Miscellaneous Information.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume VI, Issue 16, 9 August 1882, Page 126

Miscellaneous Information.

Appointments as Constables. Joseph Neeson, No. 2519. George Jeffery, No. 2520. Transfer. Third Class Sergeant Edward Hughes, No. 301, from the General Force to the Detective Force as fourth class detective. Promotions. First Class Sergeant Thomas McMillan, No. 1031, to be acting sergeant-major. Constable John Myles, No. 1901, to be acting third class sergeant. Resignations. Second Class Detective John Neill, No. 519. Constable Robert Thompson, No. 1168. Constable Charles Harry Twist, No. 1255. Constable Henry Edward Muis, No. 1270. Constable Alexander Brydon, No. 1604. Constable William Henry Leighton, No. 1617. Constable Henry Woodward, No. 2081. Constable Allan Cockburn, No. 2243. Constable James Ulysses Browne, No. 2488. Discharged on Compensation. Constable John Burrow, No. 142.

Discharged. Constable William Rainey, No. 2259. Constable Charles Frederick Rowley, No. 2457.

lleioards.

The sum of £3 has been awarded to Constable Patrick Shea, Wellington Police, for the arrest of a deserter from the barque “ Helen Denny.”

The sum of £8 ha 3 been awarded to Sergeant Andrew Clarke, Auckland Police, for the arrest of William Jones, who deserted from Her Majesty’s ship “Nelson.”

The sum of £1 has been awarded to Constable Patrick L. Harnett, Wellington Police, by Mr. J. G. Wilson, of Sydney Street, for the recovery of a cattle-dog lost by him.

The sum of £1 each has been awarded to Sergeant Andrew Clarke, and Constables John S. Bernard and Henry Clarke, Auckland Police, for the arrest of three stragglers from Her Majesty’s ship “ Nelson.”

The sum of £3 has been awarded from the Reward Fund to Sergeant David McGuire, Awanui Police, in recognition of the zeal and tact shown by him in the arrest, &c., of Tamati Tupara, sentenced at the late sittings of the Supreme Court, Napier, to seven years’ penal servitude for manslaughter.

The sum of £1 has been awarded by the New Zealand Insurance Company to Constable Edwin Joseph Lawliss, Hastings Police, in recognition of his services in connection with the saving of property from the Pacific Hotel, when on fire on the 18th May last.

The sum of £2 each has been awarded from the Reward Fund to Detective Maurice Sullivan and Constable William Kelly, Auckland Police, in recognition of their zealous perseverance in the pursuit and arrest of John Edwards and William Clarkson, charged with breaking and entering. Edwards was sentenced to three years’ penal servitude at the late sittings of the Supreme Court, Auckland.

The sum of £2 has been awarded from the Reward Fund to Constable Joseph S. Kelly, Mercury Bay Police, in recognition of his zeal and promptitude in connection with the arrest of Henry Goldsmith, sentenced at the late sittings of the Supreme Court, Auckland, to seven years’ penal servitude for breaking and entering.

The sum of £l2 has been awarded to Constable James William Moar, Mongonui Police, for the arrest of six seamen who deserted from the barque “ Adelaide Gibbs,” at Russell.

The sum of £5 has been awarded by the Auckland Acclimatization Society to Constable Nixon Scott, Te Ivopuru Police, in recognition of his services in connection with the detection and prosecution of Charles Hudson anti Alfred E. Harding, fined 10s. and costs each for breaches of “ The Animals Protection Act, 1880.”

TnE sum of £2 10s. has been awarded by the Auckland Acclimatization Society to Constable Henry Tatton, Kawakawa Police, in recognition of his services in connection with the detection and prosecution of Alexander Ilandyside, fined 10s. and costs for breaches of “ The Animals Protection Act, 1880.”

The sum of £5 has been awarded by the South British Insurance Company to Constable John Watt, New Plymouth Reserve Force, in recognition of his very creditable promptness in extinguishing a fire in the Windsor Castle Hotel, New Plymouth, on the morning of the 6th ultimo.

The sum of £3 has been awarded from the Reward Fund to Constable Joseph Eccleton, Gicytown Police, in recognition of the zeal and efficiency shown by him in the arrest and prosecution of James William Ellis, sentenced at the late sittings of the Supreme Court, Wellington, to twelve years’ penal servitude and sixty lashes for rape committed on a girl under twelve years of age.

A police station has been formed at Newmarket, in the Auckland District, and at North Invercargill, in thcJSouthlaud District.

During- the night of the 20th or morning of the 21st ultimo the gate of the pound at Masterton, the property of Henry

Bentley, was broken open, and a white steer and a white heifer, which were impounded by the Masterton Borough Ranger, taken therefrom.

On the 18th or 19th ultimo, at Kaiapoi, the hair was maliciously cut off the tail of a horse, the property of Dr. William Henry Ovenden.

On the morning of the 29tli ultimo, at Kaiapoi, a dredge, the property of the Waimakariri Harbour Board, was maliciously sunk in the Waimakariri River, by unscrewing a tap, which caused the dredge to fill with water. On the same morning several gates were taken off their hinges and some of them slightly damaged.