OIL IN WANGANUI

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 108, 8 May 1936, Page 6

OIL IN WANGANUI

FURTHER CONFIRMATION ANOTHER DIVINER AT WORK ; INVESTIGATION URGED * 'llleru i.- oil thvic; n< t tli.‘ s.iglite.-i. doubt or ii, ami it would be wise to ‘ invcstigaue the whole tiling systumati- 1 ally to determine the po. >.o,Lt lc . s J at tiie same time, gm.rd against an,- • tniug in luo nature of a ‘wild cal ' scxicm e. ’ ’ bucli wits the opinion of Mi, T, J. . Clovcj. oi. \\dvcrti ? , \H H) mis m'i him , success as a water uiviner anj pro- , lesses the .same anility to dcicr...iuu < lue presence ol on. j.n company i cj<re'f >ll all\ e ft oi. Inc ‘‘ (. iirijn,•••.,■/ ' in , visited \\anganui yesterday jo, th .pm ( pose of iippiyjiig ni< abinty to <. . l t mine whcuicr or not lliere inii.i in lhe ui-scj Lon- thal a pote.ii ini o.i t stream with puss ini lilies j, s total <1 Jo-c | to the city. Air. Closer is an old Wanganui b . and his power to dixine water >ia c ; alicauy oeeii made good u.-e uf. lie ) located the water supply for the Ca. a Freezing Company and lor several ; private owner.-,. A visit was paid to tire Airport, j where there is good icasun to ue.ie' v ( that oil may be located. U.-aims uug that locality nave revealed qiiani lL ;cs j of oil on. tile surface oi waicr, uno, j according to Flying-Officer lan keitii, , patches of oil ulr shore have olien b e.i ' noticed, which, in the opinion <•>. ■ ports arc caused by seepage Hem liit- ; laud. Tests for water were made liist o. all, Air. C;uver using a “direciiun Hilding” wire, and then the usual iorks ol a willow. i o locate oil Le useu a piece or metal tubaig, Lent in the foim of a rough semi-circie a -d charged Vuim mineral oil and c-orkeu at eacn end. {Strong reaction was outamed io son.-r r dozen or more tests, and in two J'xah 1 lies lhe ‘‘puli ’ on tnc diviner v».is , most insistent. .In one instance he wa- 1 almost lilted off his J eel. “Now blimliold me,” he directed ■ companions, “and i will show yuu i .»• 1 line of the stream. " With eyes cig’nlL closed he gave a demons i. rat ion an > tn. ' instrument led him back, on each occasion to the same spots. ’.lhe “puli’ in each case secmeu, from an euiuuk I cr’s point of view, to be as definite as j when tried origiuailj. “It is certain tuere K oil thei | Air. Clover stated, utter making i«<- | several tests, “and it is worth whnv I full investigation being made, it does , not wont to be done Haphazardly, but on a system, and the ground siiouid m plotted out properly. There are many places h-ere where oil can be .found, but < to determine where it should be bored , for will take more than a ievr nun utes.” Air. Clover did not know which ground had been covered by diviners who had operating before him, and, as he put it himself, “1 just want to be able to satisfy myself whethvi what has been publisued is true er urn After what I have done this afternoon 1 haven’t a doubt that there is on there, but to decide whether it is there in sufficient quantities will take some time. 1 am willing to give all the assistance I can if an investigation is to be made on a systematic basis, j.Lv ting out the best localities.” In the “Chronicle” bui'ding Mr Clover gave a demonstration of hi' ability as a water diviner. It was the first time he had entered the premises, yet he was able to follow bis indicator and locate the nearest water tap.