PROPERTY STOLEN.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 38, 30 September 1914, Page 600

PROPERTY STOLEN.

Mount Roskill. dwelling, a lady’s silver open-face chased Geneva watch, No. 211505, main spring broken ; along silver chain ; a 9 ct. broad gold ring, with “Chum” on it; a long-barrelled five-chambered revolver ; a 9 ct. gold ring ; a brass screw earring, set with an imitation diamond and pearl; a lady’s old dark-leather handbag, containing a purse ; a small soent-bottle ; a small mirror ; and two silK badges, with “ Vice-President ” on one and “ Assistant Secretary ” on the other : total value, £4 ss. Identifiable.

Auckland. —18th instant, OWEN McSWEENEY’S dwelling was broken into, and the following articles stolen therefrom: A lady’s 18 ct. gold ring, set with three emeralds and two diamonds (centre emerald larger than the others) ; and about ninety pennies and halfpennies: total value, £5 17s. 6d. Ring identifiable.

Newmarket. About 19th instant, WILLIAM JOHN BROWN’S dwelling was broken into, and the following articles stolen therefrom : A lady’s 18 ct. gold hunting keyless Rotherhams watch, No. 259214 on works, “ W.J.8.” on one side and “L. 8.” on the other; an 18ct. gold cable bracelet, set with a diamond, sapphire, and ruby each on a link, with an American five-dollar piece attached ; a 15 ct. or 18 ct. gold bangle, set with a diamond ; a 9cc. gold curb muff-chain, with an amethyst seal pendant and a gold heart-shaped pendant attached (the heart pendant is set with a ruby and a pearl); a gold bar brooch, with two gold acornlike nuggets on the bar ; and a 15 ct. gold double-square bar brooch, set with a diamond in a square in the centre : total value, £67 17s. 6d. Identifiable.

Remueba.— lßth instant, JOHN CHARLES SPEDDING’S dwelling was broken into, and the following articles stolen therefrom: A lady’s 18ct. gold double-cased watch, “ John Hislop, Dunedin,” believed to be on dial; a gentleman’s gold Swiss watch, shows hours, minutes, dates, age of moon, and strikes every hour ; a lady’s 9 ct. gold ring, set with three turquoises and two pearls, or vice versa; a lady’s gold chain, with long fine links ; a lady’s 9 ct. gold cable bracelet; a lady’s gold bracelet, with a harp in front, set with pearls and a turquoise; a 9 ct. gold bracelet set with pearls and rubies; a lady’s 15 ct. or 18 ct. gold bar brooch, set with pearls in the centre and a drop pearl; a gold shamrock brooch; a gold double-bar brooch, set with two rubies and a pearl in the centre ; a gold double-bar brooch, set with an amethyst in the centre; a string of pearls; a small greenstone heart pendant, set with pearls round it; a chain with small pieces of greenstone in it; a blue-enamel pendant; a blue-enamel brooch ; a string of blue beads, and a gentleman’s gold tie-pin, set with a white stone : total value, £57. Identifiable.

Remueba. —lßth instant, SARAH ANN FOSS’S dwelling was broken into, and the following articles stolen therefrom : A lady’s gold lace bangle, ‘ Forget-me-not ” in raised letters on it; a lady’s gold floral brooch made with two greenstone and quartz earrings in triangular shape in centre ; a pair of fancy gold leaf quartz earrings; a plain gold bar brooch, set with a clear yellow stone, probably a cairngorm and crystals in the centre; a gold oval-shaped brooch, with gold fringe, set with small pearls and rabies, and a photocavity in back; a large oval-shaped gold brooch; a greenstone tiki , with a small neck-chain attached; a lady’s gold dress-ring, set with an opal; a lady’s gold ring set with three small rubies; and a lady’s gold hoop dress-ring, set with rubies and diamonds : total value, £36 10s. Identifiable.

Remueba.— Between 16th and 19th instant MORTON GOSSAR’S dwelling was broken into, and the following articles stolen therefrom : A lady’s half-hoop ring, claw-set with five diamonds ; a lady’s cross-over ring, set with two diamonds and chips and a pearl; a lady’s ring, claw-set with five opals; a lady’s 9 ct. gold expansion wristlet with a 9ct. gold open-face keyless wristlet watch; and a Cingalese butterfly bracelet, one link broken : total value, £4O. Identifiable.

Otorohanga,— Between 19th and 21st instant, from near the roadside, the property of THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT (Telegraph Department) a coil of oopperbronze telegraph-wire, size 18, weighing 531 b, and a large soldering-iron; total value, £3 13s. 9d. Identification doubtful.

Taumarunui. JOHN GEARD’S billiard-saloon broken into : The snooker-balls were found under the pavilion on the Recreation Ground. (See Police Gazette, 1914, page 525.)

Hawera. MAGUINNESS’S dwelling, a gentleman’s silver doublecased Rotherham’s lever watch, “No. 3613” and “5221 ” scratched on inside of case, “ G. L. Maguinness ” on inner case ; a Bengal razor, “ Specially made for Richards, Eltham,” on blade, “ G. L. Maguinness” on case; two soft white linen shirts; a pair of underpants ; a pair of brown woollen socks; a piece of shaving-soap ; and a black comb : total value, £7 10s. Identifiable. Suspicion is attathed to a Man (name unknown), age about thirty-eight, height sft. 10in., native of England, medium build, dark complexion and hair turning grey, red nosß, short dark beard; wearing soft white shirt, dark suit, and greyish cap.

