Untitled

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XLI, Issue 39, 4 October 1916, Page 695

Regulations under the Defence Act, 1909, constituting Military Districts, Groups, and Areas. LIVERPOOL, Governor. I ARTHUR WILLIAM DE BRITO SAVILE, Earl of Liverpool, the 5 Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby, in exercise and pursuance of the authority conferred upon me by the Defence Act, 1909, make the following regulations under that Act, and declare that they shall come into operation on the twenty-fifth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

REGULATIONS. 1. The Dominion of New Zealand is hereby divided for the purpose of the Defence Act, 1909, into four districts, to be termed military districts, under the respective designations and with the respective boundaries set forth in the First Schedule hereto. 2. Every military district is hereby divided into groups under the respective designations and with the respective boundaries set forth in the First Schedule hereto. 3. The provisions of the First Schedule as to boundaries of military districts and groups shall be read subject to the general provisions contained in the Second Schedule hereto. 4. Every group may be divided into such areas and subdivided into such subareas, with such designations and boundaries, as the Commandant from time to time directs. 5. (1.) Clause 5 of the Regulations for the Military Forces of New Zealand, made on the 22nd day of December, 1913, and gazetted on the 23rd day of January, 1914, is hereby revoked, and the military districts, area groups, and areas thereby constituted are hereby abolished. (2.) All references to military districts or to area groups in the said regulations or in any amendment thereof shall be deemed to be references to the military districts and to the groups respectively as constituted by these present regulations.

FIRST SCHEDULE Auckland Military District. Comprising the following groups : No. 1 (Auckland) Group. Comprising the counties of Vvaitemata, Eden, Manukau, Franklin, and Great Barrier Island, together with Little Barrier Island and all islands in the Hauraki Gulf.

No. 2 (Hauraki) Group. Comprising the counties of Coromandel, Thames, Ohinemuri, Piako, and Matamata. No. 17 (Bay of Plenty) Group. Comprising the counties of Opotiki, Whakatane, Tauranga, Rotorua, and East Taupo. No. 3 (North Auckland) Group. Comprising the counties of Mangonui, Whangaroa, Hokianga, Bay of Islands, Whangarei, Hobson, Otamatea, and Rodney. No. h (Waikato) Group. Comprising the counties of Raglan, Waikato, Waipa, Kawhia, Avvakino, Waitomo, and West Taupo. Wellington Military District. Comprising the following groups : No. 5 (Wellington) Group. Comprising the counties of Hutt and Makara. No. 6 (Manawatu) Group Comprising the counties of Horowhenua, Manawatu, Kairanga, Oroua, Pohangina, Kiwitea, and Rangitikei. No. 7 (Hawke’s Bay) Group Comprising the counties of Hawke’s Bay, Waipawa, Waipukurau, and Patangata. No. 18 (Wairavapa) Group. Comprising the counties of Featherston, Wairarapa South, Master* ton, Castlepoint, Mauriceville, Eketahuna, Pahiatua, Akitio, Weber, Woodville. and Dannevirke.

No. 19 (Poverty Bay) Group. Comprising the counties of Wairoa, Cook, Waikohu, and Waiapu

No. 8 (Taranaki) Group. Comprising, the counties of Patea, Hawera, Eltham, Stratford Waimate West, Egmont, Taranaki, Clifton, and Whangamomona. No. 20 (Wanganui) Group. Comprising the counties of Wanganui, Waitotara, Waimarino, Kai tieke, and Ohura. Canterbury Military District. Comprising the following groups : No. 9 (Christchurch) Group. Comprising the counties of Waimairi, Heathcote, Paparua, Halswell. Mount Herbert, Akaroa, Wairewa, and Chatham Islands. No. 10 (South Canterbury) Group. Comprising the counties of Ashburton, Geraldine, Levels, Waimate, and Mackenzie. No. 11 (North Canterbury) Group. Comprising the counties of Amuri, Cheviot, Waipara, Ashley, Kowai, Rangiora, Oxford, Eyre, Tawera, Malvern, Springs, Ellesmere, and Selwyn.

