TARANAKI PETROLEUM.
The discovery of petroleum in the Taranaki province opens up the possibility of a large trade being done in the colony in the way of supplying oil for manufacturing and illuminating purposes. Not long since the New Plymouth Petroleum Company was formed with the object of placing the colonial petroleum on the .market, and already there is, says the Otago Daily Times, beginning to be a demand for it even at this end of the colony. ' Recently a member of the staff of that paper. was shown a sample of the New Plymoiith petroleum, obtained by Messrs Irvine and Stevenson, who use the oil in its crude state in their jam factory for manufacturing gas in connection with tin making. Mr Stevenson states that the firm melt the petroleum and then strain it for use in the factory, but that it would have to be refined in the usual way for illuminating or burning purposes*, So far as they can see, the oU serves them quite as well as the American kerosene, which they, formerly nsed for the same purpose, and it is, moreover, decidedly cheaper than kerosene.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18960229.2.60.4
Bibliographic details
Star (Christchurch), Issue 5502, 29 February 1896, Page 6
Word Count
190TARANAKI PETROLEUM. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5502, 29 February 1896, Page 6
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in