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Oil fraud case links Lake Eva find to Adelaide trip
Ernest Thompson pleaded guilty to conspiring with Rothkehl to defraud the public by falsely claiming mineral oil discovery at Karalee and in Fremantle. Thompson described a plan involving three barrels, a bore, and a staged oil flow, with travel from Adelaide to Fremantle and Perth before the case adjourned.
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Eva
Ernest Thompson
Rothkeh
Thompson
Robert Rothkehl
Victoria Park
Karalee
Tie
Ine
Adelaide
Rothkehl
Putin
Sid
Fremantle
Garson
Tucker
Lake Nya
Ph Peruoime
Rothkel
Perth
Wilson
Mines Department
Rothell
Rocks
Velloweine
Burracoppin
Ated