BUS BURNED OUT.
MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT MANGERE. MAI.NKTU AM) T<i(H> MI^IM;. A community motor lm«. n-,-,1 <~i passenger mmvjiv ! H -t\v,.e,, Manure and Auckland, was found bunu'd out on the roadside parly vc-ierdny nitnniii". The i> P.. Mil. a four cylinder Lalil. which \\a« formerly on the' run bctwei-n Npwmnrkri an.l ( ity. Thp I.u> «;i> found at ;li.- cornrr of Wnlnislpy ami Ma.kpn/ip Koa.N neat the Rlac-K Hri.lno nt .M en|!erp< ' Onr Onoluin«a rorro«|Huiflpnt ina.le inquiries, from which it appears that the driver o\|.oi ion..-.) enuiiu* trnulile »n Saturday e\-cniiyr nn ,| ]~,( ,) lp vt . lliol( , , |V tIl * c roadside while he went to o Ct something to tix the mechanism. When he retuine.f. the magneto and nil tools had been removed and the bus was on fire. It is stated that two pas#ers-bv at 11.30 p.m. notieed the bus by the sitlr of the ro«d. hut observed nothing on: of the ordinary. The drivrr was unable to extinguish the flames and the hody work and tyres were destroyed. Tlie enpine. was not damaged, but the magneto. a« alreadr stated, was mis-ins. N",< trace of it or the tools of the bus lime yet found.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 90, 18 April 1927, Page 9
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193BUS BURNED OUT. Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 90, 18 April 1927, Page 9
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