Stolen.

Canterbury Police Gazette, Volume V, Issue 9, 1 May 1867, Page 63

Stolen.

Stolen, during the night of the 16th ultimo, from a pantry attached to the Club Hotel, Timaru, a silver cruet-stand, oval shaped, and a pewter mustard pot, the property of Peter Daniel Mediae. A man named .Richard Rumble, who was seen about the hotel at a late hour, is suspected of being the offender. He is an Englishman, about 5 ft. 6 or 7 in. high, about 33 years old, medium build, fresh complexion, light hair, clean shaved, sharp features, dressed in dark tweed sac coat, bedford cord trowsers, and soft felt hat with straw brim. Still in Timaru

Stolen, between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. of the 15th ult., from outside the stable door of the Timaru Hotel, Timaru, an English made saddle, pigskin seat, stamped flaps, a cut on girth-strap on near side, the other broken, one blue girth attached, value £3, the property of John Melton, Timaru.

Stolen. During the night of the 24th ultimo, the office of J. T. Campbell, Hereford-street, Christchurch, was feloniously entered, and a cash-cox containing sundry papers and about ss. in silver stolen. The box and papers were found outside the premises.

Stolen, about 4 a.m. of the 22nd ultimo, from off a horse in Colombo-street south, Christchurch, a hogskin riding saddle, nearly new, the maker’s name, “ Greatrex & Son,” stamped under the flaps, the word “ Steel ” engraved on bottom of stirrup-iron, also a head-stall bridle with twisted bit, the property of Samuel Needham, Christchurch.

Stolen. During the night of the 14th ultimo an entrance was effected through a window into the store of Henry Montgomery, Christchurch, also an entrance into the office by another window; an attempt was made to force open the safe with a hammer, but did not succeed. After ransacking the store, the thief turned on the taps of one cask of brandy and two of wine, and leaving the liquor running, decamped.

Stolen, between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. of the 18th ult., from a store at Kanieri, during the absence of the owner, William Peter Manuel, one gold geneva watch, No. 9220 C, glass broken, value £lO ; one silver lever watch, No. 2L58, dial broken and repaired with gum, value £5, one £lO note, three £1 notes, banks and Nos. unknown, two half-sovereigns, and one pound in silver. Watches only identifiable.

Stolen, some time between the 12th and 19th ultimo, from the hall of Collins’s Hotel, Christchurch, a small sized opera glass, black color, marked with a crest as follows on each barrel:—Belt with words “ "V ingit Labor ” thereon, initials R. D. C. in centre of circle

the propert’y ‘of°B D P ? ****• tT* sails and °«>, A P ro Perty ot R. 1). Cameron, Esq., Christchurch A person named Patrick O’Brien, who had been loitering about the hotel, and soliciting assistance to bTnb ° t 0 proCe c ed t 0 Hokitika > is suspected. He is about 28 years of age, 5 ft. 8 in. high, fresh complexion, sandy hair beard, and moustache, whiskers shaved, dressed m bedford cord trowsers, dark tweed coat and vest ; has been a soldier ; is supposed to have gone to the West Coast.

Stolen between 11 p.m. on the 28th, and 6 a.m. on tj ul, ' m °, from a dwelling, Big Paddock, near Hokitika, about fifty or sixty ounces of gold, and three hundred pounds sterling, in ten, five, and onepound notes on the Bank of New Zealand, the property of George Macintosh, storekeeper, Big Paddock Not identifiable.

Stolen, during the night of the 29th ultimo, from Miss Edmiston, Hospital, Lyttelton, one white linen tablecloth, large white flowers, marked “ Edmiston ” in one corner, with indian ink, 1 calico sheet, 10ft. 6in x 10 ft. 6 in., with two seams in the centre, one ladies nightgown, 1 chemise, 1 pair ladies’ drawers, 2 boys’ calico shirts, marked C. Edmiston. Thomas Newton and James Newton suspected, as they live quite convenient to the Hospital, and were seen loitering about the fence the evening of the robbery. Identifiable.