No. 21 (West Coast) Group Comprising the counties of Westland, Grey, Inangahua, Buller, and Murchison. No. 12 (Nelson) Group. Comprising the counties of Collingwood, Takaka, Waimea, Sounds, Marlborough, Awatere, and Kaikoura. Otago Military District. Comprising the following groups : No. 18 (Dunedin) Group. Comprising the counties of Peninsula, Waikouaiti, and Taieri. No. Ilf. (Southland) Group. Comprising the counties of Southland, Wallace, Stewart Island, Lake, and Fiord. No. 15 (North Otago) Group. Comprising the counties of Waitaki, Waihemo, Maniototo, and Vincent. No. 16 (Clutha) Group. Comprising the counties of Clutha, Bruce, and Tuapeka.

SECOND SCHEDULE. Boundaries of Groups. 1. Each group shall include all cities, boroughs, and town districts which are included within the exterior boundaries of any county comprised in .that group. 2. Each group shall include all cities, boroughs, and town districts which are contiguous to the exterior boundary of any county comprised in that group, or which are contiguous to any other city, borough, or town district comprised in that group. 3. If any city, borough, or town district is so situated that the application of the foregoing provisions would place it in two or more groups, such city, borough, or town district shall form part of such one of those groups as bears the lowest distinguishing number in the First Schedule hereto. 4. For the purposes of the foregoing provisions a city, borough, or town district shall be deemed to be contiguous to the boundary of a county or of another city, borough, or town district, notwithstanding the fact that it is separated therefrom by a river, stream, or highway. 5. Except so far as otherwise provided in the First Schedule hereto every island not comprised in any county but adjacent to the coasts of New Zealand and within ten miles thereof, or lying within any gulf, bay, harbour, or other territorial waters of New Zealand, shall form part of the nearest group on the mainland. 6. All references in the'foregoing provisions and in the First Schedule hereto to counties, cities, boroughs, and town districts are references to such areas as existing at the date of these regulations, and the boundaries of the military districts and groups as hereby established

shall not be altered or affected by any alteration which may hereafter take place in the existence or boundaries of any counties, cities, boroughs, or town districts.

7. Any part of New Zealand which is not included in any group in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this and the last preceding Schedule shall form part of No. 1 (Auckland) Group as described in the First Schedule hereto. 8. In this Schedule the term "town district ” means a town district not forming part of a county. As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this sixteenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen. J. ALLEN, Minister of Defence.

Military Service Act, 1916. —Constitution of Recruiting Districts

WHEREAS by section 32 of the Military Service Act, 1916, it is provided that the Minister of Defence may, for the purposes of that Act, by order signed by him, divide New Zealand into such recruiting districts as he thinks fit: Now, therefore, I, James Allen, Minister of Defence for the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby, in pursuance of the authority so conferred upon me, order and declare as follows : 1. For the purposes of the Military Service Act, 1916, New Zealand is hereby divided into twenty-one recruiting districts under the designations set out in the Schedule hereto. 2. Each such recruiting district shall comprise the counties and other areas named or described in the Schedule hereto as comprised in that district. 3. Each such recruiting district shall comprise all cities, boroughs, and town districts which are included within the exterior boundaries of any county comprised in that recruiting district. 4. Each such recruiting district shall comprise all cities, boroughs, and town districts which are contiguous to the exterior boundary of any county comprised in that recruiting district, or which are contiguous to any other city, borough, or town district comprised in that recruiting district. 5. If any city, borough, or town district is so situated that the application of the foregoing provisions would place it in two or more recruiting districts, such city, borough, or town district shall form part of such one of those recruiting districts as bears the lowest distinguishing number in the Schedule hereto. 6. For the purposes of the foregoing provisions, a city, borough, or town district shall be deemed to be contiguous to the boundary of a county or of another city, borough, or town district, notwithstanding the fact that it is separated therefrom by a river, stream, or highway. 7. Except so far as otherwise provided in the Schedule hereto, every island not comprised in any county, but adjacent to the coasts of New Zealand and within ten miles thereof or lying within any gulf, bay, harbour, or other territorial waters of New Zealand, shall form part of the nearest recruiting district on the mainland. 8. Any part of New Zealand which is not included in any recruiting district in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Order and of the Schedule hereto shall form part of No. 1 (Auckland) Recruiting District as described in the Schedule hereto. 9. All references in the foregoing provisions and in the Schedule hereto to counties, cities, boroughs, and town districts are references to such areas as existing at the date of this Order, and the boundaries of the recruiting districts as hereby established shall not be altered oi affected by any alteration which may hereafter take'place in the existence or boundaries of any counties, cities, boroughs, or town districts. 10. In this Order the term "town district” means a town district not forming part of a county. Dated at Wellington this 25th day of September, 1916.

