PETROL SUPPLIES.
IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE. The little known Island of Bahrein Is likely to become a household name in the near future. The development of vast oil fields and the erection of a huge refinery on the Island by the . Bahrein Petroleum -Company, Limited, a British company. Is of vast importance to the British Empire. Bahrein is now a base for the British Navy and it is likely to become one of the chief seadromes of the East. Bahrein enjoys the protection of the British Government and it is the only oil field that can be absolutely secured by the British Navy. The Under-Secretary for Tndia has stated, that Bahrein enjoys Tils Majesty’s protection, and the British Government have undertaken to supply armed forces to protect the territory.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20260, 31 July 1937, Page 9
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129PETROL SUPPLIES. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20260, 31 July 1937, Page 9
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