GREAT OIL FIELDS IN PAPUA
PROSPECTS I'OR A VALUABLE INDUSTHY. Melbourne, May US. The Govoriunont Oil Expert; lias returned from Papua, and reports favourably on the establishment of a. valuable oil industry. The fields cover 2000 square miles. Seven -bores havo already been put down, and have mostly struck oil of the highest quality, and the prospects are generally good.—Press ABsn. REPEAL OF DAYLIGHT SAVING ACT Melbourne, May 20. The Federal Cabinet has decided to repeal the Daylight Saving Bill when the Houso meets in July.—Press Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3095, 28 May 1917, Page 5
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