LOSS OF MEMORY
EFFORTS TO RESTORE FAIL
LONDON, February 1
A remarkable attempt to revive the lost memory of a club-mate lias been n fj.de by of the Abercaru Rugby Club. The victim, Harry Haines, a miner, was a member of the team which went to l.vdney last April! to play there. On tli ( > route or any of the Lvdnov playsulfering concussion. He was unconscious for three weeks, and afterwards could not remember Ills former life. Haines’ doctor hoped that going in a motor-bus over the same route with Ids former companions would restore his memory. /Accordingly, when the trip was made yesterday his team mates did their utmost to reproduce impressions of the previous jounroy. They conversed of old t ines, and pointed out landmarks at tiie corner where Haines had fallen off the bus. •
However, Haines did not recognise the route of ally of the l.ydney players. Ho said Inter: “1 s t ill remember nothing.” His wife and three children, anxiously awaited the result of the experiment, are doomed to disappointment.
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Hokitika Guardian, 9 February 1935, Page 6
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