PROPERTY STOLEN.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 24, 17 June 1908, Page 264

PROPERTY STOLEN.

Birkenhead. - works, Chelsea, property of EDWARD ORRINGE, labourer, a gentlemen’s rolled-gold hunting keyless watch, much worn, gold hands, “ I. G.” in monogram on face, value £3 ; a silver curb-pattern chain, with a shield-shaped silver medal attached, value 10s. Identifiable.

Hunterville. — 31st ultimo, from a camp at Pohonui, property of WILLIAM HUGHES, labourer,, a yellow pocket-book, containing three £lO notes (“Wellington” stamped on one of them), two £5 notes and nineteen £1 notes (a small hole near the middle of one). Suspicion attached to William Smith and John Cameron. First: Age forty-six, height 5 ft. 10 in., labourer, half-caste Maori, cleanshaved except moustache turning grey, speaks English fluently. Second: Age thirty-three, height 5 ft. 9 in., labourer, native of Scotland, dark oomplexion, clean-shaved except dark moustache, very erect well-set-up figure. The pocket-book containing the money was taken from complainant’s coat, which was lying on a log close to where the suspects were working.

Waipawa.— -4th instant, from the Commercial Hotel, property of ALFRED PELLOW, law clerk, a gentlemen’s free-wheel Rambler bicycle, No. 78110, model 51, wooden rims, roller brake on front wheel, Brooks saddle, leather grips, one gear-arm brazed and ferrule on it ; value, £lO. Identifiable.

Wanganui. —2oth ulHao, from COOPER, manager Royal Cycle Works, a gentlemen’s Royal bicycle, No. 93407, Dunlop tires/ dtelmjmd mud-guards, front one repaired ; value, £l2 lOsa\ori above date a Man, name unknown, hired the bicycle for an hour, and failed to return

it. Description: Age about thirty, height about sft. 6in. or 7 in., light moustache only, dark hair; dressed in greytweed suit and soft-felt hat with wide rim. Identifiable.

Wanganui.— -14th ultimo, from the bicycle-stand, Cosmopolitan Club, property of JOSEPH HARDEN, dredge hand, a gentlemen’s Speed-King bicycle, No. 94160, “F. Wade, Hokitika,” on front bar, fixed wheel, turned-down handle-bars, celluloid grips, rat-trap pedals, mud-guards on both wheels, patch on front tire, pump attached; value, £l2. Identifiable.

Taradale. —26th ultimo, from the Hawke’s Bay Motor Company’s Stables, Taradale, property of JEANIE NIVEN, Greenmeadows, a full-size buggy-rug, with red-and-white stripes, one corner scorched; value, £2. Identifiable.

Wellington. —lsth ultimo, from Harbour Street, property of ROBERT JOHN THOMPSON, land agent, a gentlemen’s old rusty bicycle, No. 28368, front-rim brake, straight handle-bars, steel rat-trap pedals, Dunlop tires, Brooks saddle, 80 gear ; value, £5. Identifiable.

Wellington. —lst ultimo, from Customhouse Quay, property of JOHN SHULEY, stationer, a gentlemen’s new Rapid bicycle, front-rim and back Bowden brakes, curved handles, rubber pedals, Palmer tires, 82 gear, Brooks saddle, mud-guards on back and front wheels; value, £2. Identifiable.

Mount Cook. — 2nd or 3rd instant, from the dwelling of GEORGE TAYLOR, No. 6 Vivian Stret, a gentlemen’s silver hunting Rotherham watch, No. 10402320 ; value, £5. Identifiable.

Richmond. —22nd ultimo, from the dwelling of DAVID WILSON, farmer, a ladies’ gold open-faced watch ; a goldmounted black-bead chain; a black sac coat, “Dee and Sons, Nelson,” on tab ; a cotton shirt; a flannel shirt; a pair of socks ; a brown-leather purse, “ N.Z.” on it, containing a half-sovereign and a florin : total value, £B.

