WHANGAREI NEWS.
By Telegraph.—Own Cbrreeporiaent.)
WHANGAREI Monday. r - Tiie Wbangarei-volunteers broke camp ."at Kensington Park on Saturday after a weefs trainmg. , . . ...„". Samples of phosphate rock submitted fov analysis by a private prospector and Inspector. Stone, of the Stock Department, to the chiet chemist ot.tne Agricultural Department (Mr.- Ashton),. show proportions of 87 and 77 per centum respectively. ' '. ' If the percentage of sulphate lot lime is as ■ high as the telegram, Indicates, and there | should be any «onslderable bulk of the,stont> available, "tile -deposit would'be: a valuable one., Tlie percentage ■iv the Mllburn (Ota'go)'stone, runs:up to about 80 per.cent, and: it is froni -tHeve that ( most of the superphospKate' used in' the' colony' is at" present derived. - : "'• ' : -•.■•• '''■■-
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 277, 27 November 1906, Page 3
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