Charting the flow of BLACK GOLD . . . //fl 111 KNOX D'ARCY —the JMn who x r SA It A OJ found Britain’s richest single source of oil SPflttL. ASA iVH petrol in Persia, was a millionaire proeA pector from the gold-mines of Australia. But \\ D’Arcy wanted oil! Aa he mined his Australian v W gold he dreeuried ai>out oil — hc thought about /////a j. W oil —he studied all that was written about oil mining, geology and refining processes. /r/ \ 1901 he left Australia. In his wandering, h. 1 ' met a Persian Prince ... a meeting whiA A I proved to be an important milestone in the liip S history of their two nations. D’Arcy saw cA traces in Persia and decided that this was hie w\v4i WflPf proving ground—his drilling ground. /the SEm«\ fOR 0,1 * ] A6A D A K j ... but success came slowly. // —. il The British Government at the time was helpful, but im- I ) S^'£'~~" —\ patient British investors soon lost interest and D’Arcy I / U \ I lost a personal fortune. But D’Arcy plodded on, and the U / « #// courage, the tenacity and the confidence of this British \\ / (5 ■ II adventurer ultimately won for Britain one of her greatest J! I // national assets. /z In 1909 the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, now known aa \\ The Anglo-Iranian Company, was formed. This is the organisation—the parent company of the British Petroleum f Company of New Zealand Limited—which produces the famous “ 8.P.” petrol, a product of British enterprise. ‘~***“— — Before very long it will be available in New Zealand. m THE BRITISH PETROLEUM COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND LIMITED
I ™ I> w ■ I ■ Ar .Of 11 ■ COSMETICS ... and Cough Medicines ... as different as chalk from cheese ... but there is sound reason why you should go to your Chemist for both. Just as your Chemist insists on accuracy in prescriptions ® u *t 111 w so does he insist on absolute quality, freshness and IB purity in the everjr-day things he sells. That’s ■■ why wise people buy cosmetics, toiletries and all personal needs at their clean, friendly pharmacy. It’s a guarantee of quality. Uuij uHtl Cm|uLace duwrt"
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25590, 3 September 1948, Page 9
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