GREAT OIL WELLS IN NEW GUINEA
' WIDE REGION DISCOVERED. (IJec. April 30, "5.5 p.m.) -..' " - . : !• Melbourne, April 30.
Reports ate current* of the discovery of great petroleum wells in the portion, of New 'Guinea formerly held by the Germans. According to these reports parties of American nnd Australian ex- '■• perls who visited Pacific River in 1913 , and 1914 discovered evidences of exten- ... siye oilfields extending, inland for forty . miles. In one place the oil was bubbling from .the roclce, and the river was covered for miles with heavy crude oil. The . discoveries were'reported .in,. 1914 to the Federal Govertoa».t.:ithic]i! However, up <o the present^declines;.t<! 'jnake any an- , nouncement 6ri-the sublet.—Press Assn.
A MINISTERIAL' DENIAL.. ' (Rcc. April'3o, 10 p.m.) ... v . Melbourne, -April'-SO!-Mr. Glynn denies all knowledge of the alleged discovery of large flows of petroleum in Papua, though lie received a report some time ago that oil seepages had been found in Gorman New Guinea/ —Press Assn. • • ■ • .
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 185, 1 May 1919, Page 5
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155GREAT OIL WELLS IN NEW GUINEA Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 185, 1 May 1919, Page 5
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