ABSCONDERS FROM INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XLI, Issue 21, 31 May 1916, Page 377

ABSCONDERS FROM INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS.

Richmond.— l4th instant, from the Boys’ Training Farm, Nelson, Charles George Fluerty, age fourteen, height 5 ft. 4in., farm labourer, native of New Zealand, small features, dark hair, brown eyes; dressed in a blue suit, black stockings with white tops, and lace-up boots. Clothing may be numbered “ 150.”

Richmond. — 13th instant, from the Boys’ Training Farm, Nelson, Thomas Edwin Hardwick, age fifteen, height 5 ft. 3 in., farm labourer, native of New Zealand, good build, fresh complexion, brown hair, blue eyes, round features; dressed in a dark-tweed knickerbocker suit, black stockings with white tops, and lace-up boots ; good looking. Clothing should be numbered “ 133.”

Richmond. —13th instant, from the Boys’ Training Farm, Nelson, Reginald George Compton, age sixteen, height 5 ft. 4 in., farm labourer, native of New Zealand, medium build, freckled complexion, brown hair, grey eyes, high shoulders ; dressed in a dark-tweed suit, black stockings, and lace-up boots. Clothing may be numbered “ 106.”

Lincoln.— 7th instant, from Burnham Industrial School, Wi Pori, alias William Brandy, age sixteen, height 5 ft. 3 in., labourer, aboriginal Native, slim build, copper complexion, black hair, brown eyes, black patch near left eye, burn-scar on left thigh. (See Police Gazette, 1914 page 321.)

Lincoln. —7th instant, from Burnham Industrial School, Hikito Nehetapango, age fourteen, height 5 ft. 6 in., aboriginal Native, medium build, copper complexion, black hair, brown eyes, small scar above right eye, two scars on left thumb, scar on right knee, wart on right shin, and lump on left knee.

Lincoln. — 10th instant, from Burnham Industrial School, Gordon D. Nicolson, age seventeen, height 5 ft. 3 in., labourer, native of New Zealand, good build, fresh complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes, upturned nose, thick lips, scars on right bicep, on chest, on left elbow, and thumb ; has a cast in one eye ; cunning appearance, and was recently released from Sunnyside Mental Hospital. Dressed in buckskin knickerbockers, blue coat and vest, dark tweed oap, black stockings and lace-up boots; clothing should be numbered 100.