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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16927, 16 April 1929, Page 11

Messrs. C. G. Bayliss, H. R. Kendon, J T Morgan, H. Hopkiuson, L. Cousins, F. Gribbeh, W. Young, A. Skillen and A. Mclvor have been nominated for the Mangapapa school committee, the number of the nominations being the sanie'as the number of seats to be filled. In common with Gisbornri Central arid Haiti, the Maiigapapaj school therefore will' have its committee) without the necessity of an election. Driven bv a voung lady who was travelling solo, a car left the road at the top of the-Morere hill yesterday afternoon, but became entangled in soiiw scrub before it had fallen far. Ihrt driver was uninjured, and must havet returned to Gisborne by a service call which passed shortly after the incident, for when assistance arrived on thei scene there was no sign of the young woman. The registration number indicated that the far belonged' to Auck--landr ■ * ' An element of mystery surrounds the abandonment, of an apparently quite good motor-cycle, which had been left oil the roadside near the first ford on ithe Taylor Pass road since about Good : Friday, and has 'now been taken charge ll by the police (states the Marlborough, JSxpresa):. Bearing" local registration plates,- the- machine, which is of English raafce ; , appears to be m very fair order,' except for'a broken throttlecable. It was left standing on the side of tie road, and passers-by who had > noticed" it during the week had reported ; ife presence to the police- As it had not been' removed, the police decided to take it into' custody until its owner should he found. The loss or theft of : a" motor-cycle has not been reported.