PETROLEUM.
•UI-. A. I'arnell has relined a couple of .amples of petroleum from the (lisbo.n,. Oil Company's bore at \Vaitan«i, iui I tiie its,lit of the second of these tests is to In. .seen (says tile Uisliome That's! in tiie form of eleven samples'of tin- p.od-.icl obtained. These range from petrol yf the liij-'iest class; off at a temperature of ISO degrees. to pet'-o-leimi jellv. Taking tiie products in the order in which tiiey are given oil", there are In o samples of petrol, two of nti loivl spirit, four of mineral oil. two .n lnVic.iiing oil. and oiie of jellv. The -sixih in Wilder is tli« kerosene of eonime nc, and very good kerosene it appears to be. as colorless water an.l burning in a lamp witli a bright, white flame. The petrol also appears to lie oxcellent. Indeed the same mav be said of all tiie products, wliiiii show'that the qmiMiv of the oil ill the W'aitangi bo:v is all that tan be wished for.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 211, 11 October 1909, Page 3
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167PETROLEUM. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 211, 11 October 1909, Page 3
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