PRICELESS OIL

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 245, 15 October 1940, Page 9

PRICELESS OIL

NATIONS' LIFE BLOOD,

"N.Z. WOMAN'S WEEKLY."

In the middle of the last war, the Frenchamn, "Tiger" Clemenceau, uttered a striking but brutal phrase. He said "A drop of oil is worth a drop of blood." If he were alive to-day he would have to raase his bid for the dark liquid that gushes from the bowels of the earth is the true sinew of modern warfare. What is oil! Why is it such an important factor in the present day world? I These questions are answered in a striking article written by the Editress in this week's issue of the "Xew Zealand Woman's Weekly." In the forefront of discussions eince the outbreak of war has been one predominant factor: oil, and Germany's latest move into Rumania is essentially concerned with this valuable fluid. Hunting for oil is the most fascinating gamble that man has ever undertaken. It is the life blood of nations, for without it the strongest nation must perish. JJut although oil means wealth to a; country, it also means great danger, and the countries which supply it are always looked on with covetous eyes by those less fortunate. Ask ten people what affliction thev fear most iu old age and it k a safe betthat nine of them will reply without hesitation "Blindness." Yet it is curious that these same people will devote less thought to their eyes than they do to their hair, their radio or their dog. In the current issue of the magazine a famous eye specialist gives some inter®ft ,n f?f«ctß «bout the human eve and the afflictions that are likely to'attack it. The Msue is crammed full of interesting reading this week, and the six free patterns for readers to clioose "from are particularly attractive.