OILFIELDS IN PAPUA.
HOPES FOR SUCCESS.
FAVOURABLE ANALYSIS.
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright,
Melbottone, July 11. The Federal Minister for External Affairs, Mr. P. M. Glynn, states that an analysis of the oil from Papua has shown that the deposits are equal, in their more important features to those of Java and Sumatra, which aro regarded as the best in tho world.
Experts believe that at 1000 ft the supplies will be sufficiently large to make the Papuan fields commercially successful.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15659, 13 July 1914, Page 7
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