BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 18 February 1927, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS

[r.Y TELEGRAPH—PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] MASS TELEPATHY. LONDON, February 17. Hie Society of Physical Research has organised a remarkable experiment in mass telepathy, by means of wireless with the assistance of Sir Oliver Lodge and a party of leading scientists. The latter have been locked up in a room in Bloomsbury, and they have endeavoured to project a series of thoughts into space, in the hope that listoners-in would [lick up their thoughts. In order that the tests might he beyond suspicion, the scientists will he locked in Bloomsbury until after the first [lost to-day. Sir Oliver Lodge, addressing millions ol listeners-in pointed out that much evidence of telepathy was possible m the time of additional distress, such as that of death, and also it persons were in close sympathy with each other, but the object of this experiment, lie •said, was to see if telepathy operated over a distance on a mass scale.

Personally, said Sir Olliver Lodge, lie thought the mind would be so screened by the body that mass telepathy would be unlikely. Firstly the locked-up scientists thought of a certain playing card for three minutes. Then they asked the listeners-in to write down which card. Secondly, they thought of a picture. Thirdly, they thought of an object of which they asked the listcn-ers-in to record the impressions, other than the card. Fifthly, there was a repetition of the third test. The listeners were finally asked to post their answers immediately. Sir 0. Lodge pointed out that every alowauce would he made for chance.

BRITISH PRODUCTS. (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, February 17. The Empire’s market place arranged by the Empire Marketing Board will be one of the brightest features of the British Industrial Fair, opening on -Monday. The products of every Dominion are admirably disaplaycd. Tlie whole exhibit was designed by Professor A. E. Richardson and is contained within Horace Grieffenhagen’s frei/.e of Empire specially brought from Dunedin Exhibition.

A FRENCH PROJECT. LONDON. Feb. 17

The “Daily Express's” Paris correspondent says that by the French Government’s orders, a speech by the President of the French Department Funding Commission, tolling how Premier Poincare saved the franc. will lie broadcasted throughout the world on Friday night. Engineers have made secret arrangements to transmit the speech from the Eifcl tower in such a manner tlDt nil the other wireless broadcasts will he jammed.

Professor Low. a wireless expert in London, declares, however, it is impassible and fantastic to suggest that any country in the world could carry out such wholesale jamming.

MOTOR JOURNEY. CAIRO, Feb. 17. Malms and Olliver left Nakbl for Beer.sheba on Feb oth and encountered trouble after leaving Suez. The Petroleum Company sent motor assistance and escorted them- to Nakbl where they were held up for five ifiys. AN INVESTITURE. LONDON, .Feb. 17. The King invested Sir Colcbatch (West Australian Agent-General) at Buckingham Palace. N.Z. SCHOLAR. LONDON. February 17. The New Zealander, Mr Basil Ward, lias been exempted from 1927 preliminaries for Rome scholarships of architecture on account of the excellence of last year’s winning effort.