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Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 86, 8 October 1921, Page 6

The employeeß of the Canterbury Petroleum Prospecting Company; which was recently obliged to oease operations owing to a rising of quicksandi in thd bore at Ohertsey, are now engaged in removing casing from the bore. It) ia reported that about half the total am&uat of casing put into the well can he recovered. Only those portions of the various sized casings which are witMa larger casings can be lif todi out, but those portions which, have been actually driven into the well must be allbwed to remain. As about 10,000 ft of pipe in all has been put into the bore, the task of removing as much as possible Of the pipe is a considerable one. , The special prize for sign-writing in connection with, the vocational training exhibition at Trentham was awarded to Mr. Davis, not Mr. Downes, as stated /in last night's Post. < Mr. Hall Skelton will doliver a lecture on the Irish Question.on Sunday evening l_at'jbl»9 Pft^ounli ,Thj|tjre,. c Qovjstgnjiy, : j^