ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1715, 22 May 1917, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

Believers in spiritualism, non-be-lievers, and those who stand on the border line, will have an opportunity next Wednesday night, at the Town Flail, Foxtou, of witnessing “phenomena" through the medium of Driver, the illusionist, wellknown as “the man who exposed Bailey," who makes lps re-appear-ance in Foxtou .liter many years absence. Mr Driver is no stranger to .Foxtou, having appeared here as far buck as 1882. At that time he gave his entertainments under Jim professional name of Boberl Kudu rz, and for many years he continued on the road, visiting many lands, and gaining the patronage of many notable people, lie returned to New Zealand and settled down to private life in Wellington, but the bringing over to New Zealand o! Charles Bailey, the medium, as a

JMTSOII ]M iSsCsslllg' supernatural powers, was the iu<■;i n-• ul' bringing .Mr .Driver once more lid ore tlie ])iil)lie. Mr Drivel' determined lie would not. lei Dailey exploit New Zealand without being challenged to produce his maidt'eslations under sfriclly te.st eondilions, and under the critical eye of a magician. This Bailey refused to do, amigo! out oi. Mew Zealand as soon as he could. Before he could get away, however, Driver had demonstrated dearly that it required no supernatural

gifts in order to produce ‘apporls” under the very conditions which .Dailey said were impossible. This particular apport-producing seance Mr Driver will produce on Wednesday next, as well as submit his original mystery of the spirit paintings, and the laughable table-turn-ing seance, besides an entirely new programme of magical novelties. The entertainments of Mr Driver have always been good and clever and laughable.