HYNOPTISM EXTRAORDINARY.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12927, 19 March 1906, Page 7

HYNOPTISM EXTRAORDINARY.

BOSTOCK AND WOMBWELL'S CIRCUS. The people of Timaiu are about to- be favoiuei with some items of sensational intiTEft in the wonderful science of hypnotism. Attached to Bostock and '"Worn Swell's Citeus, which opens here to- ■ day., ;i;e the wonder wallers of the United ..States of America, ••consisting of Professor ! .Bonner and his wonderful Mr S. •0. Williams. This afternoon," -at 5.50 ■o'clock, the public are; requested t-o" line the streets to witness the first- of a series ! of hypi: otic tests. ' A committee of townspeople will attend at- that hour at the Circus in order to supervise the carrying ■out' of all arrangements, so that the public may rest assured that the tests are genuine. A numbr-r of the committee will drive away :in u locally hired drag, ;uid choosing their •own^mute, wO select some store or shop, and : - ihtereiti' hide any article previously agreed upon. They then drive back, following the route originally taken-. On their arrival (where in., the meantime -the •other members of theicbmmittee*.ha.ve - b£en closely watching the, professor and his subject) Professor Bonner.; will' hypnotise Mr Williams and blindfold him. He is then hoisted. to the box seat"; and will in this- Condition drive the whole of the committee along the .exact- route", followed on the first- -occasion, and trace and discover ' the article. In the evening, in the Circus, -a-'further .exhibition of •; hypnotic power will -be given. In lull -view of tiie uu : dienefc and the •public committeevP.ro- - fesso'E-'Hopcer will lrrpnotis'e Mr Williams, who T. iil then" "be: carried out and ..buried 6 feet under the earth, -He will remain in this condition until th« following Wednesday evening. An inspection tub? will lie provided for ptiblic through which illey ;<may wiew Mr Williams during the sleeps'; at -any hour of the night. or day. The conmiittec and public are Jinvited to aiaint^ln-'a.strict- watch on the procredings in oidcr to' satisfy s the most sceptical t'iui.t "the test is one of genuine hypnosis.