PROPERTY STOLEN.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XL, Issue 2, 13 January 1915, Page 28

PROPERTY STOLEN.

Auckland. —Ist ultimo, from Binney and Son’s store, the property of ROBERT McFARLANE, a gentleman’s 18 ct. gold signet ring, with “R. McF. ” on it; value, £3 ss. Identifiable.

Auckland. —About 19th ultimo, from a bedroom at the Clarendon Hotel, the property of WILLIAM -JAMES MATTHEWS, a gentleman’s silver keyless hunting-watch, “ Mattie ” scratched inside of back case ; a gold medal, with “J. Pollock, winner 220 yards, Kawhia,” on it; a goldmounted greenstone heart, with “ Kia Ora ” in gold letters on it; and a new sac coat and trousers made of blue material with a faint white stripe : total value, £l3 11s. 9d. Identifiable.

Auckland.— On the 26th ultimo, the dwelling of Edward Howard Woledge was broken into, and the following articles stolen therefrom: A cash-box, a silver pencil, two large shark’s teeth, a brooch, a Chinese coin, a dog’s tooth, a pocketbook (all recovered) ; two silver medals, about the size of a florin, “ Presented by J. Mattherson, and won by E. H. Woledge, Skipper ” on the one and “ Union Rowing Club, Junior Pairs, 1881, Bow,” on the other; a threepenny-piece with a small hole in it; a sixpenny-piece with a hole in it; and sundry papers: total value, £2 4s. : identifiable: the property of EDWARD HOWARD WOLEDGE. A Colonial Mutual Life Insurance policy, No. 501495 ; identifiable ; the property of ERIC REID WOLEDGE. A lady’s purplelined black-leather handbag, about 8 in. by 4 in., nickelplated, containing a small green-leather purse, about 2 in. by 2in., with two halfpenny stamps in it; and a Bank of New Zealand £1 note : total value, £1 55.: identifiable : the property of Mrs. IDA ANNIE WOLEDGE. A lady’s gold open-face Geneva watch, No. 30485 ; a lady’s silver open-face wristlet watch, in dark-brown wristlet; a lady’s small gold band ring, made of Australian gold, with a flaw in back; a lady’s 9ct. gold band ring, “Ida” engraved on top ; and an oval gold chased locket, about 1 in. long and § in. wide : total value, £7 : identifiable: the property of Miss IDA ANNIE WOLEDGE.

Auckland. —23rd ultimo, from a cabin on the s.s. “ Westralia” between Gisborne and Auckland, the property of JAMES CAMPBELL GILLIES, 16 Smith Street, Dunedin, a pair of white ivory-backed military hair-brushes in a leather case, with “ G ” on the back of each brush ; and a white ivory comb ; value, £2. Identifiable.

Auckland. —About 16th ultimo, from a dwelling, the property of AUGUSTUS PHILLIP ANDREWS, cook, Grand Hotel, a gentleman’s rolled-gold hunting keyless Swiss watch, “Dennison” maker, “A. Andrews” inside of back case ; a black-ribbon watoh-guard with a kiwi on the shield, swivel broken at one end ; a gentleman’s darkgreen sac suit, about size 5, made by Lees Bros.; and a pair of gentleman’s patent-leather boots, size 8, with cloth uppers and rubber heels : total value, £6. Identifiable.

Auckland. — 19th ultimo, from a dwelling, the property of FREDERICK WILLIAM ANTHONY, cook, Grand Hotel, a gentleman’s blue-serge sac coat, size 5 ; and a square electroplated cigarette-case, with a lady’s photograph in the centre : total value, £2. Identifiable.

Auckland. —23rd ultimo, from the person of BENJAMIN CHARLES BAXTER, a gentleman’s oxodized open-face keyless watch, back case rusty ; value, £2. Identifiable.

Auckland. —14th ultimo, from a passage-way off Queen Street, the property of WILLIAM CHARLES PIGGOTT, a gentleman’s new blue-vicuna sac suit, “ G. H. Pinson, High Street, Auckland,” on ooat-hanger and on buttons ; value, £5 10s. Identifiable.

Tauranga. —About 17th ultimo, the property of GEORGE WALTER ARLIDGE, a six-year-old bay mare, 14J hands high, star on forehead and lump on neck ; value, £2O. Identifiable.

Matawai. —2oth June last, from a paddock, the property of CHARLES NEAL, storekeeper, a bay horse with black points, about 14 bands high, light build ; value, £lO. Identifiable. Suspicion is attached to two men (names unknown). Description: First, age about forty, height about 5 ft. 9 in., slight build, fair hair, sore eyes, ginger moustache ; dressed in a dark suit and hard hat. Second, age about twenty, height about 5 ft. 6in., medium build, dark complexion and hair; clean-shaved ; dressed in a grey suit and dark-felt hat. The suspects are identical with two men wanted on warrants for theft of Reginald Harper’s mare. (See Police Gazette , 1914, page 511.)

