PROPERTY STOLEN.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXXV, Issue 38, 28 September 1910, Page 412

PROPERTY STOLEN.

Te Whaiti. stln instant, from the store of WILLIAM H. BIRD, a by James Grant, in favour of Matenafhncne NatfonaTHank of New Zealand, Napier ; and £1 in silver. Suspicion attached to Natives.

Rotorua. —lsth instant, from Grand Vue College, the property of Dr. THOMAS LESLIE CROOKE, a gentlemen’s dark-ribbed overcoat, black-satinette lining, vertioal side-pockets with access to trouser-pockets, split tail', turnedup cuffs, value £3 10s. (identifiable); a pair of gentlemen’s “Fownes’’ leather driving-gloves, “ T. L. Crooke ” written on inside of gloves, one button only, value 2s. 6d. (identifiable.)

Waipukurau. —sth or 6th instant, from the Railway goodsshed, the property of FREDERICK ECKSTEIN, carpenter, a gentlemen’s bbwppynamelled Raleigh free-wheel bicycle, nickel handler black back mud-guard spli4f flrfd , 4^^rired‘' with copper wire, enamel scraped off on left side under the saddle, screw for looking front wheel missing, nut on left crank missing ; value, £7. Identifiable.

Mount Cook (Wellington). —2Bth or 29th ultimo, from the premises of Charles George Rhimes, Cuba Street, a large fox-hound dog, silver and white colour, the property of the MANAWATU HUNT CLUB; value, £25. Identifiable.

Greymouth. —llth ultimo, from the Criterion Hotel, the property of JIM YONG CHONG, cook, a 16ct. double gold chain, long fetter links with short conneoting-link ; value, £lO. Identifiable.

Geraldine.— llth instant, from the whare of HARRY PINE, ploughman, two single grey blankets marked “P. Pine, C. C. G.,” on white tab on corner; two double Scotch-plaid blankets; and two single blue blankets : value, £l. Suspicion attached to Arthur Brown (name probably fictitious), age twenty, height 5 ft. 3 in., bootmaker and labourer, stout build, dark complexion, slanting Chinese-like eyes; dressed in grey saddle-tweed trousers, dark coat, and cap ; very talkative. He is probably identical with Samuel Cox, alias McDonald, an absconder from Burnham Industrial School. (See Police Gazette, 1910, page 403.)

Methven. —7th instant, the hut of WILLIAM PAINTER .was broken into, and the following stolen : A pair of darktweed trousers, size 5, much worn ; a gentlemen’s redleather purse, fastening with two small knobs: value, about £l. Identifiable. Suspicion attached to Man who was seen near the hut, age about thirty-five, height 5 ft. 8 in., labourer, dark hair and complexion, medium build, heavy dark moustache only; dressed in dark suit and cap, heavy blucher boots with large nails in soles and iron toe-plates.