ELDERS PURCHASE OF CANADIAN BREWER APPROVED
  Elders IXL Ltd &lt;ELXA.S> said the
  Canadian government approved its bid for &lt;Carling O'Keefe Ltd>.
      Elders earlier announced it was buying 10.9 mln shares, or
  50.1 pct of Carling, from the Canadian subsidiary of Rothmans
  International Plc &lt;ROT.L> for 18 Canadian dlrs each.
      Elders chairman John Elliott said in a statement when the
  offer for the ordinary shares closed on April 23, that
  acceptances representing over 93 pct of outstanding shares had
  been received. &lt;IXL Holdings> would proceed to acquire the rest
  compulsorily, he said.
  

