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Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 247, 20 October 1942, Page 4

A statement that, extensive investigat.ions have been macte into repiesentations with respect to the Nevis eii shale deposit isi. made m the annual report of the Otago Expansion League, which adds: that, as. the Government desired to make further geolcglcal survey work, the question of deveiopmen.t has been held over for future consideration. The Nevis field (the report continues1) is estimated to contain at lease 150,000,000 tons of oil shale deposit, and, even if the industrial oil yields are less than half the nmounts indicated in the tests, this: is more than offset bv the reduced production, costs, when ;it is considered that the deposit is a surface o-ne and erasy of accesisi Otago- has a reputation for initiative and enterprise. and, now that the' country is threatened with a power and fuel ishortage, it would appear that. the1 development of shale1 oil should be the immediate concern of the whole provi'nce.