PETROLEUM NEWS.
The Times states:—"The machinery for the Canterbury Petro- , lonm Company will be shipped from G>»- , linvncMliia w and is expected to bo at C-hertsoy about. March 31. A shed is being built, mid when tile plftnt comoa to liuml a derrick 00 or 70ft hijrh will 4 lie erected, imil the engine. and toiler plne-d in position.. The pipes ;iro com- , 1 inn frum England, and sinking is 6Xpccti'il to be commenced some time in. i •Time,'' The machinery referred to is the percussion plant discarded by thf Now Z":ilnml Oilfields management nt th© Wiuliirere well as beins unsuitable for boring in tlmt district. The rotary plant »!• Wailtirere which ws* Mihwinentljr I installed is still intact, and in fact steam ■ | was raised a few days npo for tl.o T{« eoverv nf a bailer left in 'the, well.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 264, 6 April 1914, Page 5
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139PETROLEUM NEWS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 264, 6 April 1914, Page 5
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