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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 62, 18 June 1873, Page 1 (Supplement)

MILITIA AND VOLUNTEER NOTICE. THE COMMANDING OFFICER’S INSPECTION PARADE OF MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS will take place as follows: — MILITIA. No. 1 Company, at GISBORNE, on Monday, June 23, 1873, at 10 o’clock a.m. No. 2, Ist half Company, at MATAWHERO, on Tuesday, June 24, at 11 o’clock a.m. No. 2, 2nd half Company, at MILL MAKAURI, on Wednesday, June 25, at 11 o’clock a.m. No. 3 Company, at ORMOND, on Thursday, June 26, at 10 o’clock a.m.

VOLUNTEERS. Poverty Bay Mounted Rifle Volunteers, at GISBORNE, on Monday, June 23, at 2 o’clock p.m. Gisborne Rifle Volunteers, at GISBORNE, on Monday, June 23, at 3 o’clock p.m. Absentees subject to the usual penalty. C. DEAN PITT, Inspector A.C. Commanding East Coast District. GISBORNE DRAMATIC & MINSTREL SOCIETY. THE Members of the above Society purpose giving another Dramatic Performance at the Olympic Theatre on MONDAY, the 23rd June. Particulars in future advertisement.

THE POVERTY BAY PETROLEUM AND KEROSINE COMPANY. (limited). To be incorporated under “ The Joint Stock Companies Acts." CAPITAL—£SO,OOO in 10,000 shares of FIVE POUNDS EACH. Payments— Ten Shillings per share on application and the balance as may be required. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS: Chairman: A. Graham, Esq. G. E. Read, Esq. A. M'Donald, Esq. W. Steuabt, Esq. J. W. Johnson, Esq. W. S. Gbeenb, Esq. J. H. Stubbs, Esq. Bankers: Bank of New Zealand. . Solicitor: J. Cuff, Esq. * DRORLRS! Auckland Napier ; Wellington Dunedin Nelson Christchurch Secretary : A. F. Hardy, Esq. Temporary Offices: Court-house, Gisborne. PROSPECTUS. FT’HIS Company is to be formed for the purpose of obtaining Petroleum and manufacturing kerosine therefrom, m the Poverty Bay District. The land which it is intended shall be prospected for oil, is called or known by the name of the “ Pakeke a Whirikoka” Block, and is situated about 30 miles from Gisborne. No engineering difficulties exist as to the formation of a road or tramway. Messrs. Cooper and Ross have obtained on favorable terms a lease of the above-named Block, from the Crown Grantees, for the term of twenty-one years. Mr. Boss, who has reported on the probability of striking payable oil, has had some years experience in working Petroleum springs in Pennsylvania, America. Mr. Cooper js by trade an oil-refiner. It has for some years past been well known that Petroleum exists in great quantities on this block of land, so far as is indicated by exudation of crude oil from the soil. The name of the block, “ Pakeke,” or the “ Whale,” shews that the natives have been long aware of the fact that an oily substance “ hinu ” exudes from the earth in this locality. It cannot of course be definitely said that payable petroleum will be found, yet, taking into consideration the fact that in America the slightest signs of oil will induce capitalists to buy up land at enormous cost, and test the