMULATION PLAN CREDITORS WHO WERE NOT REQUIRED TO LODGE CLAIMS.

MR GLEESON SAID THAT THIS FINAL PAYMENT WILL AMOUNT TO ABOUT $20.9 MILLION. TOGETHER WITH THE FIRST DIVIDEND OF 30 PER CENT PAID IN DECEMBER 1983 THIS WILL MAKE A TOTAL DIVIDEND OF 55 PER CENT OR $46.5 MILLION OUT OF THE TOTAL OF $85.5 MILLION IN CLAIMS ADMITTED FOR PAYMENT. PREFERENTIAL CLAIMS TOTALLING $717 000 WERE PAID IN FULL IN JANUARY 1983.

ANOTHER TWO WINES FOUND TO BE TOXIC ******

TWO AUSTRIAN WINES HAVE BEEN FOUND TO CONTAIN DIETHYLENE GLYCOL, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY).

THESE BRING TO 16 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF AUSTRIAN WINES FOUND TO CONTAIN THE TOXIC CHEMICAL.

THE TWO WINES HAVE A SIMILAR NAME, EXCEPT FOR THE YEAR.

THE NAMES OF THE TWO WINES ARE WINZERKONIG SPATLESE GRUNER VELTINER-WEISSBURGUNDER WEINBAUGEBIET KLOSTERNEUBURG BRUDER GRILL WEINGUT FELS-KREMS 1979 AND 1981.

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