MUD ERUPTION

Greymouth Evening Star, 7 May 1930, Page 5

MUD ERUPTION

POVERTY BAY STARTLED.

[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

GISBORNE, May 7

A sharp report and rumblings suggestive of a nearthquake, startled the Waimata Valley residents yesterday. It. was later found that three or four acres round the mudsprings on Mr Savage’s property were covered to a depth of ten feet with mud. The eruption was through a gas blow-out. It is estimated that nearly a million tons of mud was thrown up by the eruption, overflowing a quarter of a mile down the hillside.

The springs have always interested oil men, as the presence of gas is believed to be associated with the existence of oil.

The North Island selectors, E. McKenzie (Wairarapa), N. McKenzie (Hawke’s Bay), and H. Nicholson (Auckland), met here this morning and selected the following North Island teams to play a trial match here on Wednesday next: — Probables: — Full-back: Thomas (Waikato); Three-quarters: Fuller (Wairarapa), kuru (.xxawke’s Bay), Minns (Auckland); Five-eighths: M. Nicholls (Wellington), ju. Johnston, (Wellington); Half-back: Kilby (Wellington); Wing Eo rW ard: Solomon (Auckland). Front row, Irvine (Wairarapa), Palmer (Auckland); Lock, xxarvey (Wairarapa); Supports, McWilliams (Waikato), A. Knight (Auckland); Back row, Batty (Auckland), McKay (Hawke’s Bay). Possibles: Full-back, Heazlewood (Wellington); Three-quarters: Elvy (Wellington), Lucas (Auckland), MacKay (Wellington); Five-eighths: Cooke (Wairarapa), McKenzie (Wellington); Half-back: Corner (Auckland). Wing Forward: P<rter (Wellington); Front row: Reid (Wairarapa), Coulston (Wellington); Lock: Steere (Hawke’s Bay); Supports, Finlayson (North Auckland), Campbell (Hawke’s Bay); Back row: Mahoney (Bush), McLean (Taranaki). Emergencies: Backs —Ball (Wellington), Stringfellow (Wairarapa). Forwards: Gerard (Bush), Jessop (Wellington). No nomination was received from the Wanganui and King Country Unions, while those of the East Coast' Union arrived too late to be considered. It is, however, the intention of the selectors to take them into account on the occasion of the New Zealand Probables v. Possibles match. The four- emergencies for the North Island trial will be given the. opportunity to prove their claims in the second spell of the local game.