OIL IN CANTERBURY.
COMMENCEMENT OF BORING
[NY telegraph.— PßKSS ASSOCIATION'.] Ashbcrtox, Thursday. The Canterbury Petroleum Prospecting Company officially opened its oil-boring works at Chertsey, 12 miles from Ashburton, this afternoon, in the presence, of about 700 people. Boring was commenced last week. The speakers included the company s chairman of directors, Mr. (J. J. Harper, and Messrs. A. Joyce, manager, (J. T. Booth and W. Reese, Cliristchurch, and C. J. Williams, engineer and secretary of r.yttelton Harbour Board. At the present time the company has 497 shareholders, holding a total of 14,000 £1 shales.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15747, 23 October 1914, Page 7
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