Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 24 January 1936Vol. VI, No. 6

and Papua

p. 37 · Read in the full issue

Page 3737

Oil Search in New Guinea and Papua

PLANS designed to liberalise the exist ing leases for prospecting and min ing for mineral oil in Papua and New Guinea have been before the Federal Cabinet and have been sent on for con sideration by the Legislative Councils of those territories.

The Australian Prime Minister has stated that existing ordinances will be relaxed so that there might be encour agement for oil prospecting and mining.

Representatives of oil companies had been consulted by a Cabinet sub-committee.

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