ABSCONDING FROM INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 14, 7 April 1909, Page 132

ABSCONDING FROM INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS.

Levin. Bth February last, from the Weraroa Boys’ Training Farm, Norman Gordon, age fourteen (small forage), native of New Zealand, very fair hair, pale complexion, blue eyes, sharp features; dressed in dark-tweed coat and knickers, and cap. John Simpson, age fourteen (small for age), round shoulders, round face, blue eyes, fresh complexion; dressed in dark-tweed coat and knickers, blue Crimean shirt, and tweed cap.

Lincoln.— John Alfred Alexander Lee, age seventeen, height sft. 7in., shop-assistant and farm labourer, native of New Zealand, dark complexion, brown eyes, black hair, slight build. Absconded from licensed service with A. Fyfe, storekeeper, Duntroon, on 15th February last. Robert John Burrill, age seventeen, height about 5 ft. 9in., thin build, sallow complexion, brown eyes, narrowchested. George Albert Walter Edwards, age seventeen, height about 5 ft. 5 in., good build, dark freckled complexion, dark-brown hair, brown eyes, sly expression. Absconded from licensed service with James Gould, The Spa, Hanmer Springs. Archibald J. G. Gallehawk, age eighteen, height 5 ft. 6 in., labourer and cook, slim build, dark-brown hair and eyes, swarthy complexion. Absconded from Burnham Industrial School, 24th April, 1908. (See Police Gazette, 1908, page 140 ) He is supposed to be identical with offender of same name. (See Police Gazette, 1909, pages 21 and 72.)