SCIENCE OF NUMBERS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20040, 12 September 1939, Page 7

SCIENCE OF NUMBERS

BIRTH DATES AND NAMES ADDRESS TO ROTARY CLUB The science of numbers in application to one’s birth date and name was the subject of a talk given at the Gisborne Rotary Club’s weekly luncheon to-day by Mr. G. MeKessar.

Mr. MeKessar said that the science of numbers could be put to everyday practical use. and when applying it to birth dates and names we could ascertain what diseases we were prone to, what food we should eat, and what things should be avoided.

The science indicated which days were favourable or unfavourable and the circumstances that should be avoided, and also told of what trades or professions were more suitable for each individual.

He quoted an instance of a girl whom he told, after studying the numbers associated with her birth date and her name, that she should avoid deep water, and the girl then staled that she had been saved from drowning on three occasions. He had also given an indication to a young man who contemplated entering a certain trade that he would never make a success of it. His advice was not heeded, but after two years the apprenticeship contract was broken -because the young man was not suited for the job.

Continuing, Mr. MeKessar pointed out that at first many of the great inventions had been ridiculed, and while he did not expect his audience to agree with all that he said, there was no reason why the science of numbers should not be in the same categories as those ridiculed inventions that later became embraced in our every-day life. He said that at the time at his disposal he could touch only the fringe of his subject, but he gave a survey of the birth dates in nine groups, indicating the characteristics of the persons born in the dates under each of the groups. At the close of the address a hearty vote of thanks was passed on the motion of Rotarian C. H. Bull for a talk on. a most interesting subject. The chair was occupied by Rotarian R. L. Maclean.