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The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), Saturday 23 March 1918, page 8

National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60345886

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On Sunday evening, March 10, iihere

ffere further manifestations of spirit ininfiuence in tie ionie of Mr. BenjaminMilton; of Gawler South (writes

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correspondent).' The police-were immediately informed of- the, happening; but

the result of their enquiry was not madeavaila'ble -luntil this week.

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Mr.Milton,

after.. tihe previous visitation, removed the

b'oyj£rom''bie environment, on the adviceof Dr^Dawes; and, strange as it inay eeem,the pienomona ceased. As ? tie lad; iowever, was; not attending school, tie Education Department asked for his return; Mr.Milton, perforce, brought the boy iome!and tie little fellow seemed much. -better

for his iboSiday.-That iSunday.'evenuig

he was put inihis bed, end 'witain a few

seconds waa -

ind'feu.to.tie floor. His parente. essayed

to put Sim to bed a second time, and thelad was again pitched out.- .Later tiat

week a' poiice enquiry was, made. A deiectiye arrived from tie city, accompaniedJ-' Sister LJly ILingwbod Smith, a Christian ?Spiritual; Evangelist/

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They, in edin:

pany with the bcal police, -.went 'to bie

Some of Mr. Mfiton,- andiSBter:SmKih)

fromrtie few. enquiries made^ ?

was satisfied tiat there was an .unconscious' medcumin ,the iome. ;

Tiie .little, fellowwas bien

ta,ken; and placed, in iia bed, ia.etretcier,

a.nd 'immediately wastihrbwn out into the

lady'fl.Iarms.::

A second-.trial.-

was. made,with 'a frjriilar result. M.C. -Crowlrurs

tben; tested. ;'tiitf..bei and feJta distinct

movement.-;, ;Sister Smith invoked tie oidof

..the : spirits, and cpmnnicatKon ; was

effected -wifch/tie astral'plane.

Shecould

not discover tie .origin of the,manifesta

tions, -iom ver, although it

-was made plain

that, the girl ln^the home was the unebnscioua medium, and that eo long as eheremained/- in ''the

environment tie .pieno

mumi'- would, cotttmiie, provided there wasa' sympathetic spirit Mke the boy.

as:

a

go-between. ITie rap'pings wereinsistenjt,

but tie information gleaned :

was of ?no

service in elucidating tie trouble.' Tie

lady spiritualistwas positive that her eur

miBes were correct, and since tie Teriioval

of tie children to another home no further

nianifemations have taken piace.v *Thri

mysterious - power that has aiownitaeflf

is designated 'telekinesis,', a force aWe

to move material things without visible or

tangible cotttact. 'TejekiMsia,' it is said,

wasfirst manifested in America in. 1818,

when a family named Fox weretrouble'!

by ipexplicabfemovings of furniture ant

Tappings. Tie Gawler mcidenlt was kept

so quiet on tie second occasion tiat the

general public had no knowledge -of -

ite

lecurrehce,; otherwise tiere would1:

iave

been much piAlic curiosity, as the;. j-i*e-

nomena .created grea.t interest'?*

in-

the

town.; .

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