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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 29 October 1912, Page 6

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NEW PLYMOUTH REFINERY

SECOND SHIPMENT OF PLAN'i'. LONDON, Sent. 21. The .steamer Nnvaru, which is no™ duo to leave Glasgow for Now Zealand will take an additional 320 tons of the plant and machinery for tin? refinery which is being erected at New Plymouth by the Taranaki (New Zealand) Oil Wells, Ltd. The vessel should reach New Zealand about the middle of November. The first shipment, somo 170 tons, was made at the l>egi lining of August, and it Ls expected that the last ono will bo made about a month from this date.

The work of making and erecting the refinery, -which, when completed, will be canalile of hand!ing 2-jO barrels of oil per day, is being done by Messrs A. F. Craig and C0.,.0f Paisley, N. 8., and every effort is being made to have the refinery completed in March or April of next year.

Mr .1. D. Henry, the company's expert, has visited Paisley this" week for ■he purpose of making a progress report for the Earl of Ranfurly and the directors.

It is possible that there may be some delay in getting delivery of the boil-

ers. This is due to an extraordinary congestion of orders at the. steel works, and Messrs Craig and Co. aro finding it impossible to get supplies of plates at the present time. Otherwise, the work is well advanced. The total weight of plant and machinery will not be under 700 ions.

The New Parker rotary drilling machine has been shipped to the property, and four of the lendinsr members of the refinery and drilling staffs havo already reached New Plymouth.

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