Tokomaru Bay. —About 28th October last, from a paddock off Ormond Road, the property of FRANCIS B. ROWLEY, an aged chestnut gelding, about 15J hands high, indistinct brand (resembling A. 1.) on near shoulder, scar on inside of off hock; value, £l2. Identifiable.

Gisborne. —10th ultimo, from a paddock off Palmerston Road, the property of Dr. J. C. COLLINS, a five-year-old bay gelding with white legs and a white spot on forehead, sore on back and one fore and hindlegs ; value, £ls. Identifiable.

New Plymouth. —Between 7th and 19th ultimo, from the Criterion Stables, the property of NEWTON KING, a motorcar speedometer and clock in a black celluloid case. The speedometer is circular in shape with nickel facings, and its face is 4 in. in diameter and has a white-ribbon indicator with black figures, “Stewart Warner, Speedometer Corporation, Chicago, U.5.A.,” on it. The clock is an eight-day and also circular in shape with nickel facings; it is a facewinder and 2 in. in diameter. Total value, £l2. Identifiable.

Napier. —Bth ultimo, from Station Street, the property of JOHN COTTERILL, a gentleman’s black-enamelled rusty B.S.A. bicycle, No. 28400, 24 in. frame, upturned outrigger handles without grips, front mud-guard made from a rubber tire, rear one broken ; value, £6. Identifiable.

Pahiatua. —19th ultimo, from the Commercial Stables, the property of FRANK CHAPLIN, a gentleman’s 22 in. bicycle, square handles, rat-trap pedals, odd steel mudguards, slight buckle in frame near driving-wheel, “F” on left side of saddle ; value, £1 10s. Identifiable.

Petone. —23rd ultimo, from a bedroom, the property of EDWARD HARRUP, a gentleman’s bunting keyless Swiss watch ; and a 9 ct. gold curb watch-chain, with a silver swivel at one end and a brass one at the other, and a gold ring in the centre: value, £5 10s. Identifiable. Suspicion is attached to Robert McLachlan, age twenty-one, medium height, labourer, native of New Zealand, dark complexion. He is a member of the Expeditionary Force now in camp at Trentham.

Wellington. —loth November last, from outside Veitch and Allan’s store, Cuba Street, the property of WILLIAM GIST, a gentleman’s black-enamelled free-wheel B.S.A. bicycle, No. 1821, 24 in. frame, small turned-down handles, back-pedal brake, steel pedals; value, £3 10s. Identifiable.

Wellington. —7th November last, from outside 22 Harris Street, the property of R. JAMIESON AND CO., a gentleman’s blaok-enamelled Phillips bicycle, No. 85076, 24 in. frame, slightly upturned handies with black grips, back-pedal and front-rim brakes, Midland tires, Governor saddle; value, £4. Identifiable.

Wellington. —22nd ultimo, from a bedroom at the Hotel Cecil, the property of FREDERICK BURTON MABIN, a gentleman’s gold-filled hunting keyless watch, No. 77003; a gentleman’s 15 ct. or 18 ct. gold fetter chain (no bar), similar to illustration No. 20 in Police Gazette, 1911, page 2, but the links are smaller; and £3 in money: total value, £lB. Watch and chain identifiable.

Murchison.— About 26th ultimo, from a bedroom at the Commercial Hotel, the property of JAMES EDWIN JONES, a plain nickel-silver open-face keyless lever watch, No. 1033044, private No. 7784 on back of case; a 9ct. gold double curb chain (similar to illustration No. 15 in Police Gazette, 1911, page 2), one link supposed brass, no bar, and a piece of quartz loaded with gold attached, the quartz being polished and mounted with 15 ct. gold, and has a double eye on top, which fastens it to the chain ; a Maori greenstone pendant with a hole in it also attached to the chain with a split link ; a gold nugget tiepin, weighing about 3dwt., two specks of quartz visible at back ; and £ll7s. 6d. in money. Identifiable except money ; total value, £24 12s. 6d.

