NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1003, 6 February 1912, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

Bombay was determined not to be outdone in lavishness by the rest ot India, and excitement over the first visit ol a King-Emperor and Queen-Empress to their shores. If His Majesty found himself in the Bazaar, which he is pretty sure to do, he would be quite unable to restrain his smiles at some of the unconscious compliments paid him by his loving subjects at the “Gate of India.” The writer has often wondered if, six years ago, His Majesty noticed the flamboyant banner which waved over the Kalbadevi Road, and which bore the words: “ Angles welcome Our Hero.” Angles in Kalbadevi are nearly as rare as angels, so the spelling didn’t much matter after all. Another Indian welcome which must have had its meed of humour, for the then Prince and Princess of Wales was in Madras. Its story was “ God Bless the Prince of Whales !”

An extraordinary experiment in hypnotism over the telephone has just been made in the State of Ohio. The hypnotic subjects were ordinary telephone operators, and the influence of the hypnotism reached them over the wires from a distance of over 130 miles. Six doctors checked the experiment. Fernando Lontzenheiser attempted to apply his hypnotic power in this manner from Pittsburg to Canton, and one of the operators, of whom ten were tried to receive the influence, was entirely subjected. When the voice from Pittsburg stated categorically that his left arm was numbed the limb thus attacked fell limp, and the doctors were able to insert pins in it without affecting the sensibility of the operator. “ Lift your right leg,” commanded the Pittsburg magician ; the command was obeyed, and the six doctors could not press the limb down. However, the dramatic moment arrived when the subjected operator was informed politely but assertively that he was a stone. He immediately rolled off his seat, and the six doctors, trying to compress his chest, were unable to overcome the resistant surface.