Stealing Otherwise than from the Person or from Dwellings.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XIX, Issue 20, 2 October 1895, Page 154

Stealing Otherwise than from the Person or from Dwellings.

Auckland. —James Henry Moore Carpenter, coal- and firewood-dealer, Remuera, reports that, during the night of the 19th ultimo, his office was broken into, the safe burst open by a charge of dynamite, and £lO in gold, silver, and coppers stolen.

Auckland. William and John Peet, grocers, Karangahape Road, report that, between the 14th and 16th ultimo, their shop was broken into, and the following stolen : About 31b. Derby and Venus tobacco, and between 401 b. and 501 b. of Gilmore Younghusband’s brands of tea, in lib. and Jib. packages ; total value, £6 16s.

Auckland. —George Fowlds, draper, Queen Street, reports stolen from his shop, on the 18th ultimo, a new tan-coloured Gladstone bag, 22in. long, nickel clips ; value, £2 ss. Identifiable by private marks on straps.

Auckland. Charles George Hutchinson, Commerce Street, reports that, on the 14th or 15th ultimo, his gumstore was broken into, and the following stolen : A small American six-chambered revolver, a black mackintosh coat, and a pair of hand-sewn lace-up boots ; value, £3.

Paeroa. —Edwin Williams reports stolen from his coat, on the 16th ultimo, a silver hunting Waltham watch, No. 5292422 ; value, £4.

(See Police Gazette, 1890, page 161.)

Mangonui. —The bell stolen from the Episcopalian Church has been found in a creek, its whereabouts having been disclosed by means of an anonymous letter to the police, the writing being evidently disguised.

Wellington. —Alexander White, Adelaide Road, reports stolen from a building in course of erection in Austin Street, during the night of the 11th ultimo, a hollow-backed handsaw in good condition, a 9in. square, lin. chisel, spiritlevel, a jack-plane, smoothing-plane, and several others, all branded “A. White ”; value, about £2.

Otautau. Frederick W. Hoddinott, school - teacher, Wairio, reports stolen, between the 15th and 16th August last, a horse-cover, lined with white felt, double holes for tail-strap, copper rivets on belly-strap, one rivet on off side, near which is a piece of porpoise-leather, and two rivets on near side ; value, 15s.