Stealing Otherwise than from the Person or from Dwellings.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume IX, Issue 19, 16 September 1885, Page 157

Stealing Otherwise than from the Person or from Dwellings.

(See Police Gazette, 1885, page 139.) John Alexander Gordon, charged on warrant with stealing a spring-cart, at Carterton, the property of Thomas Watson, has been arrested by Constable Maurice Roach,

Paikakariki Police, and committed for trial. The cart has been recovered.

Stolen on the 2nd or 3rd instant, from a garden at Constitution Hill, Auckland, a spade, partly worn, a crack in back of iron; and a garden-fork with a piece of tin nailed on front of handle; the property of James Howell; value 10s. Identifiable.

Stolen on the 14th ultimo, from Ivarangahape Road, Auckland, a small two-wheeled hand-truck, nearly new, “ New York, No. 1,” branded on both handles ; the property of George B. Boulton ; value £1 Is. Identifiable.

Stolen on the 27th or 28th ultimo, at Paeroa, Ohincmuri, a 5-gallon oak keg, BC in black paint on bottom, containing 1 cwt of salt butter; the property of Thomas Quinn ; value £5 10s. Keg identifiable. Suspicion attached to Ohinemuri Maoris.

(Sec Police Gazette, 1885, page 139.) The rabbit-hutch stolen from the yard of Alfred Augustus Browne, at Wanganui, has been recovered, and traced to the possession of William Robertson, who is in gaol undergoing sentences for larceny and being illegally on premises.

Stolen on the 29th ultimo, on board the steamer “ Hauraki,” at Wellington, a silver Geneva liunting-watch, No. 1891; the property of Peter George; value £3. Identifiable.

Stolen on the sth ultimo, from the yard of Archibald Fleming, Union Street, Auckland, a bright-coloured gamecock, some of feathers off lower part of neck ; value £l. Identifiable.

Stolen on the lltli ultimo, from the fowlhouse of John Barton, Grey Street, Auckland, a largo bantam game-cock and two game pullets ; value £2. Identifiable.

(See Police Gazette, 1885, page 148.)

The portmanteau and contents, the property of William Caldwell, reported stolen from a railway-van between Mercer and Frankton, have been recovered ; not stolen.

Stolen between the 10th and 22nd ultimo, from the premises of James Moore, High Street, St. Albans, a jack-plane, a long screwdriver, and two paint - brushes ; value 10s. Identifiable.

Stolen on the 31st ultimo, from the Exhibition, Wellington, 12 dozen yards of white window-blind cord; the property of Henry Williams ; value 4s. 6d.

Stolen on the 26th or 27th ultimo, from the foundry of Richard Atkinson, Tuam Street, Christchurch, two steel heart - and - spade trowels, a large steel trowel, two small cleaners, one brass and the other steel, a brass bead sleaker, a gate-knife, and a g-incli steel-cleaner; value £l. Identifiable.

Stolen on the 30tli ultimo, from off a horse at Alexandra, Auckland District, a very old saddle, newly padded, threebar flat stirrup-irons, wide girth of five strands, two strands broken; the property of Edward Jones ; value £2. Identifiable.

Stolen between 5 p.m. on the 29th and 8 a.m. on the 31st ultimo, from a paddock at Meaneo, Hawke’s Bay District, a drum about two-thirds full of staples, marked “Napier (over) JO” in diamond, and 1 cwt. of No. 6 fencing-wire ; the property of William Orr.; value £1 Bs. Identification doubtful.

Stolen on the 31st ultimo or Ist instant, from a new building in High Street, Dunedin, a smoothing-plane, a hollow-plane, a scotia-plane, a 6-inch square, a spokesliave, a chisel, a Lj-inch chisel, a 1-inch chisel, a £-inch chisel, a §-incli screw-bit, and a bevel; some of them are stamped “A. J. Harris;” the property of Alexander Joseph Harris ; value £2. Identifiable.

Stolen on the 29th or 30th ultimo, from the garden of Frederick De Launoy Luckie, Hastings, Haw’ke’s Bay, three apple-trees, about a year old; value Gs.

Stolen on the 4th or stli instant, from the strong-room of the Palmerston North Borough Council, a minute-book about 18 inches by 12 inches, binding destroyed and leaves scorched, containing an account of the proceedings of the Council since 1878; the property of the Palmerston North Borough Council. Identifiable,

Stolen between 5 p.m. on the 22nd and 11 a.m. on the 24th ultimo, from off the beach near Hcllaby’s Slaughterhouse, Cox’s Creek, Auckland, a flat-bottom boat with keel, 13 feet long, “Mountaineer” in white letters on blue ground on stern; the property of Thomas Reynolds; value £4. Identifiable.

Stolen on the 25th or 2Gth ultimo, from the railway flagstation, Hunua, Auckland District, a 561 b. bag of white sugar, and a 251 b. bag of oatmeal; the property of Walter A. White; value 18s.

Stolen during the night of the sth instant, from the yard of the Commercial Hotel, Oamaru, about GO feet of J-inch gutta-percha hose, with brass coupling to fasten to watertap, a rent about 4 inches long about G feet from one end ; the property of Alexander J ohnston ; value £1 10s. Identifiable.

Stolen on the 31st ultimo, from a box on board the schooner “ Waitemata,” at Auckland, an accordion, nearly new, a pair of light-grey tweed trousers, a black-and-white spotted necktie, and three pairs of black-and-white striped woollen socks; the property of Albert Lucref; value £2 ss. 6d. Identifiable.

A man, only known as George, is charged with stealing, on the 4th instant, from Helensville, three kerosene tins containing fat, value £1 10s., and a carving knife and fork with black handles, value ss. ; the property of Joseph Flood. Knife and fork identifiable. Description: A native of London, a cook, about twenty-nine years of age, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, medium build, fair complexion, Jewish cast of features, small light side-whiskers and moustache; wore dark coat and black cap with peak. He left Helensville on the morning of the 4th instant by train for Auckland.

Stolen on the 29th ultimo, from a shed at Ellerslie, Auckland District, a dark-coloured steeple-chase hogskin saddle, about half-worn, a small hole in one of knee-pads showing the striped-serge lining on inside, one stirrupleather broken and iron off ; the property of Robert Thorp ; value £4. Identifiable.