Most people remember fores but .seldom names. At the Notary Club’s weekly luncheon at Auckland, Air E. L. Morgan, of Washington, gave wluit was described as a clever and remarkable example of memory training. Explaining that while lie was baring dinner the chairman told him the names of most of the sixty odd members present. Air Alorgan invited anybody to ask him their name. A band went up instantly, and like a Hash Air Morgan gave the correct name. Another band went up and with the same result Kor the next few minutes the visitor gave the names at random, the great majority of whom lie bad neither met nor seen before in bis life. And be was right in every case. Hut that was not all. Carrying bis demonstration further, Air Morgan recalled a list of fourteen appointments which Sir Alexander Roberts had jotted down and shown to him some three weeks ago!
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 February 1929, Page 7
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