The “Herald" of Saturday night lost expresses a wish to be told why the deposits of “paraffin butter" on the Southern Cross Pretroleum Company’s ground at Botokautuku are not presently utilised ; and throws a sort of doubt upon the fact of its existence. We cannot answer for the reason it is not worked except by conjecture that the Company prefer working the oil deposits first, but we can most distinctly vouch for its existence in large quantities. We imagine that there are very few among us who really understand its manipulation, and the expense of carting it to Tuparoa and shipping and transhipping for manipulation in Melbourne would be too great. We think the Company are quite wise in keeping down expenses. Let them fairly tap the oil deposits before they touch the paraffin butter, that article is a secondary and auxiliary matter. To work the paraffin now would involve the employ of several additional hands and three or four extra bullock teams. We think the directorate are using a very wise discretion in keeping their hands employed in working for oil before rushing headlong into extra expense.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1211, 27 November 1882, Page 2
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188Untitled Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1211, 27 November 1882, Page 2
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