SIGNS OF OIL
STRIKE NEAR MURCHISON
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
■ REEFTON, This Day. The Hon. W?A. Veitch, Minister of Min.es/arrived last evening and opened the Reef ton Show to-day.
Mr. G..Black, member for Motueka, who is in Reefton, received the following telegram from Mr. John Spencer, Field Geologist:—"My drillers engaged boring for gold passed through a black shale capping, releasing a large quantity of rich oil. The location of the bore is near Warwick Junction."
Mr.'Veitch has made special arrangements to inspect the bore before returning to Canterbury. Warwick Junction is about fifteen miles from Murchison.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 61, 15 March 1929, Page 11
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