Christchurch. —llth ultimo, supposed between Christchurch and Lyttelton, property of Mrs. H. W. McLEAN, Abel Smith Street, Wellingtorf! box containing a costume, black-silk dress, a navy-blue hat with long blue feather, a cream Maltese-iace scarf, a white-feather boa, a white blouse, a pale-grey Eton jacket, silk gloves, a black-silk underskirt, a marquise ring set with twenty-seven diamonds (one missing), a piece of greenstone with hole in it, a small curb-pattern gold chain ; value, about £35. Identifiable.

Christchurch. —2oth April last, from the rear of Fail’s Restaurant, property of ERNEST SHEPPARD, clerk, a gentlemen’s Banfield free-wheel bicycle, B.S.A. parts, frontrim brake, rat-trap pedals ; value, £B. Identifiable.

Christchurch. —29th March last, from Cashel street, property of GEORGE CLEMENCE, labourer, a gentlemen’s Bell bicycle, No. 507 ; value, £7. Identifiable.

Christchurch. — 20th ultimo, from outside Coker’s hotel, property of FAIRLEY LESHKE, labourer, a gentlemen’s Bell bicycle, No. 1421, one grip missing, rat-trap pedals, upturned handles ; value, £lO. Identifiable.

Christchurch. — 6th instant, from the bedroom of STANLEY WILLIAM WESLEY, porter, Empire Hotel, a large nearly new brown-leather portmanteau, value £2 ss. ; a rough-serge overcoat with velvet collar, value £2 10s.; a navy-blue serge suit, value £2 10s.; a gold open-faced watch, gold dial, “ Elsa ” on dial, value £4 ; a silver long-link chain, value 15s. Identifiable. Suspicion attached to Val. Gordon, age about twenty-five, hotel porter, supposed native of Dunedin, fair complexion, clean-shaved, medium build, small scar on face, left hand appears partly paralysed.

Belfast. farmer, a blue-and-white rough-haired collie dog, fox ears; was wearing a collar No. 284 with “ E. R. 8.” on it, answers to the name of Skipper ; value, £lO. Identifiable. Pleasant Point. —sth ultimo, freon the paddock of JANE GOULD, settler, a half-draUgqt grey colt, two years and a half old, silver mane and tail, v X” on off shoulder, one white hind foot; value, £25. Identifiable.

Dunedin. Bth instant, from the dwelling of JOHN WRIGHT, St. Clair, a gold scarf-ring, “J. W.” on it in raised letters, and buckle ; an albert, made of fair hair, goldmounted at both ends and centre ; a gold Maltese cross and small gold peVcil; two crown pieces; two glass tubes containing fine fP>ld ;t Ik gold brooch vine-leaf with bunch of two a chatelaine gold sleevelink, sef with imitatiiW'#fconef* tfvo sovereigns ; and about £2 in mixed silves. V Suspicion 4bt£|phed to Owen Patrick Brosnaham\(see Police Yjakettex 1908, page 215) and William Preston, Jones (see &Ace Gazette, 1908, page 20). Both suspects left Dunedin for Christchurch on the 10th instant.

Dunedin. —6th instant, from the dwelling of ARTHUR SHAW, jeweller, High Street, a ladies’ open-faced Geneva watch, No. 20111 ; a gold muff-chain, fine links, with pearls every few links ; a gold chain necklet, heart studded with pearls and turquoises attached ; an 18 ct. gold ring, with five diamonds in claw setting; a silver cross, with “M. C. L.” in blue enamel thereon; and other jewellery since recovered : value, £3O. Breaking and entering. Suspicion attached to Owen Patrick Brosnahan and William Preston, alias Jones. (See preceding paragraph.)

Invercargill. —Between Ist January and 20th April last, from Lumsden, property of FELIX HAILES, farmer, 100 four-tooth crossbred ewes, tombstone brand in dark red on back, cross pointing towards the shoulders, back notch and tip off near ear, punoh-holejin off ear, value £1 ss. each ; 100 crossbred ewes, from two-tooth to full-mouth, same brand, back notch and tip off near ear, various other ear-marks on them, value 15s. each. Identifiable.