OIL IN NEW GUINEA
INDICATIONS SURPASS EXPEC- . TATIO.NS. AUSTRALIAN EXPEDITION RETURNS. (United Press Assn. —Copyright.) SYDNEY, Jan. 22. The Geological Survey Expedition, which spent nine months searching for oil in New Guinea, has returned to Sydney. The leader states that they explored an area of 1000 square miles of the Aitape district, eighteen miles from the Dutch border, a good deal of which had never previously been penetrated by whites, but the natives were friend-
“ Indications of oil surpassed their expectations and they conclusively proved the presence of petroleum. Another expedition will be sent to begin boring operations, which the Geological Survey has justified.— U.P.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 11009, 23 January 1926, Page 5
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