Miscellaneous Information.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume III, Issue 16, 30 July 1879, Page 136

Miscellaneous Information.

Appointments as Third-Class Sergeants, Frederick S. W. Pope, No. 1551. William Eagar, No. 1569 Appointments as Constables. Alfred Stanton, No. 1310. Daniel McKelvey, No. 1371. William Mackay, No. 1372. Frederick Augustus Moore, No. 1373. Joshua Moore, No. 1374. Patrick Roach, No. 1375. Archibald Mackay, No. 1376. Henry Mulholland, No. 1377. James Reynar, No. 1378. Alfred Oitaway, No. 1379. John Garvey, No. 1380. George Alexander Hill, No. 1381. Carl August Hanson, No. 1382. Joseph Moore, No. 1383. Harry Bate, No. 1384. Edward Alexander, No. 1385. Cornelius Anderson, No. 1386. Charles Bloom, No. 1387. Edward Walter McCans, No. 1388. Daniel Robertson Twat.t, No. 1389. Michael Leahy, No. 1390. Michael McCarthy, No. 1391. John Quin, No. 1392. Harold Faulkner, No. 1393. John Brown, No. 1394. Edwin Tozer, No. 1395. Patrick Dinar), No. 1396. Richard Madigan, No. 1307. Thomas Fitzpatrick, No. 1398. Harold Turner, No. 1399. Oscar Hillsten, No. 1400. Alfred Trent, No. 1401. Wallace Brookes, No. 1403. Thomas Bagot Campbell, No. 1403. Frederick Spurr Palmer, No. 1404. Alexander William Mclntosh, No. 1405. James Gibson, No. 1406. Francis Edwin Cazaly, No. 1407. Patrick Sheahan, No. 1408. William Holmes Moore, No. 1409. James Thomson, No. 1410. William Pacey, No. 1411. Alfred Whyte, No. 1412. Frederick Owen D. Hodges, No. 1413. Thomas Whelan, No. 1414. Charles Ivey, No. 1415. George Max Felix Hirsehberg, No. 1416. Rudolph J. E. Wark, No. 1417. William Renton, No. 1418. John Maclean, No. 1419. Arthur Gorton, No. 1420. Walter Franklin, No. 1421. Robert Hector, No. 1422. Charles Retford, No. 1423. John Hamblyn, No. 1424. George Richardson McKay, No. 1425. Eliezer Reynolds, No. 1426. Tamihana, No. 1427. John Murphy, No. 1428. Walter Joseph Baskiville, No. 1429. William Bates, No. 1430. John Francis Benjamin, No. 1431. Walter Bodilly, No. 1432. Henry Bowman, No. 1433. William Bern, No. 1434. Denis Callaghan, No. 1435. Henry Cooper, No. 1436. John Cotter, No. 1437. Thomas Hastie, No. 1438. Jacob Hewitt, No. 1439. Samuel Hunter, No. 1440. William Jones, No. 1441. Thomas John Keep, No. 1442. William Kertland, No. 1443. Joseph Lees, No. 1444.

Miles Leighton, No. 1445. John Henry Manktelow, No. 1446. Patrick McCullow, No. 1447. John McDonnell, No. 1448. John Thomas Neill, No. 1449. George Nickle, No. 1450. Charles O’Brien, No. 1451. Richard Patterson, No. 1452. Joseph Petty, No. 1453. James Heavy, No. 1454. Michael Rogers, No. 1455. John Rowney, No. 1456. William Michael Thompson, No. 1457. George Ernest Troughton, No. 1458. Henry William Westby, No. 1459. William Willis, No. 1460. George Thomas Russell, No. 1461. Martin Bolger, No. 1462. Denis Donovan, No. 1463. Herbert Hem-y Tekjll, No. 1464. Oliver Blanchard, No. 1465. George Taylor Mayne, No. 1466. Henry Bayley, No. 1467. Thomas Harrison, No. 1468. Joseph Long, No. 1469. Kenneth Alexander Kennedy, No. 1470. William Low, No. 1471. Norman McDonald, No. 1472. Alfred Washer, No. 1473. John Patrick Ward, No. 1474. William Hepburn, No. 1475. Samuel Woolmington, No. 1476. Charles Edward Lconhardt, No. 1477. John Mullan, No. 1478. Joseph Johnston, No. 1479. Thomas Howe, No. 1480. Robert Taucher, No. 1481. Daniel Mann, No. 1482. Walter Carew Dudley, No. 1483. Joseph Bellerby, No. 1484. Henry William Maguire, No. 1485. Josiah Fenton, No. 1486. William Hatherly, No. 1489. Edward Hanlon, No. 1490. William Gough, No. 1491. Robert Witt, No. 1492. John McCulley, No. 1493. James Graham, No. 1494. Charles Horseman, No. 1495. Matthew Hill, No. 1496. George Davy, No. 1497. Alfred George Baker, No. 1498. James Smith, No. 1499. James Gilbert Hulso, No. 1500.

