Stealing Otherwise than from the Person or from Dwellings.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XVII, Issue 8, 19 April 1893, Page 65

Stealing Otherwise than from the Person or from Dwellings.

Auckland. —John Robertson, City Slaughteryards, reports stolen from off his horse in Rutland Street, on the 28th ultimo, an English hogskin saddle, well worn, old stirrupleathers, nickel-silver irons, and web girth ; value £3.

Wellington. —George McLean, John Lindsay, and others report stolen from the Catholic school-building, at Newtown, between the Bth and 10th instant, a plane 22in. long,

piece off top of the handle; two Bin. smoothing-planes (one branded “J. Lindsay ”), a tenon-saw, branded “D. McLean,” draw-knife, new brace, lin. chisel, screw-driver, square, two claw-hammers (one marked AR), two tackhammers, two hacking-knives, a putty-lcnife, varnish-brush, case of graining-combs, chisel-knife, screw-wrench, stoppingknife, painters’ apron, two duster-brushes, and a badgers’ hair-brush; value £4 10s.

Greytown North. —F. H. Wood reports stolen off his horse, on the 30th or 31st ultimo, a canvas cover, with three leather straps and red-and-white-web surcingle; value 15s. Identifiable.

Manaia. —Denis Carroll, Otakeho, reports stolen from his wagon on the Glenn Road, on the 3rd or 4th instant, a case containing two large cheeses, marked on one end in a circle “ 1261 b. Crown Factory, Full Cream Cheese, New Zealand. O.T. ” ; value about £2.

New Plymouth. —William McKeever, Bell Block, reports stolen from a box left on the beach, between the 27th and 31st ultimo, three sledge-hammers (one double-faced), two boilermakers’ ditto, all marked OIC on handles ; four or five steel sets for cutting bolts, same mark on heads; two hauling-chains, 10ft. and 4ft. respectively ; an old shovel and spade ; value £4 to £5.

Napier. —Alexander Mclntrye reports stolen from his coach in the Star Hotel-yard, on the 31st ultimo or Ist instant, a light-brown waterproof-coat with cape, full size, nearly new, green mark, about the size of a penny, near the bottom corner on left side; value £3 10s.

Wanganui. —James Low reports stolen from his horse in Victoria Avenue, on the 9th instant, a double-reined bridle, silver bit, bridoon, and buckles, nearly new; value £2.

Christchurch. —Theopilus Wake, insurance agent, 167, Durham Street, reports stolen from a perambulator at Riccarton, on the 21st ultimo, a green crochet handbag, about 12in. by 6in., red reefing-string at top, containing two cambric handkerchiefs, marked “T. Wake,” a leather watchbag for placing on a belt, and about 45.; total value 14s. Suspicion attached to a Mrs. Crabtree, who has gone to Wellington, and keeps a greengrocers’ shop there.

Christchurch. —Norman Strange, at Sargood, Son, and Ewen’s, Lichfield Street, reports stolen from outside the firm’s premises, on the 13th instant, a “ Rover ” bicycle, “ Carbine ” printed on cross-stay, latest pattern, enamelled back, round cranks, l£in. cushion-tyres, ball-head, “ International ” saddle, bent handle-bar, rubber-ball pedals, right handle loose and horn slightly split; value £lB.

(See Police Gazette, 1893, page 55.) Christchurch. —J. R. Brunt’s overcoat has been recovered; not stolen.

“ Ohau,” s.s. (Lyttelton). —James Ewing, second engineer, reports stolen from his drawer, on the 13th instant, two £5 and one £1 notes, supposed on the Colonial Bank of New Zealand. Crew suspected.

Ngapara (Oamaru). William S. Yeoman, Livingstone, reports stolen from the Tokerahi Railway-station, between the 20th and 30th January last, a coil of No. 8 fencing-wire, and forty sft. iron standards, six holes in each; value £1 13s.

Oamaru. —Alfred Avery, painter, reports stolen from his workshop off Thames Street, between the 26th ultimo and Bth instant, a silver lever hunting-watch, about half-worn, No. 7603, maker R. H. Cathcart, Oamaru, heavy brass albert, curb links attached; value £4.

Dunedin. William Whittingham Bagley, care of John Edmond, ironmonger, reports that, on the 4th, he left in the luggage-room at the Dunedin Railway-station a glad-stone-bag, the check-ticket for which he lost. Later on the same day the ticket was presented by some person unknown, who obtaned the bag, which has since been found near the rifle-range broken open and the following articles abstracted —namely, a pair of light-coloured-tweed trousers with narrow dark stripes, not much worn; a dark-grey-check tweed sac-suit, four white-linen shirts, eight linen collars, two pairs of dark-merino socks, seven white-linen handkerchiefs, three silk ditto (two coloured, one white), two travellers’ manifestbooks, a sleeping-suit with pink stripes, a Mack waterproofcoat with cape, and a brown chester-coat; value about £l4.

Clinton. —James Johnston reports stolen from the Waiwera Railway-station, between the 28th ultimo and 6th instant, six hags of oats, branded J; value £2 ss.

Invercargill. —James McMaster, butcher, Bimu, reports stolen from a stable, on the 6th or 7th instant, a large colo-nial-made saddle, half-lined with leather, large knee-pads (one torn), stirrup-irons round and rusty, leathers nearly new, and have holes cut in them with a knife.