STRUCK OIL
DISCOVERY IN GERMAN NEW GUINEA. By TelsKTaEh—Press Aesixdiiiioti— : OofrytiErVst Berlin, February %!, In the Budget Committee of the Reichstag, it was -stated that a Government cspart has reported the- discovery of oil at Otape, North-West German Ni&w (rui-ncii. The committ.ce voted £33.000 to cover preliminary work. The oil is similar to that found in Dutch India.
Tho German naval authorities are deeply interested in the discovers'.
Four largo ectopaijies aro applying for exploitation wwc'ssio&st includmg' motto. ftojws in laM and telegraphi! and exemption from tuxes for fifteen years.'
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1996, 2 March 1914, Page 7
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89STRUCK OIL Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1996, 2 March 1914, Page 7
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