PROPERTY STOLEN.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3, 27 January 1904, Page 26

PROPERTY STOLEN.

Auckland. —2nd instant, from PATRICK BROPHY, labourer, Jervois Road, a gentlemen’s Rotherham silver hunting-watch, No. 6187, “ P. 8.” engraved on outside of case, value £5; a gold chain, links fin. long connected by fine gold wire, value £5. Identifiable. Theft from the person.

Auckland. —2nd instant, from the office of ALFRED LANGHAM FOSTER, surveyor, Shortland Street, a pair of old fashioned heavy field-glasses in stiff, shiny, black-leather case, with shoulder-straps ; value, £3. Identifiable.

Auckland.— lst instant, from the dwelling of JOHN CREDIN, clerk, Victoria Quadrant, a small hand-camera, marked “ Premio B” on one end; value, £4. Identifiable.

Auckland. —l4th ultimo, from a cabin in the s.s. “ Kawau,” the property of JOHN COUTTS REYNOLDS, engineer, a gentlemen’s silver Waltham keyless huntingwatch, No. 7575563, “ J. C. Reynolds ” engraved on inside of case, value £5 ss. ; a double silver chain, fine wire bound in the centre of each link, medal attached with ‘'Barton and Curtis ” engraved on it, value £1; also 6s. in silver.

Newmarket. —llth or 12th instant, from the dwelling of EDWARD LEWIS FARR, fitter, Wellington Street, a pair of trousers, small size; a malacca cane with a greyhound’s head carved out of horn, silver band round it; and a brownleather purse containing a £1 note : total value, £3 10s.

Freeman’s Bay. —6th instant, from the dwelling of JOHN WALLACE CHAMBERS, Sheridan Street, a fawn-coloured mackintosh, greenish shade, side pockets, with opening through that hands can be put in trouser-pockets, “ Smith and Caughey ”on tab ; value, £2. Identifiable.

Ponsonby. —About 10th instant, from MISS E. WEAVER’S bedroom, at Mrs. Martin’s, London Street, a ladies’ long gold chain, small links, apparently made of twisted gold wire ; value, £2 10s. Identifiable.)

Mount Roskill Road.— 2Bth or 29th November last, from a paddock off Wynyard Road, the property of CHARLES WALDRON, carter, a dark-chestnut medium draught horse, aged, about 15 hands high, Roman nose, thick build, scar on near shoulder ; value, £l7. Identifiable.

Pukekohe.— l3th instant, from the bedroom of WILLIAM PRIEST, hotelkeeper, Tnakau, a solid gold brooch, wish-bone pattern, with bar across the centre, “ Mizpah ” in raised letters on bar, a heart fastened on the centre, “ The Lord watch between me and thee when we are absent one from another” thereon, value £3; a gold bar brooch set with five opals, “18” on butt of pin, value £3. Identifiable.

Otahuhu.—Bth or 9th instant, from a stable, the property of FREDERICK DAVESTERLOCK, farmer, a set of light

harness, silver-plated buckles, collar rather large for the harness ; a gentlemen’s saddle, small size, very old, only one stirrup-leather : value, £B. Identifiable.

Hamilton. —29th ultimo, from the dwelling of JAMES KELLY, platelayer, Eureka, a gentlemen’s gold ring, shield pattern, with “ J.K.” engraved on it, value £1; a blackhandled hollow-ground razor; a pair of lace-up boots, value 10s. ; and a half-sovereign. Breaking and entering.

Te Aboha. —Between 25th ultimo and sth instant, from the hut of JOHN STEWART, engineer, a double-breasted blue-serge coat not much worn, brass buttons embossed with house-flag of the Shire line of steamers, value £1 ; a pocket-book containing discharges, references, &c., a blackhandled hollow-ground razor, maker Mills, Sheffield, and a salinometer, “ J.S.” scratched on it, value 12s. 6d. Identifiable.

Te Puke. —7th instant, from a paddock, the property of CHARLES BISHOPRICK, a chestnut pony, six or seven years old, about 14J hands high, T.P. on rump, value £3 ; a black mare, 15 hands high, one white hind fetlock, one hind leg injured, value £ls. Identifiable.

Napier. —3oth ultimo, from JOHN HILL, labourer, Hastings, a red-morocco purse containing two orders on Messrs. Murray, Roberts, and Co., Wellington, payable to complainant, one for £l4 and one for £7, drawn by Handyside, Roberts, and Co., Akiteo Station. Theft from the person.

Napier.— lst instant, from a bedroom in the Central Hotel, the property of ARTHUR JAMES PALMER, care Collett and Eakin, Dannevirke, a new Panama hat, “New Zealand Clothing Factory ” on inside band, value £1 7s. 6d. ; a pair of patent-leather shoes, value 55.; and a packet of Old Judge cigarettes, value 6d. Hat and shoes identifiable.

Hastings. —Bth instant, from the premises of JAMES WADE, painter, a grey-tweed overcoat, velvet collar, owner’s name on lining of left sleeve ; a gentlemen’s umbrella with silver ferrule on the handle : value, £3 17s. 6d. Identifiable.

New Plymouth.— 2nd instant, from a bathing-shed, the property of MRS. W. H. BARNICOAT, Ridgway Street, Wanganui, a ladies’ gold Geneva hunting-watch, No. 150062, fancy case, glass cracked ; value, £ls.

Moawhango. —l4th or 15th ultimo, from a paddock, the property of JOSEPH STUDHOLME, station-owner, a black mare, four years old, about 16 hands high, good weightcarrier, lump between the eyes, R on off rump; value, £2O. Identifiable.

