Death of Mr. E. L. Walter
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Death Of Mr. E. L. Walter
A blow was given to the interests seeking oil in Papua and New Guinea when the death occurred in Sydney on Christmas Day of Mr. E. L. Walter, who was managing-director of Oil Search Limited and a director of its associated companies.
Mr. Walter for more than 10 years had been actively connected with the search for oil in New Guinea. He had gone forward by methodical and logical steps and his companies had gathered a mass of first-class geological data which, according to the Commonwealth Geologist (Dr.
W. G. Woolnough), indicates the existence of structures highly favourable to the discovery of oil. Dr. Woolnough said that Mr. Walters’ death was a national loss at a time when energetic action backed by reasoned and tempered optimism gave promise of success in the quest.
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