THAT £100 CHALLENGE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 605, 7 September 1909, Page 6

THAT £100 CHALLENGE.

. THE TEST CONDITIONS. . . ,-In' the challenge-issued by. Mr. -T. W;; Drivet, the professional conjttrer, .to ;Mr. Charles Bailey, the Spiritualist medium, tho ; toll owing test , conditions drawn iip by Mr. Beers (Mr, M'Lean's solicitor) willbesubmitted itorday for .'approval at a meeting of the-parties' interested:— . '.;< . , ■ • (a)'. That.. Mr.- Driver, shall be, entitled to inspect the <!age;and,.room thoroughly-prior: to tUe'seance commencing. : , . L (b) That ■ prior to, the seqnco commencing Bailey .'shall ■• be v strippod completely, . and.. undergo/ a .thorough examination by medical men/: appointed; by Messrs. M'lean and: Driver, provided., always - that if the riedical practi-. tiSher.'.Engaged by\either partly shall fail to attend at the appointed time for the seance, the search 'shall bo l proceeded with in his absence. ■ jc) T'fyit Bailpy shall' then be' reclothed in :hisV;oTtfn'.. underclothing,\after'.■ it' has been searohed, but .that Driver shall have the right to -provide' his outer garments. . ■ (a) Bailey/. shall/ after .being re-drossed, be placed 'in;a;bag/ haying; sleoves for 'his arms,, and ail opening 'for,-his head, and the sleevesshall bo tightly- fastened -at the, wrists,. arid the 'bag .shall be fasterie'd round Bailey's neck, and all 'such fasteriinga may .he . sealed with sealing-wax .by- the said T. *V'. 'Dri%er. ~ { •-,(«) Bailey shall; then be:placed;in,a to be .prepared by--T./ W. Driver, and such cage' shall»?Bej coveredi'wi.th. wir'e-riettirig, 'and shall' '.contain:'one;door;': which shall •be,l'ocked. after.. ■Baile/;h'a's'-'been'-placed therein, and : the .'said' T..W.- Driver shall hold the key. ..The cage! .shall ;be;/of/.tlio same, dimensions, as' the -cage. hereto|ore';.used-;at< the Bailey "seances .-in Wei-: •lihgtoh. tVyhen: the medical) examination; and search • shalLi lmvo- beeii. completed, , and Bailey; -has been, placed in tho .bag in' the;cage, ;'and : the l cngo", lo'ck«d, tho;,'edi tors '.of the • tltreo' daily ip'apefs.'.shall be.asked.to announce whethef the condition's surrounding' the. test have; been to ,that-:"poiiit>carried out 'to their .satisfaction, and, &,'.'certificate/in writing/to that effect by ' majority -of 'the Vaid editors shall' be'coriclusivo that all'conditions, have so far been com-' ■plied with.. ' . ■ ■ -:' ! ■ ..(g);That no. person shall be; allowed .to approach the cage or communicate with Bailey/ and that all .present shall given", an undertaking 'not, to'.interfere;in, any ..way with ythei; proper. :oatrying'''out'. of ;;.the, investigatioii;.'. , ;\.(h) That during the test' the. whole/of' tho per--sons; in, the room, lrithoqlj exception,; Shall, com-' pletely Gurround the cage,; and remain clasping the cage as-the size': of the room JvilCpermit/ until Mr.M'Leail shall?give- the; signal that .'the . experiment .: is. at -an. end, when: he , shall-be- liberated to': enablo him to . turn :up the 'light. \ '■■■■ : , ;T(i)'-Th£ apportsv to' be, : produced' by the said : Bailey: shjll. consist; of 'one live bird or. other' live;ahimal ;a's; large-'tis ,a. bird autlone-inarii-* mate, object.-'The/inanimate apport shall be' of sufficient size to prevent: it being passed through- d ring, one inch in diameter. - . . (j) That; the apports .jhall be produced outside. theis'ack, and within th 6 wire-netting ,sur- : rounding,the cage.:. ; (k) Should,the ; necessity so arise, 'the, said W/MTean may alter; the date of all or any;of the seances; provided that no, 'seance '.shall be adjournal' for more than fourteen days. ■'. (I) That. Mr..H'Lean shall bo 'empowered: to I arrange for the- circle/.and no person'shall; be allowed to.'be : present .without;his sanotion.' :' ; (m) That Mrr.M'Lean shalh consult tlie edi-l : tors of tho three .daily, papers, as to the per-j sonriel of ! the circle, and that no . person shall I be' admitted except by. their'consent.-;. > . /(n).The:editors' of ; the' /Wellington', daily papers BhallVo'n: request to . Mr. M'Leau be -.given, full.and free access -to all pi.rts of the premises ;wheTe the seances are to be held, at ! ,all i ,timei':from;'twenty-four ' hours/before' any '. seance'..until-' such seance shall actually com-- . me'nce, and- they -may; if they: so. desire, put a man in. possessio'n'of the seance.-rnoni during . such time -aforesaid,; and they shall be, entitled toehold a Jiey'-of the premises..,' (o) The editors of th<?\three: Wellington daily . ,papers'shall:.be .given full authority to super-. : vise . allHrrangements, and 'if the-editors so - elect the'place for. holding the seance shall be changed to any other room to be provided by them to,-any, place.in the City of Wellington.-. ;,' (p) If an'y :of the said editors'shall be unable to attend\any'seanj;e,.they, shall bo entitled to : appoint ;a person to represent them ; provided ; that the'name of the person so appoinFed shall be. first'' submitted to and approved of the , {said W; vM'lean, and any person so; a—jointed shall at any seance'act as,and.for the editor he-represents.' ■ ; ,