Australia is in the grip of oil whether in the form of taxes the.search for the. prejeious Jiquis within her own boundaries, The Commonwealth government is out to help prospectors and the sum of £100,000 is to be spent in aiding the search for oil and Procious metals. An Australian with: considerable oil experience, mumly in Rumania, is to be the leading authority upon the subject to put enthusiasm into the earch,—Various likely fields are to be subjected to deep boring and of the Commonwealth being so far Japart as central Queensland, where the famous Roma bore is, and the Fitaroy river area of Western Aus-The Belford Dome area in New South Wales was one of the Dr. Wade, the American expert, reported favourably upon, and it is to be given a fair trial, In the House of Representatives Mr. Ford ty the member for Cupricornia, Queensland, mientioned what is considered a peculiar incident and that was the damage which has occurred on three occa-[sions when the Queensland boring operations had come to a point when they considered success. possible. Thiv- was at the 3,000 feet [depth when on each occasion something was dropped into the holes making further boring at that spot possible. 'The Assistant. Min er, Mr, Marr, when putting the proposal forward in the House of Re-Presentatives. said oil was of paramount importance to Australia as the country was in the grip of a combine, which was charging for oil great' amount in excess of what should be paid. The exploration Jof New Guinea for oil is to be continued. "Just recently precious metal was discovered there but the difficulty. of transporting it and the reports of its poor quality did not cause q stampede to a new Eldorazo although many experienced miners! left Sydney and the north willing to face the dangers of the tropical Jungles if only they could catch dimpss of the yellow metal, once la badly requires a the famous Ballarat Jand Bendigo ones but if she shoold strike the flowing "gold," nature will have treated her more bountifully than.even the most optimistic Australian should expect.
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