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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 170, 19 June 1934, Page 7

Much effort has been expended in endeavours to discqver payable oil wells in New Zealand, but so far the industry has languished somewhat. However, an overseas journal states that a rich “gusher” was recently revealed in. the South Island. The “news” (states the Timaru Post) will cause surprise to New Zealanders generally, who have not heard anything regarding the “discovery. The paragraph is as under: “While - repairs were being effected to a bridge on the South Island railway, just outside Dunedin, New Zealand, it was found necessary to drive a pile for steadying mirposes. As soon as this pile broke through the earth’s crust there was an outflow of petroleum gas which lasted for several days and the escaping roar of which could be heard for miles. Local residents were terrified, as it was with great difficulty the overflow was mastered:”