Stealing Otherwise than from the Person or from Dwellings.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXI, Issue 5, 3 March 1897, Page 40

Stealing Otherwise than from the Person or from Dwellings.

(See Police Gazette, 1897, page 32.) *■ Paeroa. —The number of Edward Finlay’s watch is 16327.

Eltham. —Thomas Wright, contractor, Normanby, reports stolen from a paddock near the Hunter Road, Eltham, between the sth and Bth ultimo, forty sacks of cocksfoot-grass seed ; value, £3O.

Manaia. —Thomas Langdon Joll, Okaiawa, reports stolen from his store, between the 13th and 15th ultimo, a men’s sac suit of dark mixed Kaiapoi merino tweed, size 5; a pair of men’s light-coloured Kaiapoi tweed trousers, same size; three dark-brown Melton cloth shirts, eaten by mice at shoulders; a large shawl-rug, medium-sized black-and-white check pattern; and an umbrella (since recovered):’value, in all, £5 ss. 6d. Suit and shirts identifiable. Maoris suspected.

Napier.— Gilbert and Co.. Dickens Street, report stolen from their stable, between the 6th and Bth ultimo, a pair of trap-winkers, nearly new, square shape, with stars, doublering bit, and forehead-banc! all of white metal, nickelplated buckles ; value £1 ss. Identifiable.

Ashurst.— Brewer and Bauckham, storekeepers, report stolen troAyfit/fthed, ffiftween the 20th and 23rd ultimo, seven saclyw/jf f iiTyffedA;lj()|gstfrdl-grass seed, some branded G.D. with heaty rfed i\idf and some G.D. over B. with the same material, five also being stencil-marked with the figure 1, and two with the figure 2 ; value, £55.

Wellington.— Andrew Buckley, traveller, 9, Willis Street, reports stolen from McDonald’s stables, between the 15th and 20th ultimo, a saddle and bridle, value £3. Since re-

covered at Griffith’s pawn-office, where they were sold by a man who gave the name of Wilson. Description: About twenty-six years of age, brown hair, clean-shaved except moustache; dressed in a light-tweed sac-suit and bard blackfelt hat.

Wellington. —James Poart, clerk, Austin Street, reports stolen from a dwelling in course of erection, on the 13ch or 14th ultimo, thirty-eight pieces of wall-paper, 10 yards of oilcloth, two planes, a brace and bits, a level, rule, square, pair of compasses, screwdriver, and chisel; value, in all, £6 10s. Some of the tools are marked “ J.P.” and “W. 8.”

Wellington. Thomas Street, reports stolen from his shop, fina 23rd ultimo, the handle-bars of a bicycle,/blade ywjfbod), and turned like a ram’s horns; value, £2. 'They (are"the only ones made of wood in Wellington.

Wellington. —H. H. Beetham, Brancepeth Station, near Masterton, reports stolen in transit by train from Wellington to Masterton, on the 2nd ultimo, a brown-leather portmanteau, marked “H. H. Beetham ” in white letters, containing a ladies’ print skirt and blouse, a blue skirt, a blue-and-white-striped blouse, two white linen ditto, a whito-silk dress, a white petticoat, a small gold brooch with two birds on it, a cotton night-gown, a pair of tan shoes, two pairs of long kid gloves, a pair of tan stockings, a pair of black-merino ditto, and some handkerchiefs, vests, and ladies’ underclothing, marked “ Thyra ” or “T. T. Beetham ”; value, £2l.

Wellington. —On the 11th January last a parcel left at the railway-station for Mr 3. Humphries, of the Lower Hutt, was called for in her name, and delivered to a woman of the following description: viz., English, about thirty years of age, 5 ft. 3 in. or 4 in. high, thin build and features, dark hair; dressed in black, and black straw hat; respectable appearance. Her identification is doubtful. The parcel contained an electro plated teapot, a ladies’ Waterbury watch, and two silver bar-brooches, engraved “ Ruth ” and “ Marjorie ” respectively ; total value, £1 15s.

Lyttelton. Robert Morton, engineer, Norwich Quay, reports that, between the 13th and 15th ultimo, his shop was broken into and the following stolen : A £l note, £1 in silver; one set of J in. taps, one set of taps, and two sets of § in. taps; a pair of compasses ; six or seven files, 9 in. to 12 in.; about twelve cold-chisels, branded NA (conjoined) ; and a receipt for a bicycle from M. Mcßride, Christchurch : total value, £lO 17s. Suspicion attached to William Koskella and Alfred George Driscoll, who are still in Lyttelton. (For description see Police Gazette, 1596, pages 124 and 154 respectively.)

Little River. —Alexander Lazaretti reports st cjtip. from his boat on the Ninety-mile Bdach, lj*/tweon/ the 24th January last and 14th ultimo, a yards long, 14 ft. deep, 4 in. mesh, £mdri\\ all’s No. 25 thread, about 40 yards in the centre bjpngrof double thickness; value, £2O.

*•' (See Police Gazette, 1896, page 167.) Rakaia. —Thomas Jenkins, charged with the theft of three shillings’ worth of tongues, the property of Robert Davidson Petrie, has been arrested by Constable C. J. Moore, Ashburton police, and remanded to Rakaia.

Dunedin. —William Cecil Plunkett, seaman, ship “ Soukar,” reports stolen from his bunk, on the 11th ultimo, a red-leather case, lined with blue plush, containing two razors, marked P.S. in a diamond, a comb, strop, and badger’s-hair brush ; value, £1 10s.

Waitati. —David Reifr,, farmer, ©rflimi, near Seacliff, reports stolen from his day, onotmjj 10th ultimo, a ridingsaddle, much wirn, newly covered (one slightly torn), each flap, square stirrupirons, ordinary stirpup-leMihony leather girth ; and a singlereined bridle with plain bit, much worn: value, £2 15s.