OIL AND IRONSAND.
THE FIELDS .IN TARANAKI. MORE PROSPECTING URGED. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The oil and iron industries in Taranaki were mentioned in the House to-night during the debate on the Estimates, the subject being introduced when the Mines department v®te was taken. Dr. A. K. Newman (Wellington East) questioned whether the vote for prospecting did any good. Year after year we spent large sums, but we never found anything. He urged greater concentration on the development of natural gas and oil. Mr. S. G. Smith (Taranaki) said ths Minister was heartily co-operating with enthusiasts in Taranaki, who still had faith in oil ventures in that province. He ad- • vocated the Minister re-opening negotia tions with the Anglo-Persian Company, so as to get the benefit of their world-wide experience applied to the Taranaki field. Mr. T. W: Rhodes (Thames) strongly advocated more liberal assistance to prospecting, which would well repay all the money spent. Sir John Luke (Wellington North) put in a word for the more earnest development of Taranaki iron sand and Parapara iron ore.
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Taranaki Daily News, 14 January 1922, Page 4
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179OIL AND IRONSAND. Taranaki Daily News, 14 January 1922, Page 4
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