OUR OIL FIELDS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 9178, 29 June 1915, Page 3

OUR OIL FIELDS.

SiF? MARCUS SAMUEL'S VIEWS.

UNFAIII TO. TAJRANAKI.

NEW PLYMOUTH, June 28

Mr P. A. Hadloy, of Auckland, was interviewed in connection with the recent statement by Sir Marcus Samuel with reference to tho prospects of obtaining oil from New Zealand, which he. (Sir Marcus) said were nil, the Shell Transport Company having abandoned the hope of obtaining any. Mr Hadley said the statement so far as the public was .concerned conveyed the idea that tho Shell Company had endeavoured to produce oil throughout the Dominion and as a result had had to abandon hope of doing so. Instead of this, however, the Shell Company had drilled for less than a year at Kotuku, on the West Coast of the South Island, and for two years at Weber, on the East Coast of-tho North Island but had never drilled anywhere in the Taranaki province. New Zonland was tho only proven oilfield in Zealand and the statement accredited to the chairman of the Srjcll Company would to say tho Irast seriously prejudice if not effectively kill very promising industry.