PROPERTY STOLEN.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 34, 26 August 1908, Page 364

PROPERTY STOLEN.

Aratapu.— frfon the kitefien of ELIZABETH FOREMAN, Nsjomdi, a\]acnesl gold hoop ring, set with five diamonds ; gol<| ring set wi h three diamonds and thrive &a)pphires : total value, £2l. Identifiable.

Newmarket. —6th instant, from the dwelling of GEORGE GOLDSBOROUGH, Fairley Road, a gentlemen’s gold stopwatch, gold chain, cable-pattern, value £2C ; a ladies’ gold ring containing five small pearls, recently repamd, value £5 ; a ladies’ fine-gold necklet, value £1 ; a baby’s bangle, with gold padlock attached, value £4 ; a ladies’ gold bangle, cablepattern, value £5 ; a small diamond brooch, value £2 ; a fiat gold double-bar brooch, “ Norah ” engraved thereon, value £1 ; a gold locket with Masonic square and compass on one side and “G. E. F.” to “P. C. D. A.” on the other side, valued at £5. The locket contains a miniature photograph of Mr. Goldsborough’s father. Jewellery identifiable.

Onehunga. —l4th instant, from the bedroom of WILLIAM WREFORD, Johnston’s Boardinghouse, Queen Street, a gentlemen’s silver hunting lever watch, No. 39347, made by Stewart Dawson and Co.; a curb-pattern silver chain, with half-dollar and foreign copper coin attached, the latter coin is about the size of a farthing and bears date 1852.

Hamilton. —7th instant, from the Lake Reserve, property of WILLIAM CANN, a light-bay hack mare, about fifteen hands high, about seven years old, tail has been docked, shoes well worn, broken to harness ; value, £lO. Identifiable.

Oamaru. WARNER cycle-works, ,/A gentlemen’s Phoenix bicycle, No. turned-down handles, front-rim brake, refi lines around rims, free wheel, rat-trap pedals, very old tires; value, £5, Identifiable. « / 7 fry. Napier. —lsth instant, from the Motor-bus Company’s stables, property of ISAAC CATO, manager New Zealand Shipping Company, a gentlemen’s Very heavy dark Irishfrieze overcoat, lined witlyleather ; value, £lO. Identifiable. Eketahuna.— l2th instant,/Irom outside the post-office, property of ALBERTBvyWSPS|RS, farrnei:, a gentlemen’s Exceluor bicycle, tejupposed No. 467 or 4u6, 22 in. frame, black-enamelledA straight nanale-barS,; bl»ck grips, freewheel, roller c|p, baek-wlijel attached to frame with,,,wire; fa/liie, £5. j Identifiable., Suspicion attached to a Maui naWr unknown,' Hige , \afiout7 twenty, height about sff/\2lW.y supposed sailor afs/d foreigner; he was seen walking towards the and shortly afterwards returned riding a bicycle.

Wanganui.—loth instant, from a clothes-line, property of HARRY GOOD, 39 Wickstead Street, two Irishlinen table-cloths, 3 yards long by 2 yards wide, one fernleaf pattern, the other has stripes through it; four linen sheets; three frilled linen pillow-oases; one linen bolster-ca&e;

one plain white pillow-case ; two large white petticoats ; a white shirt; a quantity of ladies’ underlinen ; and a number of towls, socks, and collars—all marked “ H, E. Good ” : total value, £l2. Identifiable.

Christchurch. —Between the Bth and 10th instant, from the POST-OFFICE, CHRISTCHURCH, three registered packages : First, a letter containing two £1 notes; a postal note for 155., No. 035868 ; a postal note for Is., No. 051968 : the second contained a ladies’ marquise ring set with sapphires and diamonds, value £4 2s. 6d.: and the third contained two gold-mounted water-silk watch-guards, value 10s. each. The bag was intact when received at the postoffice on the Bth instant, and when examined on the 10th the above packages were missed.

Christchurch. —2nd November, 1907, from JAMES O’CONNOR, while under the influence of liquor, an old English silver hunting-watch, seconds-hand missing, case much worn; an 18 ct. gold double watch-cham, Bernstein pattern, plain link about 2 in. from each end, a gold and a brass clasp on one end : total value, £9. Identifiable.

Christchurch.— l2th instant, from JOHN DUNN, Borton’s, while under the influence of liquor, a gentlemen’s silver lever watch, No. 221623, makers T. and J. Young, value £7 75.; a 9 ct. gold chain, Jin. links, value £5 55.; a gold Maltese cross, “ Presented to J. Dunn by N.Z. Railway Employees, 14/7/06,” inscribed on back, and “ J.D.” on the front, value £2 25.: total value, £l4 14s. Identifiable.

Timaru.—27th ultimo, from the bicycle-rack at the Farmers’ Co-operative Association, property of WALTER COOK PROSSER, storeman, a gentlemen’s Atlanta bicycie, No. 2189; red stripes on rims, up-turned handles, right-hand grip missing, Middleton saddle torn near the front, rat-trap pedals, one Oceanic and one Dunlop tire, no mud-guards ; value, £9. Identifiable.

Dunedin. —Between 6th and 7th instant, from the Westport Coal Company’s Office, Rattray Street, property of JAMES CAMERON, a gentlemen’s blue-serge sac coat with side pockets; a black sac coat with white stripes: total value £l. Identifiable. Entrance effected by breaking a pane of glass.