PROPERTY STOLEN.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 41, 14 October 1908, Page 440

PROPERTY STOLEN.

Avondale. —22nd or 23rd ultimo, from the premises of MATTHEW WOODWARD, butcher, a brown pony gelding, 13 hands high, ihflpe whiffle feet, white face, branded “ PP ” on off rum* J /Ag en Wj2Je#s worn, both knee-pads wdrl ipu^a a buJcfiejs basket, web girth, cotton surah/g e tron stirrups 'mluQ, £7. Identifiable. Suspicion iitti c led tirt age twenty-three, height 5 ft. 6 im., sawmjfe/tafiafnative of New Zealand, stout build, dark complexion, straight dark hair, clean-shaved. He was hanging around Mr. Woodward’s premises a week before the offence was committed.

Avondale.—l9th ultimo, from Avondale Racecourse, property of PRANK LOOMB, Ellerslie, a gentlemen’s saddle, nearly new, 12 lb. weight, nickel mountings and stirrups, blue-coloured girth, yellow and black surcingle repaired at the buckle end ; value, £l. Identifiable.

Otorohanga. —Between sth and 6th ultimo, from the ELangatika Railway - station, property of ALEXANDER SCHOLES, farmer, Hangatika, a gentlemen’s old ridingsaddle, newly lined, patch on thigh-pad, D on point of one knee-pad for swag-strap, one or two new girth-straps on near side; a horse-collar, newly lined with red and black lining: total value, £5. Identifiable. HM

Wanganui. —22nd ultimo, from the dulling of WILLIAM EDWIN PERRETT, $ ilcher- a gentlemen’s black-enamelled Clipper new small-size candle , y*pT and a large gun-metal bell attached, cable brake, straight handles, rat-trap pedals, left pedal loose, new tire on front wheel, old tire on back, back mud-guard loose ; value, £9. Identifiable.

Masterton. —3rd instant, from Perry Street, property of JOSEPH CHARLES EWING'TON, engineer, Queen Street, Masterton, a gentlemen’s Rover bicycle, old and dirty, 22 in. frame, no mud-guards, up-turned handles, no grips, one wheel a Westwood the other a Clincher, free wheel, backpedalling brake ; value, £6. Identifiable. Wellington." —24ujn o»2sth August last, from the bedroom of EDWARDIeEIMk O’BRIEN, Thistle Inn Hotel, Wellington, a tfUmlemfti’ef gold Kwyless Waltham watch, “Middle bw won by E. O’Brien,” on cjpb,Va\lfetalvthain atumhld; total value, £lO 2s. 6d. \ \ Blackball.— l7th ultimo, from the Paparoa Plat Hotel, property of JOHN CHARLEN, hawker, 187 Lambton Quay, Wellington, a large greenstone heart, “ N.Z.” in gold letters in the centre; and a rolled-gold scarf-pin: total value, £1 7s. 6d. Identification doubtful. Hokitika. —llHh uljSLno, the footpath, property of DENA LEAjOffIONTi Kanieri, a ladies’ black-enanmM?d bicv«flfc, free wheel, new departure handles, large bell, chain compleflßly* c&sjlred leather or black tin; value, £7. Identifiable. \ \

Christchurch.—27th August last, from the Christ’s College football-ground, property of L. C. PRUDHOE, Government Insurance Offices, a gentlemen’s Grand Rapids bicycle, No. 22052, B.S.A. parts, nickel rims with red lines, Brooks 810 saddle, wide handles, rat-trap pedals, roller chain, Dunlop tires ; value, £lB. Identifiable.

Sumner.— loth ultimo, from the dwelling of ARTHUR QUINN, milkman, Redcliffs, a black-cloth coat, “W. Sparrow, Ashburton,” on tab ; a pair of grey-tweed trousers ; and a sovereign : total value, £4. Coat and trousers identifiable. Suspicion attached to John McCartney, age nineteen, height about 5 ft. 8 in., full face, medium build, fair hair, fair complexion ; fond of drink. He was dismissed by complainant, and when leaving is supposed to have taken the above property with him.

South Dunedin. — Between 23rd and 25th ultimo, from the dwelling of JOHN A. LIVINGSTONE, labourer, Anderson’s Bay Road, a heavy gold ring set with three emeralds and two diamonds, value £6 ; a gold bar brooch set with an amethyst, five pearls round it, value £3 ; a gold chain with small links, amethyst heart attached, value £3 : total value, £l2. Identifiable.