WATER DIVINING.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 63, 12 September 1908, Page 3

WATER DIVINING.

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MOTII'MvA

Motueki. !>;is had ji 'visit from tho, ReT\ 11. Otaliuhu, who, jdthoyit the aid of any rod or stick, professes to be able to locate the exact spot where artesian water : may bo found (writes the Colonist's correspondent). There' has been a good deal of money spent oji a bore on Mr Thorp's property,, and it was at the instance of those concerned in this venture that ,Mr Mason was induced to pay. a visit to this district. Several of the f arniers r took advantage of ' the occasion, ; and in every case the exact spot was indicated, and the visitor stated that the district was one of the best that he hact visited, as far as artesian prospects were concerned. * . To an onlooker,, the " methods of the- diviner appear rather uncanny.. He. -begins to walk slowly in a circle, with the palms : of " his frands turned forward. If the indications^ of water are to the right, tho. hand on that -sk^e commences to tingle, . and vice veWi. The operator is involuntarily drawn to. the centre of the underground aiitesian pocket of water, .and by this time the whole of his; body is shaking violently. This queer j)ower possessed by Mr Mason is not scientifically kno'"wli, jand the diviner has proved. .tjiat it is not electricity' bystanding on ■ glass, and 'although tin's substance is a non-conductor, "the effects of the 7indergroimd pressure of- water had still the same effect oh the operator. Anyhow, . -SNlrij Thorp is going to test "one" of the indicated spots on his property, and if it : proves a failure; it -will be the first mistake* 'tlia't- 'the- 'diviner lias made. , ' ; ' '■"'' ; :; ;;•■;;-