PROPERTY STOLEN.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXX, Issue 30, 2 August 1905, Page 270

PROPERTY STOLEN.

Gisborne. —10th ultimo, from SAMUEL McMURRAY, plasterer, Ashburton, a gentlemen’s gold lever huntingwatch, No. 020923, makers name on dial, glass broken, double gold chain, short links, old key set with blue stone attaohed ; value, £l3. Identifiable. Theft from the person.

Napier.— llth May last, from the Garrison Hall, the property of HAROLD FLETCHER, tailor, a dark-tweed rain-proof overcoat, indistinct white stripe running through it, inside ticket pocket, small tear near one of the side pockets, a dark-tweed cap with officer’s star on it in one of the pockets ; value, £2 10s. Identifiable.

Napier. —Between 20th and 22nd ultimo, from the bedroom of BEATRICE HORTON, at Mrs. Balfour’s, Cobden Road, seven sovereigns, a cream flannel blouse with red spots, pearl buttons down the back, made with a large box-pleat and three smaller ones on either side, sleeves fastened with pearl buttons ; value, 10s. 6d.

TeNui. —Between|l9th and 23rd ultimo, from the whare of WILLIAM BKNNARD, labourer, a silver Waltham huntingwatch, No. 157432 ; value, £4 10s. Identifiable.

Petone. —15th ultimo, from JOHN ROBERT COTTLE, farmer, Taita, a grey cycle overcoat, with guta-percha lining, patent snips instead of buttons; value, £2. Identifiable. Stolen from complainant’s trap at Webley’s stables.

Petone. —23rd ultimo, from the Church porch, the property of WILLIAM JOHN SIMPSON, bootmaker, a dark Chesterfield overcoat, lined with pink sateen with white stripes, vertical pockets, left side pocket darned; value £2 10s. Identifiable.

Wellington. 22nd ultimo, from the dwelling of WILLIAM SALT, Wadestown, a silver open-faced chronograph stop-watch, No. 56131; an old-fashioned silver openfaced watch with removable cases, about one hundred and fifty ; ears old; about two hundred English and foreign silver coins, ancient and modern; about six gold foreign coins ; an old-fashioned gold neck-chain, with round thick chased links ; a gold seal set with a cornelian ; a gold seal with “J. C.” engraved on it; a gold seal set with a lightpurple stone ; three gold nibs, makers Mabie, Todd, and Bard ; a pair of small English-made opera-glasses ; a Turkish silk cigar-case, embroidered with gold thread; a book entitled “ The Generative Organs in Health and Disease”; a dark-blue sac coat and trousers with pale stripe through it: value, £3O. Identifiable. Entrance supposed effected by duplicate keys.

Wellington. —lst May last, from the Opera House doorway, the prop rty of ALFRED WALKER, No. 28, Marion Street, a gentlemen’s Record bicycle, No. 419, Cook and Hawlison makers, free wheel, nikel rims, Dunlop tires, pump attached ; value, £l2 10s. Identifiable. (See Police Gazette, 1905, page 178.)

Greymouth. —Between 15th and 17th ultimo, from the workshop of GEORGE RICHARD COTTLE, wheelwright, thirty iron-bark spokes, 2 ft. long by 2Jin. broad at the shoulder ; value, 15s. Identifiable.

Christchurch. —Between 14th and 20th ultimo, from Cathedral Square, the property of SAMUEL HURST SEAGER, architect, a gentlemen’s Matchless bicycle, maker “Allday and Onions,” 24in. frame, cork grips, rat-trap pedals, free-wheel, front and back brakes; value, £B. Identifiable.

Christchurch. —About 25th June last, from FELIX O’CONNOR, labourer, a gentlemen’s silver Rotherham hunting-watch, No. 58363; value, £4. Identifiable.

Temuka. —2lst ultimo, from THOMAS PATRICK McMAHON, labourer, a gentlemen’s silver lever Rotherham hunting-watch No. 232031; value, £5. Identifiable. Theft from the person.

Dunedin. —17th ultimo, from the dwelling of DAVID SIMON BEATH, painter, Carlton Terrace, a ladies’ silver Geneva hunting-watch, No. 34348, “ K.G. ” on outside, and “Katie Gray, N.E. Valley” on inside, value £2 10s.; a gold tie-pin with greenstone bell attached, value 7s. 6d. ; a gentlemen’s gold-mounted black silk ribbon-guard, value £ll7s. 6d. ; a gold three-bar brooch, with cross-bar set with two diamonds, value £1 10s.; a ladies’ engagement ring set with two diamonds and a sapphire, value £3 17s. 6d. ; a nickel muff-chain, value 55.; and two £1 notes and 6s. 3d. in silver. Jewellery identifiable. Entrance effected by forcing open the door.

Dunedin.— l6th ultimo, from the dwelling of THOMAS MARTIN, No. 63, High Street, a ladies’ gold open-faced watch, value £3 ; a ladies’ silver hunting watch, value £110s.; a small chain-purse, a ring set with five diamonds, value £5 ; a plain band ring, value £1 10s., a small silver chain with two silver balls on end, value £1 55.; a silver-mounted morocco purse containing two half-sovereigns and 2s. 6d., a gold wish-bone brooch set with a pearl, a ruby and a sapphire, value £2 10s.; a gold brooch “ 1899 ” on it, value 15s. ; a pearl dagger-brooch, value £1 10s.; a gold band ring, “ J. E. M.” on it, value £1 10s.; a plain gold bangle set with a sapphire, value £2 10s. Identifiable. Breaking and entering by window.

Dunedin. —l9th ultimo, from the dwelling of ADAM GLEN, printer, Queen’s Drive, an old gold locket with raised flowers thereon, value 10s.; and eight gentlemen’s cream-coloured silk handkerchiefs, value 10s. Breaking and entering. Suspicion attaohed to three young men who were seen in complainant’s garden.

Dunedin. —2lst ultimo, from the dwelling of ELIZABETH LOW, Mornington, a ladies’ Waterbury watch and small silver chain, value £3 ; a gold amethyst brooch, value £1 10s. ; a gold brooch with pearl in centre, value £1 ; a ladies’ gold ring with sapphire in centre, pearl on each side, value £3; a greenstone heart on gold neck-chain, value 10s.; a flat gold bracelet, value £1; a gold pendant, value ss. ; a silver bangle with bell, value ss; a gold ring with pearl missing, small rubies on each side, value £l. Identifiable. Entrance effected by forcing open a window.