TARANAKI OILFIELDS.
THE .DEEP HORE,
(By Wire—Our Correspondent.)
Wellington, Nov. 29.
Taranaki oil was mentioned in the House of Representatives this evening. The Minister for Mines (Hon. W. D. S. Mac Donald) said that the big bore was going down and would continue to go down until the geological experts said it ivould be useless to go further. Many shallow bores had been put down during the last 40 years, and the experts or the Geological Department considerea that the proper thing would be to complete a really deep bore, He hoped it would be a success.
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 December 1918, Page 2
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