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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 12075, 14 October 1933, Page 9

Nearly three months have passed 'since Miss Daisy ‘Riddell, of Napier, mysteriously disappeared from h<n home in Fitxroy road and has never horn seen or heard of since. 'file police, who made a thorough search for Ihe missing lady, are unwilling even at this. late stage to class her disappearance as one of the few unsolved mysteries of New Zealand. Renior-Sergt. Pender told a newspaper representative that any suggestions made by the public, which might possibly form some clue to the whereabouts of Miss Hidden, would he promptly acted upon. During the weeks following her disappearance. the police diligently searched the Breakwater surroundings, draggino- the sen bed on the presumption thai she might have fallen over the Breakwater, if this theory is correct and she fell over the seaworcl side of the outer mole. her nody might easily have been caught in bytween two of the large concrete blocks and would he extremely difficult to find. Them is a genera! rule in law that a person who disappears may he declared legally dead aftei a period of seven years have claused. If. however, the circumstances of that person’s disappearance are such that the Court is satisfied that- the person is dead, a judge of the Supreme- Court has power to declare him legally dead before, the expiration of seven rears.