ARGUS THE PROPHET

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 376, 9 June 1928, Page 16

ARGUS THE PROPHET

FOR THE PRINCE EDWARD When Argus the Prophet was w in Auckland a private demonstration was arranged before the police and Press representatives at the sugeesti™. of tlie late Mr. J. W. Poynton s v This was the result of the hearing C V several charges at the Police Court' arising out of the entertainment he had presented in different parts of the Dominion. On that occasion—it was in January of 1921—Argus voluntarily risked a battle of wits with a bunch of polio*, officers, among whom was a sub-in-spector and a chief detective. completely mystified all present. Argus will appear at the Prince Edward Theatre, under the Puller-Hav-ward management, on Monday week Argus is in Auckland for a fairly lengthy stay, and is anxious to show

Aucklanders that his powers have increased rather than diminished since he was known in this city as the BoyWonder. Since he was last in New Zealand Argus has travelled throughout Australia with his extraordinary gifts. One of the latest developments of Argus is his uncanny power over the wireless. As a broadcasting “stunt,” a thought reading turn was carried out at Station 2BL, Sydney, in conjunction with Hoyt’s Theatre. The prophet Argus and his father, Mr. C. L. Copeland, were the actors. It was certainly mystifying for listeners in their own homes to hear questions asked by Copeland the elder from the studio of the station and, immediately afterwards, hear the answers of Argus, his son, broadcasted from the stage of the theatre, at least a mile away.