OIL AT ARIA
VETERAN MINER’S CLAIM. Believing he has found oil deposits of developmental value in the Aria district, Taranaki, Mr. T. M. Armstrong, an old miner and prospector who claims extensive experience in America and New Zealand, is trudging to Wellington to see the Minister of Mines (Mr. P. C. Webb). He is armed with voluminous corresondence that passed between him and the Prime Minister and Mr. Webb, with a sample of oil impregnated with water taken from a 24ft. seepage, and with a determination not to divulge the exact location of the find till he has some assurance of personal benefit.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXXI, Issue 4566, 8 November 1937, Page 4
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103OIL AT ARIA King Country Chronicle, Volume XXXI, Issue 4566, 8 November 1937, Page 4
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