GHOST “ON THE AIR”

Hokitika Guardian, 29 February 1932, Page 6

GHOST “ON THE AIR”

NOVEL BROADCAST ARRANGED. TOULOUSE, February 24. The whole of France listonod-in to an attempt to broadcast sounds in a haunted farmhouse in the village ol Daux, reputed to be the meeting place ot spirits. A. speech by the .Mayor preceded the broadcast, which was an indecisive noise, indistinguishable from atmospheric..;.

'(‘he Mayor explained that 'the mysterious occurrences at the larmhoiice included an epidemic—a mixture "1 influenza and palsy. He had he..,id noises suggesting- that the house was collapsing. A farmer's wife swore she saw a whitto person emerge Ivotn the chimney, and residents ol the village discovered the contents of the house to be topsy-turvy. The Mayor convened the conned, which summoned an Italian priest, who had rid an Italian village of the evil.

■‘lf ho cannot exercise the evil spoil from the farm," the Mayor said. m intend in hum it."

I ihosts apparent I v arc also '"' s .v m England. according to the "Daily .Sketch," which describes the pranks ‘d a muscular spook at a rectory 'll folk.

The ghost-, it is stated, throws iron I,iirs, pepper and bricks at the rcctol and his wife. It is alleged to have broken windows and also to have blackened the rector's cvc.