Stealing Otherwise than from the Person or from Dwellings.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXIV, Issue 7, 28 March 1900, Page 71

Stealing Otherwise than from the Person or from Dwellings.

Auckland. —Richard Green, cabinetmaker, Newton, reports stolen, between the 10th and 12th instant, a bluevicuna suit, a small hole burnt in the corner left-side pocket of coat, a pair of light-coloured tweed trousers, a sofc blue shirt; total value, £4 18s.

Auckland. —Daniel Bassett, painter, Ponsonby Road, reports stolen from the Albert Street Baths, on the 4th instant, a silver keyless hunting-watch, No. 28433, “ Skeats Bros., Auckland,” on face, value £3 10s.; a farthing, two halfpennies, and 3s. 6d. in silver.

Auckland. Thomas Wakeham Cranoh, ironmonger, Devonport, reports stolen, between the 26th ultimo and Ist instant, a in. indiarubber hose, 60 ft. long, and a canvas 4 in. hose, 20 ft. long, with brass nozzle ; total value, £2 15s.

Auckland.— Ellis William Sayers, labourer, Ponsonby, reports stolen from the verandah of his house, on the 12th or 13th instant, a gentlemen’s bicycle, No. 914, “ Raglan Union ” on front bar, Dunlop tires, Lamplough saddle, rat-trap pedals, cork handles (one of them broken), blackenamel frame, had mud-guards and brake ; value, £lO.

Hamilton. —Simon John Harker, watchmaker, reports stolen from the verandah of the Frankton Hotel, on the Ist instant, a gentlemen’s Cleveland bicycle, number unknown, nickel plating is off the left handle, the brown is showing through black enamel on top bar of frame, part of the cone holding pedal ball-bearings is broken ; value, £ls.

Thames. —Allan Mclntyre, blacksmith, reports stolen from his shop in Grey Street, on the Bth or 9th instant, about four dozen miners’ picks, no brands ; value, £8 Bs.

Karangahake.— John Clarke, Te Aroha, reports stolen from the verandah of the Post Office Hotel, Karangahake, between the 12th and 15th instant, a brown-leather bag, about 3 ft. long and 2 ft. deep, full of clothes, consisting of a blue-serge suit, a pair of light-coloured tennis trousers, a pair of tennis shoes, a grey rug, umbrella, and other articles; total value, £l4.

Napier.— William Patterson, storekeeper, reports stolen from his shop, on the 10th instant, two pairs of men’s split shooter boots, and a pair of brown canvas shoes ; value, £1 2s. 6d.

(See Police Gazette, 1900, page 56.)

Wanganui. —Theft of £IOO from Naylor and Spriggen’s totalisator: Denis Swanson, alias James Williams, alias James Cummins, alias Thomas De Gray (see Police Gazette, 1897, page 175), is now believed identical with one of the offenders mentioned.

Wellington. —Susan Hopwood, No. 104, Adelaide Road, reports stolen from a shed, on the 15th instant, a ladies’ Clipper bicycle, painted dark-green ; black saddle, “ 25th October” written in ink underneath it; handle-bars slightly turned up, cork grips, tan-coloured tool-bag on the handlebar, brake attached, American Dunlop tires, steel rims, front tire patched in seven or eight places, number unknown ; value, £lO.

Wellington. —Matthew Ambrose Brady, painter, reports stolen from a shed, on the 15th instant, a gentlemen’s Hollis bicyole, “ No. 4466 ” on bottom of frame, dropped bandies, rat-trap pedals, Brooks’s 810 saddle, 98 gear, has bell and lamp, Dunlop tires, a new machine ; value, £23.

(See Police Gazette, 1900, page 57.)

Wellington. The bay-rum stolen from tbe shop of Joseph Downes was found in the yard of Bing, Harris, and Co., close to complainant’s shop.

Greymouth. —Soloman H. Myers, commercial traveller, reports stolen from his showroom, on the 13th or 14th instant, two keyless rolled gold watches, Philadelphia W.C.; one Swiss nickel watch, “ La National ” ; eleven rolled-gold albert chains, several pairs of rolled-gold sleeve-links, a number of meerschaum and amber cigar- and cigaretteholders, two silver-mounted meerschaum pipes, a black ebony stick heavily mounted with silver, several Kropp and Bengal razors, engineers’ enamelled can, a Bee alarm, a Bee time clock, a number of pocket-knives, silver-mounted wooden pipes and brushes: total value, £l7 13s. 6d.

Timaru. Frank Raymond, insurance agent, reports stolen, on the 15th instant, a gentlemen’s Tourist bicycle, nearly new, No. 173, wooden handle-bars, rubber pedals, 26 in. frame, block chain, Brookes’sNo. 28 saddle, Westwood rims and Dunlop tires ; value, £ls.

Lyttelton. —Walter Robert Harrington, steward, reports stolen from the s.s. “ Rangatiri ” at Lyttelton, on the 18th or 19th instant, a small white-canvas portmanteau, containing a pair of dark-tweed trousers with green stripes, four white-flannel shirts, and sundry curios ; total value, £1 ss. Suspicion attached to George Jackson, supposed colonial, a cook, eighteen years of age, 5 ft. 6 in. high, slim build, fair hair, blue eyes, warts on knuckles of right hand, dressed in blue-serge suit, brass buttons on coat, white-straw hat, has a badge resembling a trumpet in front of it. He joined the ship at Port Chalmers, and left her at Lyttelton on the 19th instant.