TARANAKI OILFIELDS.
DISCOVERY AT YEW PLYMOUTH
(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.J NEW PLYMOUTH, April 11. Splendid indications of pet-1 oleum have been found on Air Henry Ay eston’s farm on the Frankley road, just beyond the borough boundary. Ihe farm manager noticed a smell or petroleum- when removing posts and upon a pit being sunk a considerable quantity of petroleum was noticed on top of "the water in it- and a strong smell of petroleum was given off-
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3193, 12 April 1911, Page 5
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76TARANAKI OILFIELDS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3193, 12 April 1911, Page 5
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