Hokitika. —2lst ultimo, from workmen’s huts at Ruatapu, a £5 Bank of New Zealand note (No. 885378), about £1 in silver, two razors and case, and two Kaiapoi rugs, total value £lO Bs., the property of HENRY PUMPHREY ; a gold-cased watch-chain, a gentleman’s gold ring, and £2 in money, total value £3 11s., the property of THOMAS DAYERN; a black-cloth suit and a hat, total value £5 155., the property of PETER BEGBIE ; a blue-serge suit, a gold albert (recovered), two white handkerchiefs, and Bs. in money, total value, £9 18s., the property of MARK YUJNOVIOH; a watch-guard and pendant (recovered), value £1 10s., the property of THOMAS OAKLEY; a gentleman’s gold watch-chain (recovered), the property of ROBERT HAMILTON HENDERSON ; a gold-mounted petrified-wood watch-chain, value £2 10s., the property of EDWARD GROUFSKY ; a gold-cross pendant, and a pair of Zealandia boots (size 7), total value £2 Is., the property of WILLIAM GAIN ; a gentleman’s silver hunting-watch, value £2 10s., the property of JOSEPH VROBFLSKI; a light-grey macintosh, and a tennis-shirt, total value £2 13s. 6d., the property of FRANK LOWE ; a blue-cloth coat and vest and a gold-mounted watch-guard, total value £4 10s., the property of ROBERT FORDHAM ; two gentlemen’s black-metal watches, a gentleman’s whitemetal watch, a lady’s rolled-gold watch, a leather portmanteau (about 24 in. long), a blue blanket, three blackhandled razors, a small round gold medal, two American alarm-clocks, about eighteen boxes of fanoy soap, twelve packets of yellow Three Castles cigarettes, a Vedee instrument, several white-horn combs, shoe-brushes, and linen collars, and a bottle of marking-ink, total value about £ll, the property of ARTHUR ERNEST WINTER. All identifiable except money. Suspicion is attached to a Man (name unknown), age about forty, height about 5 ft. 10 in.; active appearance.

Lyttelton. —About 22nd ultimo, from a cabin on the s.s. “ Wahine,” the property of ARNOLD BATCHELOR, a rolled-gold Elgin watch, with machine-engraved case, “ A. Batchelor ” on inside of back case, with fern-leaves engraving; a gold-filled double light-curb albert; a small

gold-filled sovereign - case; and an “ Agat ” boomerang pendant, with a small gold band round the centre and attached to the chain with a gold hoop : total value, £9. Identifiable.

Christchurch. —l2 th ultimo, from outside Kincaid’s store, Colombo Street, the property of Mrs. A. HUGHES, a blackenamelled free-wheel Star transfer bicycle, No. 5725, upturned handles, rubber pedals, dent in back mud-guard ; value, £5. Identifiable.

Ashburton. —About 21st ultimo, from Tinewald Saleyards, the property of DAVID TEPPETT, a gentleman’s blackenamelled Zealandia bicycle, turned-down handles with white grips, steel pedals and mud-guards ; value, £6. Identifiable. Suspicion is attached to Alex Glen Reid Cole, age seventeen, height 5 ft. 2 in., native of New Zealand, slim build, fair complexion and hair, greenish-hazel eyes, eight artificial teeth (one gold one on left side) ; usually dressed in dark-tweed trousers, dark grey-tweed coat, and grey cap ; an industrial-school boy.

Dunedin. —l4th ultimo, from Stuart Street, the property of ROBERT B. DENNISTON AND CO., a gentleman’s black-enamelled free-wheel bicyole, wide curved handles with black grips, back-pedal brake, rat-trap pedals; value, £5. Identifiable.

Dunedin.— llth ultimo, from Liverpool Street, the property of THOMAS IRELAND, a gentleman’s blackenamelled free-wheel Kia Ora bicycle, No. 310844, straight handles with black grips broken at ends, back-pedal brake, rat-trap pedals, celluloid mud-guards; value, £7. Identifiable.

Dunedin. —2Bth ultimo, from outside W. A. Scott and Son’s bicycle-shop, the property of WILLIAM STUART WILSON, a black-enamelled latest model Douglas motorcycle, engine No. 13843, registered No. 1657; value, £67. Identifiable.

Winton. About 24th ultimo, from dwelling of the THOMAS FRISBY, a leather purse (recovered), containing a £lO note, thirteen £1 notes, and a cheque for £4O, drawn on the Bank of New Zealand, Winton, in favour of “ Exchange,” and signed “ H. Cunningham.”

Invercargill. —29th ultimo, from a dwelling, the property of HARRY G. FORTUNE, a gentleman’s silver hunting Rotherhams watch, No. 151485 ; and a gentleman’s 9ct. gold double-curb watch-chain, similar to illustration No. 15 in Police Gazette, 1911, page 2, with a silver sovereigc-case with “H.G.F.” on it and a mounted spadeguinea attached : total value, £l2 10s. Identifiable.