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Otago Witness, Issue 2253, 6 May 1897, Page 13

Mr Hobbs, whilst cutting a dram through a portion of big land close to the Horowhanua Lake, struck, about lft below the surface, * now of petroleum. The oil at present merely oozes through the ground in very small quantities. The report which gave rise to the appearance cf paragraphs in various newspapers throughout the colony that a tender of 63 6din the pound was accepted by the official liquidator of the Walter Guthrie Company (Limited), of InvercargTll, was incorrect. Tho successful tenderer's offet was 83 in the pound, cash. The purchase money on this basis has been paid, and tho stock is now being realised on by Messrs Thomson, Bridger, and Co. Nimmo and Blair's "Standard" Seeds are obtainable from storekeepers in almost; every township in New Zealand, and where they ara* not clients should write direct for their supplies. " Standard" Seeds are true to name, of highest germination, and most reliable. Dunedin.— » } AdvW