WATER DIVINING
CONDEMNED BY. GEOLOGISTS. (Ptr Prut Astociatiov -.flopp right.) WELLINGTON, June .15. ; A condemnation, of any .method, of Ideating; water- by what is commonly khqwn as water divining-was made at ly. jneetfng, of ..thei’ geological ' section of: the i Wellington.; Philosophical Society last evening.', ' j . ISpeakem emphasised that . water undergrbund , could not jx> accurately located by any method, other’ thain by stiuly ajid invcistigafioli of/a geological nature of where water was thought to be. • Doctor 1 P. Marshall,; a/.well known geologist, • said ■ thirty years ago, he. had exposed the failure . of water divining, and ho‘ blamed the lack; of ■publicity foiv .tlie present day ignorance of the general' public on the subject.. . ' - 'i' ’., , ; .
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 June 1933, Page 5
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