Ashhurst —17th instant, from the creamery, Hiwinui, the property of PARMO JOHANNESSEN, a Swiss gold watch, No. 800, “ Argent ” on inside of case, gold hands, ring of watch is silver gold gilt; value, £lO. Identifiable.

Levin. —About 10th November last, from a paddock at Ohau, the property of T. M. JOLL, a light-bay half-draught mare, black points except one white hind fetlock, collar-mark on off shoulder, broken to harness, no visible brands ; value, £25. Identifiable.

Lower Hutt. 22nd instant, from the dwelling of ERNEST CLEMENTS, roadman, Hutt Gorge, Taita, a silver open-faced Rotherham watch, supposed No. 17650, “ Ernest Clements ” scratched on inside case, value £4; a silver cable chain, value £1 ; and about £1 2s. in silver. Entrance effected by forcing the window-catch.

Wellington. —22nd ultimo, from the telegraph-office, the property of HERBERT HATCHARD, telegraph messenger, a gentlemen’s bicycle, No. 317, B.S.A. parts, black frame, Westwood rims, kink in bar of frame, Brooks 828 saddle, turned-up fixed handle-bars, one felt grip, the other missing, front tire worn out; value, £9. Identifiable.

Wellington. —l9th ultimo, from the passage of the Post Office Hotel, the property of WILLIAM JAMES STEVENS, employee City Gasworks, a gentlemen’s Star bicycle, No. 3104 over 8431, about 24 in. black-enamelled frame, 70 gear, roller chain, Star brand on front; value, £9. Identifiable.

Mount Cook. —Between 23rd and 29th ultimo, from the new Mission Church, the property of WILLIAM HOLMES, carpenter, Russell Terrace, a full-sized carpenter’s kit con taining a rip-saw, a jack-plane, a smoothing-plane, a spiritlevel, a square, a mallet, five chisels, a ratchet-brace, seven German bits, a spokeshave, oil-can, gauge, screw-driver, and compass, all branded “ H.” ; value, £5. Identifiable except bits.

Picton.— l2th instant, from a yard at the dwelling of ALBERT ROADLEY, hairdresser, two medium-sized oval hair-brushes, dark wood and bristles; two nearly square hairbrushes, dark wood and bristles ; two small hair-brushes used for brushing hair off the face and neck : value, 15s. Suspicion attached to William Cowel and David Gable: first, age about twenty-three, height about 5 ft. 7 in., medium build, fair complexion, clean-shaved except fair moustache ; second, age about twenty-three, height about 5 ft. 5 in., stout build, dark complexion. Both were firemen on s.s. “ Penguin,’’ since discharged, and supposed to be now in Wellington.

Nelson. —l3th instant, from the Masonic Hotel, the property of ANNIE BOYD BAIGENT, a ladies’ black-leather bag, containing £3 in gold and 16s. in silver. Suspicion attached to James Orr, age twenty-two, height sft. sin., waiter in hotel, slight build, brown hair; dressed in brown-tweed suit and cap. Supposed to have come to Wellington.

Ahaura. —2nd instant, from the hut of CHARLES REID, labourer, a blue-cloth suit (a small hole in right shoulder of coat), a white regatta shirt with red stripes, and an old darkbrown alpine hat with black band ; value, £2 9s. Identifiable. Suspicion attached to Alfred Cook, age about twenty-six, height about 5 ft. 8 in., labourer, supposed colonial, stout build, fair complexion, large mouth, very small fair moustache. May be found wearing stolen clothing.

Phillipstown. —lsth or 16th instant, from the shop of THOMAS RICHARD MOSES, bootmaker, a pair of men’s glazed kid balmoral boots, size 6; a pair of men’s riveted button balmoral boots, size 7 ; a pair of woman’s glazed-kid boots, size 4 ; a pair of woman’s chrome laced shoes, size 5 ; a pair of woman’s slipper shoes, size 4 ; and a quantity of leather and cotton laces : value, £5 Bs. 6d. Entrance by skeleton key.

Leeston. —Between 13th and 16bh instant, a calico tentfly, “ maker J. Trist ” printed on it, has a cut about 6 in. or 8 in. long on one side repaired, ropes cut; value, 10s. Suspicion attached to a swagger, age about fifty, height about 5 ft., medium build, fair complexion; dressed in old browntweed sac coat, grey patched trousers, brown soft hat, and old worn boots ; one or two joints missing from one hand.

Oamaru. —6th instant, from the paddock of ALEXANDER McDONALD, farmer, a very dark bay spring-cart gelding, seven years old, about 16 hands high, white stripe down the face, long tail, collar-marks on both sides of neck ; value, £25. Identifiable.

King Street. — Between 29th September last and Ist October, from the dwelling of CLARA REEVES, Forth Street, a nearly new silver hunting-watch, No. 1157030, no glass, maker Dawson, Dunedin ; value, £3 10s. Identifiable.

Roxburgh.— 29th or 30th ultimo, from Cave Creek, the property of DAVID RENWICK, six woolly two-tooth hoggets, mixed sexes, branded MS on back ; sixteen shorn hoggets, mixed sexes, unbranded; ewes have punch-hole in left ear and wethers in right ear : value, £l3 10s. Identifiable.

Riverton. —sth or 6th instant, from a shed, the property of ARTHUR GIFFORD WILLIAMS, telegraphist, Dunedin, a gentlemen’s Raglan bicycle, No. 36724, straight handles, one turned slightly down, ferrule off left grip, racing-saddle, almost new tires, rat-trap pedals; value, £l2 10s. Identifiable.