Business Gossip

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 148, 13 September 1927, Page 2

Business Gossip

Murchison Gil Co.—The latest report from the Mureaison Oil Company’s tort reads as follows: —“Depth, of hde, 3,21 (ft. in mudstone and sandstone or sandy shale. Drilling suspended to splice drilling cable and repair rig. MINING NEWS MAORI LAND.—The manager reports:During the week ending September u the intermediate level hits beer repaired, rails laid and put in working order far a distance of 92fL The Passes also tote been repaired, so this biock is now ready for stoping. A chamber hw made and retiiribered on the wall of tie intermediate level, and a start wULki made on Monday next to sink a wfflie to ascertain tbe value and d.p of tfie reef. A flat sheet has been laid at tae low level tc lead into the crosscut when required. LUCKY SHOT. —The manager reports: The drive on the footwall dropper MS been advanced 7ft. for the week, znajdjV a total distance of 46ft. As report** 6y wire on the 6th, we secured 101 b. of picked stone, on the 7th another 151 b., and on toe 9th a further amount of 151 b. The reef now has opened out to the full width oi the drive, and is showing gold nwj The drive on the main reef lias advanced Bft. fo the week, and is bearing around to the east- If it'keeps its pres* ent course it should junction with tM dropper in about 30ft. If this should take place I would expect to neet witn rich deposits. GOLDEN AGE.—The manage,: reports: —The drive or. the main reef has been advanced a distance of 6ft. for tbe week* We have now passed through on to the hanging wall. The reef is of a rubbfr nature, and is ueavily mineralised- Tiw quartz coming in hand looks well, and I would expect improvements at any tune The rise has b en extended sft. on the footwall of the reef, which still cont * n ®? to show a little gold when broken down. NO FRAUD' INTENDED “ZELANDIA” BUTTER BRAND ARGENTINE FIRM EXPLAINS New Zealand, butter producers were astonished son: e months ago by the news that an Argentine firm wa* n*J" ketingr butter in London under t? trade mark ‘Zelandia” stamped on u> boxes. i r The Argentine Dairy Association, a letter to Mr. F. S. Battley, Consul for the Argentine in Aut Win*** explains the use of the term. The ariu of Elowson and Wester, Lt(L, which using the word, was of Dutch and registered the name, whic-J spelt in the Dutch form, many > ago. It is now under British cor and the letter states that the would have no objection to ing the mark if it is consi.derti“ it suggests New Zealand m unttac But the association conien< the name would not delude Lo. butter buyers for an instant, chairman of Elowson and wester vice-president of the assoctowjn» it is unthinkable that New zeaproducers shou.d impute any ku* , fraud to such in old-estat!ishea reputable firm, which in im- 21 all Argentine producers sought t prove its position on the market, only by improved cuaiuy sales organisation. rt biccElowson and Wester heard no tion to the name from Lend x was from Mr. Battley that it ; pprised of that opposition. A gentine Dairy Association J™ g;anisation representative or tn of the exporters and makers in the Argentin