When the famous Indian magician, P.C.Sorcar played a week in the Theatre Royal, Christchurch, in November, 1957, he did a "Publicity Walk" from the Theatre to my shop with his party of twelve assistants, all magnificently dressed in colourful costumes of Royalty. This was fantastic publicity for both Sorcar and my shop. He gave me a large autographed photo and wrote on it, "I was certainly very much impressed with the quality of the magic props in the Magic Centre - they are all tested, dependable and nicely finished. I like every bit of this." Some five years later, I was his invited houseguest in Calcutta, India where he was a perfect host.