Erratum. For “George Coaker” and Patrick Bannan,” in Gazette No. 12, of the 4th ultimo, page 99, read “ George Cooke ” and “ Patrick Brennan.”

Promotions.

Sergeant-Major Thomas Baker, No. 168, to be Sub-Inspector. First-class Sergeant Alexander Smith, No. 72, to be SergeantMajor. Second-class Sergeants Henry Garland, No. 277, and Henry Walker, No. 331, to be First-class Sergeants. Third-Class Sergeants Charles Octavius Hawke, No. 428, William Henry Roberts, No. 197, Thomas Bland, No. 162, John Webb, No. 434, and John Roper, No. 811, to be Secondclass Sergeants. Constables John Gilbert, No. 116, Henry Arden, No. 61, George Hill, No. 1300, Edward Coffey, No. 431, and John Wybrants Ellison, No. 299, to be Third-class Sergeants.

Rewards. The sum of £8 each has been awarded to Sergeant Henry Martin, and Constables Maxwell Walker, John Strathern, and John Healey, and the sum of £4 each to Detectives George Jeffery and Samuel Brennan, Auckland Police, for the arrest of John Ideson, T. Barker, William Harris, W. Bray ley, and James O’Hearn, deserters from Her Majesty’s ships “Emerald” and “ Sandfly.”

The sum of £3 and £2 respectively bas been awarded from the Reward Fund to Sergeant Richard Haldane and Constable Thomas Stephenson, Timaru Police, in recognition of their exertions in the arrest of William John Simmons, sentenced at the last sittings of the Supreme Court at Tirnaru to eighteen months’ labour for stealing from the person.

The sum of £3 has been awarded to Constable Richard Stapleton, Sliortland Police, for the arrest of David Gibson, who deserted from the barquo “ Allastor,” at Auckland.

The sum of £3 lias been awarded from tbe Reward Fund to Constable Edward Coffey, Campbelltown Police, in recognition of zeal and attention shown by him in the arrest of Arthur Watson Cummock, charged with arson, embezzlement, and larceny.

The sum of £3 has also been awarded from the same fund to Constable Thomas Gallagher, Otago Police, in recognition of his praiseworthy conduct in the arrest and prosecution of Charles Lewis, sentenced to two years’ labour at the last sittings of the Supreme Court at Dunedin for cattle-stealing, and for the recovery of the stolen cattle.

The sum of £2 2s. each has been awarded to Sergeant James Slattery and Detective James W. Ede, Nelson Police, in recognition of zeal shown by them in the recovery of stolen property, and the arrest of Peter Theodore. Wilson and William Mercer, sentenced at the District Court, Nelson, in January last, to two years’ and eighteen months’ labour respectively for larceny.

The sum of £1 each has been awarded to Constable C. Knapp and William Steer, for the arrest of James Elliott and Charles Johnson, who deserted from the barque “ Chaudiere.”

On the 31st of May last a counterfeit sovereign was uttered by a Mrs. Sullivan to Richard Forgie, at Parnell.

On the 23rd ultimo a window, value £1 10s., was maliciously broken in Brunswick Villa, Timaru : the property of Rebecca Shields.

At 8 p.m. on the 14th instant a boy, name unknown, threw the knob of a gate through a window in the dwelling of Charles Cunningham, Smith Street, Dunedin, damaging it to the value of 10s. Description : About 5 feet high, slight build ; wore light-brown coat and trousers, and soft black hat. Identification doubtful.

During the night of the 9th instant an ornamental knob was maliciously broken off the gate of Thomas Reynolds, Dowling Street, Dunedin.

About the 14th instant, at St. Kilda, South Dunedin, a dog, value £3O, the property of William Allen, was maliciously killed by poison.