Horse- and Cattle-Stealing.
Pene Hakaiiaka and Tiahuia, Maoris, are charged, on warrant issued by the Cambridge Bench, with stealing, on or about the 6tli ultimo, from Maungatautari, a red bullock, since recovered, value £6, the property of Hore Wirihana. Description: Pone Hakahaka is about thirty years of age, 5 feet 7 inches high, medium build, small dark whiskers and moustache; can speak a little English. Tiahuia is about twenty years of age, 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high, slight build, very small moustache, a few hairs on chin. They sold the bullock on the 6tli ultimo to John Arnold, at Cambridge. Pene Hakahaka is supposed to be in the Piako country ; and Tiahuia is said to be at the Aratitaha Native Settlement, King country.
Supposed stolen during the night of the 11th instant, from a paddock at Blenheim, a light-bay mare, four years old, 15 hands high, in good condition, oblique blaze down face, hind fetlocks white, mane about six inches long, long tail, no visible brands; the property of Alexander Poddie; value £lO. Identifiable. ,
(See Police Gazette, 1883, page 189.) The mare, the property of John Dunn, supposed stolen from Hawera, has been recovered.
(See Police Gazette, 1883, page 217.) The liglit-grey horse, the property of Thomas Dovenport, supposed stolen from Kaeo, has been recovered.
Supposed stolen about the 10th September last, from the Lauder District, St. Batlian’s, a bay saddle mare, five years old, about 16 hands high, small star on forehead, mane tail and legs black, large head, long pasterns, branded I-C on near shoulder; the property of Patrick McCaffrey ; value £ls. Identifiable.
Stolen on the 9th ultimo, from a paddock at Maioro, Auckland, five steers, branded IT conjoined on rump; the property of Thomas Reid. Identifiable.
Supposed stolen during the night of the 23rd ultimo, from Waikonai, near Gisborne, a black gelding, hack breed, about
four years old, about 15 bauds high, wine-glass brand on near shoulder, sand-crack in near hoof, no white marks; the property of Walter Waring; value £ls. Identifiable. Suspicion attached to a Maori, name unknown, who left his own horse at Waikonai. Description: About twenty-four years of age, 5 feet 9 inches high, medium build, small moustache, left thumb deformed. He went towards the East Coast.
Supposed stolen between the 24th ultimo and Ist instant, from Major Smith’s run, near Masterton, a roan-and-white cow, in calf, five years old; and a red-and-white heifer, four years old, in very good condition; both branded £> on near rump; the property of James Ewington; value £8 each. Identifiable.
Stolen on the 18th or 19th ultimo, from the stable of Thomas Bambridge, at Ponsonby, Auckland, a bay gelding, star on forehead, no visible brands ; the property of Messrs. Harrison, Lees, and Bradford ; value £2O. Identifiable.
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New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume VIII, Issue 2, 23 January 1884, Page 9
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459Horse- and Cattle-Stealing. New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume VIII, Issue 2, 23 January 1884, Page 9
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