THE SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13841, 22 December 1908, Page 3

THE SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

WHAT A SPIRITUALIST SAW.

According to A Waihi resident and a member of the local branch of the As* sociation of Spiritualists, the result of the Webb-Arnst sculling match verifies a remarkable vision which to investigators of the psycho phenomena is regarded as a demonstration of the spiritual subjective clairvoyance, proving the existence of unseen intelligence around us. On the night of April 7 Jast (eight months ago), the resident alleges that he saw the following scenes in the Taking hours of the morning. The first scene represented a large town, of which the streets were thrqnged with people, all surging about in great excitement. On the front of a large stone building was erected the following word in large capitals: "Arnst." The name was fixed in an iron frame and stood out distinctly. The excited people rushed about placing their hands on one another's shoulders, exclaiming, "Arnst, Arnst." The whole scene showed that something unexpected had happened. Tne next scene showed a portion of a river near a bend, and the ripples and the blue tint of the water could clearly be seen. Nothing else could be noticed, but his senses became conscious that something extraordinary was happening; that Arnst had the advantage and rowed in the winner. The impression was most vivid and the remarkable point was that nothing but the water and the bank of the river could be seen. This passed, the final scene showed a white outline in shorthand tracing of the name of "Arnst." This conc|uded the vision, a description of which was written down and certified by an officer of the Waifai Magistrate's Court the following day (April 8). It may be mentioned that at the time of the vision the match between Arnst and Webb had not been definitely ! arranged, nor had the man who experienced the vision been thinking of the match. During the last two scenes he was practically awake. The bona-fides of the occurrence may be tested^ as the signed and certified document is now in the hands of the clerk of the Court.