OIL PATCHES IN SEA
DISCOVERY BY SETTLER. TWO EXPLOSIONS HEARD. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) GISBORNE, To-day. A settler at Awapuni has reported to tlie Harbour Board the discovery of an oily patch in the sea one mile from the mouth of the Waipaoa River, apparently as the result of an emission from the sea bed. The settler stated that during the afterncon he heard two muffled explosions from that direction.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 17 January 1935, Page 4
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69OIL PATCHES IN SEA Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 17 January 1935, Page 4
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