PETROLEUM IN PAPUA.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXI, Issue LXII, 14 May 1912, Page 7

PETROLEUM IN PAPUA.

«EEAT POSSIBILITIES PREDICTED

*f CABIE—PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPY BIGHE

(Received May 14, 10.30.a.m,)

.SYDNEY, .May 14. Mr Lett, the discoverer of petroleum an Papua, has returned. He,is enthusiastic concerning the possibilities; of the ■enterprise* The field is situated on the Bailala river, about the centre ■of the <G-ulf division, but its extent has not yet been ascertained.