Mr. Gardner Wilson, sawtniller, at Kara" ten, favors the "theory advanced by geologists that the recent enrthounke "n't Arthur's Pass was due to a fault- in the Southern Alps, writes a Oreymouth correspondent. While prospecting there for gold some years ago, Mr. Wilson states he saw springs of boiling water, stronglv impregnated with sulphur, issuing from the mountain side, and draining into the Taino river. He stated that his brother had had a hath : n one of the pools - below the springs. The water in the springs was boiling. The springs are only a few miles from Arthur’s Pass, and a track to them has existed for ywi*
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16908, 23 March 1929, Page 5
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