MEXICAN OIL WELLS.
I REPORTED, SOLD, TO IMPERIAL i . ' GOVERNMENT. 7, , .GALVESTON *{Texap),* -March?;. 14. Tho British ' Government has purchased outright tho. greatest oil-produc.** ing wells m- the famous Tuxparh fiGlc&y according to authentic reports received* here to-day. Th©' purchase was made, from Enghshr-.capitalte&'-who owned the" wells.; It 'is Understood .the' English . wells 'm ythe rPanuco fields* ha.Ye "been, taken over by tlie Government. ■■■"'[ Coming ;? with these" reports is ' th"6statement that a force of 150,006 men from Cahada can bo. sent to th&'/MfeSi-'j' can oil fields if necessity should 'arise.-j The reports declare-that, if trouble 'is! experienced m securing" oii for the' Eiigy lish battlefleet, tm. -armed force will take charge of the, ttfntltoi-y m which the oil fields are. situated. • ' .- •:• ' *-' : j' ;
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14285, 30 April 1917, Page 4
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122MEXICAN OIL WELLS. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14285, 30 April 1917, Page 4
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