DOMINION NEWS.
A RATING QUESTION. fBY TELEGRAPH— press association.] DANNEVIRKE, May 15. The Dannevirke Chamber of Commerce has carried the following resolution: “That the Associated Chambers of Commerce be written to, urging that representations be made m those 1 cases where Government departments are leasing or letting portions of their premises in competition with local ratepapers, and suggesting that the departments in question should pay local rates.’.’ It was pointed out that in Dannevirke both the Post Office and- the Public Trust were letting portions of their buildings in. competition with the ratepayers, and were paying only special water rates. BORING FOR OIL. GISBORNE, May 15. Taranaki Oilfields. Ltd., reports: Gisborne No. I—Well 2770 feet in shale,' 6J-inch diameter easing to 2753 feet. Gisborne No. 2 —Well to 470 feet in shale,' with hard concretions which have hindered progress; below 440 feet shale is sandy, and shows some' gas ; 124-inch diameter casing run to 452 feet.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 15 May 1928, Page 9
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