THE “WATER-FINDER."

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 542, 24 June 1909, Page 5

THE “WATER-FINDER."

\ Q BTRANCEPOWER3 OF REV. H. MASON. . vHIS.. EXPLANATION • STRANGER STILL.' ■' - .(By, Telegraph.— Special Correspondent.) - ■y . , Auckland, June 23. -.. Aa .interesting,. almost startling,' ■ account of tho unique powers of water-finding poaaessed by, the Rot. -H.'Mason, of'Otahuhu, is ..given in tho "Herald," a representative ■ of which , paper - visited Mr. Mason - andwas ...... shown. ,th© method: on-, which he works-- "I do not claim any supernatural powers,"; said- ; Mason simply,,Mor.that.there -is some- . rtUng .in my. constitution that -renders me a-jcm-eonductor ,of .the-force radiates from :, lubterranean -.water. „ Experiments have proved■ I am not\B' conductor of; this force. There are, as you know, emanations , from.. radium.. : I-. deduce, that Jiere . are emanations from other metals, and, ™ so, then why not from water? It is an , accepted ~-fact. .-in -.the -scientific world - that' is p internal friction in.water which -generates-, a- i( force that radiates upwards through all obstructions to the surface When I enter this sphere of radiation the foroo entors my aiid, not boing ablo to obtain ogress, agitates it. I can -tell by the . -yiolenco of the agitation ■ whether there is a .. good flow,or not., . I first-feel- a neuralgic • pam,.and then my.arms begin to shake:" / A Startling Demonstration.

. . The pressman was then favoured'with'a . «omonstrati<in, , whjch— ho thus • describes w Mr. Mason ■ started to walk along his'garden path throwing -oat his arms to either sido, his (hand pointing downwards at an angle from .his body. . Presently he stopped; "I . : reel tho pjun now," he said,:.'-that-means that I .am entering the sphere. Now watch I" He stook a: step 'forward slowly, and then | his arma began .to shako,as though smitten I with. ',a palsy.. -. Another step : forward ■ and' . ttioy-shook more notioeably'to_ and fro. • Athird step, and the agitation'' of the arms : became very, marked, and .they were thrown ■ to his Bido:as-though an electric-shock had been imparted them. -Even the muscles , of-tho race and-neck- quivered, and; as he sprang forward .'Out .of the area of, alleged radiation, he was panting as though, he bad S" st breasted the-tapo'after • a long sprint, o then walked across tho same place on the . path i with his: arms -nnextended. / Nothing , abnqrmal happened , this time, and the press- . man' asked-Vif (the 'agitation only .took, placo when ho extended,his arms as described. "Fortunately,;yes,"'replied.Mr. Mason, who • has a keen sense df humour, "otherwise; ! .should nover.bo able to go out at all.'.'

Finding Water "With the Rod." Breaking a ! longish twig-from a > tree, ho grasped' it and passedover- the same spot.-' Immediately. tho . twig, bent outwards . and- down; rising agaw.as he . passed out of tho spharoof inlludncc. "Uncanny, isn't-it?" 'he-'remarked; ' ."Now v.- watoh againl'' vWitn -that-he walked a few . , '■ paces ■ forward on the m Path, ■. still' grasping the, twig as .before. : The - same thmgnap- ] v poned, the ,twia bending,'and. rising again aa-he-walked. : - That shows tie unreliability of.tbe rod:for findingiwater," remarked ,the demonstrator, "there is none beneath"—in.dicating ■ the second place.' He then-put aside the twig, and extended his arms, ihere . was no . agitation". - Tho rod, ■ however, - had bent over at •• both places;; bat there 'was fnly water below the first. lii a further experiment, Mr. Mason again took the; rod; and, . with its aid, followed ■, the .winding- course of •, tho stream located r > at the-first spot-across' his garden: .As re- . gards. the rod bending at the second spot, there being .no water there,' Mr. Mason oould : not explain: the phenomenon. Possibly, he remarked, it might indicate precious metals. a This theory \is interesting, and . might be well.worth following up. >.■ j. " Many Poopio' May Have tho Power. ' Opposite toi the vicarage gate, the waterfinder pointed out a scries of-volcanic'cones; at the base of one'of which was - a pump, . .bringing iwater up.-at the ifirst placo-he had . ever: "located" it.- In three ditferent -situa- • tions beneath these cones, he: said," ho -had < located large., resorvoirsoorf r water, with jnany ... streams - radiating from" - them.' -. This -'he looked upon as the proper water-supply for the Otahuhu Boad Board. ..A more im- . portant statement followed, - especially ■ in . view, of the Remuera Eoad Board's recent decision to enlist his - holp:- "There- are," . ; Mr. Mason declared, :"always huge resefVoirs . under, thesovTolcamo cones. Mount' Wellington has a' potential -water, supply, beneath; ,it —an, enormous" .reservoir that . should bo availed of: for Groater Auckland. I located , water. for ,■ the, Domain Board; there, and-my-experiments .led : into tho crater. ' Tltere . tho agitation I got was so severe that-I could only stay in it a moment. If a boro wots sunk right in;tbo centre of tho cniior, . mid. .the latter ; concreted, to form a non- - porous basin, I, am certain; that ,we could .; have a huge-storage reservoir: fed from-be-! low by hundreds of streams, the source of 1 which would be tapped by the ceiitral bore." - , ~ ,■}Mr- Mason added: that ihe ifonnd'the calls -his ; peculiar . pow<Srs -so embarrassing, - that ho was anxious -to find some' one to share the burden With him, and he .had tested hundreds. His youngest boy (11 years • *!„' power stronger even than hitri- ... - the Scott Moncriefi. War- ;... pf .St.-. .IJohn,s.,-College, .also possessed the power, but with'the rod only. He thought he. had' / discovered , the power. akb in a Mangere lady. . His . theory, was, however, that many others than himself must , nave it without knowing it. , ■