TAUMARUNUI OIL PROJECT.
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS. (By Telegraph.—Owu Correspondent.) TAUM'ARUNUI, FridayConsiderable interest has been aroused ill the. quest for oil in the Taiu&aruiiui district, and. the project appears to baye reached -a stage where definite steps will be taken to bore for oil. It is stated that the Mines Department has consented to declaret .the concessions a milling: area, : .and:- tfe..inecpssary prot'laraaitioir. will bft at uri .liarlv date- s' I ' Dr. Bender- has rtlmost -eijuipieted'' 'A sfc-'atagraphieal survey • of Taumaninui and adjacent lands. a-hd i: ix Jesses'h&tsel£ very hopeful of results'. -- He is at present in New"- Plymouth endeavouring to arrange for the purchase of an oil boring plant to commence operations at Manunui.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 224, 21 September 1929, Page 13
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