EAST COAST OIL
GOVERNMENT NOT TO SEARCH A REPORT DENIED [ Per Press Association j WELLINGTON, June 16. A denial that the State intended to search, fur oil on the East Coast was made by the Mines Minister (Hon. P. C. Webb). He says that he wants it made clear that he made no swell announcement. He recently, it is true, referred to the intensive investigation by experts of the East Coaa. oilfields, but gave no indication that the investigation or the the experts would be in any way associated with the Government. The activities, if they eventuate, would be entirely sponsored by private interests. He had not been approached with any request for financial assistance from the Government towards the cost of the investigations or any subsequent operations.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 142, 17 June 1936, Page 9
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128EAST COAST OIL Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 142, 17 June 1936, Page 9
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