Waipawa. —Between 11th July last and 11th instant, from EDWARD BIBBY’S dwelling, a Maori axe (taiaha), about 3 ft. long, made of very old dark wood, with a little carving

on the handle; a dark carved walking-stick, with a male figure on one side and a female on the other; a whalebone mere about 12 in. long ; and a carved mere made of dark wood, about 12 in. long, with the figure of a man carved thereon, but part of the carving has been cut away : total value, £55. Identifiable.

Palmerston North. —lsth instant, from a motor-car at the back of the Empire Hotel, the property of DONALD McLEAN, a set of ivory-mounted'“ McDougall ” bag-pipes in an oblong leather case (top part of large drone has been broken and repaired with dark thread), dark “ Gordon ” tartan ribbons and dark bag; value, £l4. Identifiable.

Lower Hutt. — 9th instant, from Railway Avenue, the property of GEORGE BIRD, a gentleman’s black-enamelled Eadie Coaster Premier bicycle, No. 325627, upturned handlebars, roller lever brake, mud-guards on both wheels ; value, £B. Identifiable.

Lower Hutt. —About 9th instant, from Railway Avenue, the property of ALLAN McKAY, a gentleman’s blackeoamelled B.S.A. bicycle, reversible upturned handle-bars, back-pedalling brake, rubber pedals, Michelin tires ; value, £5. Identifiable.

Mount Cook (Wellington).— Between 17th ultimo and 7th instant, from the Alexander Barracks, the property of THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT (Defence Department), two brown-leather wallets, containing three pairs of artery-forceps, a pair of ordinary forceps, dressing-scissors, a director, a probe, a Symes’s knife, a thermometer, a packet of needles, and a hank of suture silk : total value, £4 4s. Identifiable.

Mount Cook (Wellington). —Between 25th ultimo and Bth instant, from the Defence Store, the property of the NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT (Defence Department), a pair of prismatic binoculars, size 3, maker, Carl Zeiss, “N.Z.” and a double brood arrow on each side; value, £5 ss. Identifiable.

Christchurch. —About Ist instant, from a house in Worcester Street, the property of WILLIAM JOHN BLAKELY, a 12-bore double-barrelled breech-loading gun, bottom action, spring in nipple broken, dent in barrel, branded “Navy Stores” ; value, £5. Identifiable.

Christchurch.— lsth instant, from Colombo Street, the property of MARTIN R. RICHMOND, a boy’s free-wheel Butler bicycle, No. 288, 18 in. frame, double lever brake, steel rims and pedals, Coventry tires; value, £5. Identifiable.

Christchurch. — 24th ultimo, from Armagh Street, the property of CYRIL PLUMBRIDGE, a gentleman’s A 1 bicycle, No. 1914, black-enamelled with gold lines, steel rims and pedals, Dunlop tires ; value, £B. Identifiable.

Christchurch. 24th ultimo, from the Chief Postoffice, the property of A. E. BUTTERFIELD, a gentleman’s free-wheel Bell bicycle, No. 3947, 22 in. frame, no front-rim brake, steel rims and pedals ; value, £7. Identifiable.

Dunedin. —Ist instant, the property of JAMES RANKIN, a brown-leather Gladstone bag, containing a set of African blackwood silver-mounted bag-pipes with ivory tips, trimmed with Cameron tartan: total value, £42. Identifiable.

Dunedin. —16th instant, from the gate at Tahuna Park, the property of TERENCE T. BOND, a gentleman’s blackenamelled free-wheel Nero bicycle, No. 27893, Gaudin and Marr, makers, upturned handle-bars with black grips, frontrim and back-pedal brake, rat-trap pedals; value, £7 10s. Identifiable.

Dunedin. —18th instant, from outside the Publio Library, the property of WILLIAM G. ALLAN, a gentleman’s blackenamelled free-wheel Royal Speedwell bicycle, No. C. 49834, straight handle-bars with black celluloid grips, rat-trap pedals; celluloid mud-guards, back-pedal brake ; value, £5. Identifiable.

Dunedin. —Between 18th and 20th instant, from CECILIA GRACE’S bedroom, a pink silk-lined imitation-gold trinketbox, about 4 in. long, with a raised rose on top; a lady’s

fine gold muff-chain, with gold balls at intervals; a fine twisted gold neck-ohain, with a gold star pendant set with a turquoise and pearls attached ; a round gold brooch, set with four turquoises and a spray of pearls in the centre ; a pair of gold-mounted screw earrings, set with turquoises ; a small oval silver brooch, set with about fifteen turquoises ; an unmounted cameo suitable for a ring; a small gold nugget; a small gold-mounted greenstone star; a broken gold Southern Gross brooch, set with rubies (one missing); a lady’s gold ring, set with a cluster of rubies and diamonds; a lady’s 18 ct. gold ring, claw-set with four sapphires (one missing): total value, £2l 19s. Identifiable.

Winton. —3rd instant, from the Public Hall at Ryal Bush, the property of GEORGE WALKER, a dark-tweed doublebreasted overcoat, strap across back and on sleeves, large dark buttons, bottom one nearly torn off, lining in one sleeve tom at shoulder ; a soft black-felt hat, size 6f, with broad black band ; a pair of dark-brown kid gloves : total value, £3 9s. 6d. Identifiable.