BAILEY THE MEDIUM

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 201, 29 September 1909, Page 4

BAILEY THE MEDIUM

A SCENE AT WANGANUL DRIVER UNEXPECTEDLY MATERIALISES.

A most unseemly incident occurred at the Spiritualists' meeting at Wanganui on Sunday night (reports the Chronicle;. After Mr! Bailey's trance address, a man arose among the audience and, waving a newspaper, announced in no uncertain voice that he was Mr. Driver, lie said he bad read in last Saturday's Chronicle Mr. Bailey's statement about himself retiring from the challenge, and lie defied him to prove it. Mr. Eliding got up to protest about Mr. Driver's behaviour, reminding him that it was Sunday night. ilr. Bailey said that it was the controls wloi had said so.

Air. I Oliver: Vou spoke in person—Mr. P»ailey. Mr. Drivi-r again referred to the Clironi:!(.«'- report of the last seance, and gaid l.ailey's statement was ali a lie, au.t lietied him to grove it. Considerable coin m<»t ion then ton!: place, all the parties concerned talking at once; Driver accusing Bailey aid Kiieling ordering Driver to leave the room.

Mr. Driver, encouraged fey tlir- advice of some of those present, gathered up his hat and coat and went up the middle aisle and round tne audience to the doo r . reiterating. "Remember, 1 am here in person/' and threatening to give an ex hibitiou at which he would produce "ap. ports" better than Bailey had. lie sa d he would immediately go down to the Chronicle and advertise to that effect. Mr. Driver then went through the door, saving. "T have my name to protect; you should hafe left it out."

After leaving the room Mr. Driver took parr in a heated discussion 011 the star landing. After the con|motion had subsided, M'. Kbeling said Air. Driver could keep his challenge. Nobody in the local soei'ly would accept it. and lie thought that Mr. Driver Tiad fluide a mistake in creating such a scene.