BRITISH SHIPOWNERS
SECURING OILFIELDS. , • 3y Toleeranh—Press .»/-■■ 1 -'i-in--( l ntiyrittht London,. July 24.' Andrew Weir and Co., shipowners, have completed negotiations for the purchase of an oilfie'd in California. A company,' with a capital of £12,000,000, is being formed. * It is understood the of the Pirie-Owen Phillip* Company will provide oil for the White Star. Royal Mail, Union Castlo, and Cunard Lines, and will also . build a, large fleet of tank steamers, i ''. . Herr Ballin, on behalf of tho Ham-burg-Amcrika Line, is negotiating to acquire oil properties in Mexico.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2212, 27 July 1914, Page 5
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89BRITISH SHIPOWNERS Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2212, 27 July 1914, Page 5
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