OIL WELLS REPORT
; PROGRESS OF DRILLING
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) GISBORNE, Jan. 2
The Taranaki oil wells report states that the Waitangi No. 1 well has been drilled to 373 feet in hard sandy shale, with limestone bands. A loj inch diameter casing was sunk to 308 feet and cemented. Operations were resumed to-day.
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Hawera Star, Volume LI, 3 January 1931, Page 15
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53OIL WELLS REPORT Hawera Star, Volume LI, 3 January 1931, Page 15
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