NEW GUINEA OIL
Preis Association—By Telegraph—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. MELBOURNE, April SO. Reports are current of the discovery of great petroleum wells in a, portion of New Guinea formerly held by the German* According to these reports, parties oi American and Australian experts who visited the Pacific River in 1913 and 1914 discovered evidences of extensive oilfields extending inland for 40 miles. In one place the oil was bubbling from the locks, and the river was covered for miles with heavy crude oil. The discoveries were reported in 1914 to the Federal Government, who, however, up to the present decline to make any announcement on the subject, Mr Glynn (Minister for Home Affairf and Territories) denies knowledge of th< alleged discovery of large flows of petroleum in Papua, though'he received a report some time ago that oil seepages had been found in German New Guinea.
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Evening Star, Issue 17032, 1 May 1919, Page 6
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147NEW GUINEA OIL Evening Star, Issue 17032, 1 May 1919, Page 6
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