Absconding from Industrial Schools.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXVII, Issue 7, 25 March 1903, Page 75

Absconding from Industrial Schools.

Henry Francis Smith and Thomas Lambert absconded from the Burnham Industrial School on the 12th ultimo. Description : First—Eighteen years of age, 5 ft. 5 in. high, blue eyes, brown hair, dark complexion, stout build, grey patch on top of head; probably dressed in tweed suit; is clever at wood-carving, and was transferred from Caversham in 1901. His stepfather, Hay Smith, resides at Netherby, near Ashburton. Second—Eighteen years and eleven months old, about 5 ft. 5 in. high, blue eyes, stout build, respectful manner, very talkative and speaks well; was committed from Wellington in February, 1888.

George Adams absconded from the Burnham Industrial School on the 22nd ultimo. Description : Fifteen years of age, about 5 ft. 6 in. high, light hair, pale complexion, slight build; dressed in dark-tweed suit and straw hat. Committed from Christchurch in 1891.

Arthur Ernest Bassett and Joseph Thomas Daly absconded from the Burnham Industrial School on the 14th ultimo. Descriptions: First Sixteen years of age, about 4 ft. 10in. high, very stout build, large head, thick neck, slow heavy speech, a good cornet-player ; committed from Auckland in 1899. Second —Fifteen years of age, 4 ft. 10 in. high, stunted growth, blue eyes, dark hair, long dark eyelashes, projecting ears, freckled face, small nose, front teeth much decayed; dressed in dark-tweed knicker suit, tweed cap, and heavy boots ; committed from Wellington in 1902.

(See Police Gazette, 1903, page 3.)

Walter Donghi has been found working for a farmer near Invercargill and permitted to remain. Frank Edwards, alias Hicks, has beeen arrested by Constable R. W. Shepherd, Kurow police, for horse-stealing and theft. (See this issue of Gazette.)