HELENSVILLE SPRINGS.
GREAT SUPPLY RECORDED.
A very' satisfactory test of the flow from the new bore ip the Heleneville Hot Springs was made yesterday, a yield of 140,000 gallons a day being registered. This is just six times more than the greatest How previously recorded from any bore in the Dominion. The excellent supply is the result of operations which the* Domain Board carried out during the last two months. Another bore in the vicinity has now ■been sunk to a depth of 70ft, 3ft 'being through Tock. and the flow yesterday was at the rate of 08.000 {ra-llon- a day. The temperature of the, water is 150 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 158, 5 July 1921, Page 7
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110HELENSVILLE SPRINGS. Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 158, 5 July 1921, Page 7
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