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Show FRENCH TO SUPPLY OIL FOR PACINC STtAMERS SYDNEY. N. S. W.. Oct. 20 (Correspondence (Cor-respondence of the Associated ProM.) Work has been started by the I Kre-nch government on construction of a huge oil station on Tahiti, the largest larg-est of the Society islands, according to reports received here. The station will supply oil tn Mnps In trans-Pacific service. , Liners journev Ing between San Frar.cise'o and Vancouver, on the American Am-erican continent, and New Zealand and Australian ports are expected to make regular callfl at the Tahiti .station for oil. Poats on the run from Australia to New York, and Europe via the Panama Pan-ama canal also will bo served. Three large tanks, capable of storing stor-ing thousands of barrels of oil. are being constructed. |