SCHEDULE. No. 1 (Auckland) Recruiting District. Comprising the counties of Waitemata, Eden, Manukau, Franklin, and Great Barrier Island, together with Little Barrier Island and all islands in the Hauraki Gulf.

No. 2 (Hauraki) Recruiting District. Comprising the counties of Coromandel, Thames, Ohinemuri, Piako. and Matamata. No. 3 (North Auckland) Recruiting District. Comprising the counties of Mangonui, Whangaroa, ITokianga, Bay of Islands, Whangarei, Hobson, Otamatea, and Rodney. No. 4 (Waikato) Recruiting District. Comprising the counties of Raglan, Waikato, Waipa, Kawhia, Awakino, Waitomo, and West Taupo.

No. 5 (Wellington) Recruiting District. Comprising the counties of Hu.tt and Makara. No. 6 (Manawatu) Recruiting District. Comprising the counties of Horowhenua, Manawatu, Kairanga, Oroua, Pohangina, Kiwitea, and Rangitikei. No. 7 (Hawke’s Bay) Recruiting District. Comprising the counties of Hawke’s Bay, Waipawa, Waipukurau, and Patangata. No. 8 (Taranaki) Recruiting District. Comprising the counties of Patea, Hawera, Eltham, Stratford, Waimate West, Egmont, Taranaki, Clifton, and Whangamomona. No. 9 (Christchurch) Recruiting District. Comprising the counties of Waimairi, Heathcote, Paparua, Halswell, Mount Herbert, Akaroa, Wairewa, and Chatham Islands.

No. 10 (South Canterbury) Recruiting District. Comprising the counties of Ashburton, Geraldine, Levels, Waimate, and Mackenzie. No. 11 (North Canterbury) Recruiting District. Comprising the counties of Amuri, Cheviot, Waipara, Ashley, Kowai, Rangiora, Oxford, Eyre, Tawera, Malvern, Springs, and Selvvyn. No. 12 (Nelson) Recruiting District. Comprising the counties of Collingwood, Takaka, Waimea, Sounds, Marlborough, Awatere, and Kaikoura. No. 13 (Dunedin) Recruiting District. Comprising the counties of Peninsula, Waikouaiti, and Taieri. No. 14 (Southland) Recruiting District. Comprising the counties of Southland, Wallace, Stewart Island, Lake, and Fiord.

No. 15 (North Otago) Recruiting District. Comprising the counties of Waitaki, Waihemo, Maniototo, and Vincent. No. !6 (Clutha) Recruiting District. Comprising the counties of Clutha, Bruce, and Tuapeka. No. IT (Bay of Plenty) Recruiting District. Comprising the counties of Opotiki, Whakatane, Tauranga, Rotorua, and East Taupo. No. 18 (Wairarapa) Recruiting District. Comprising the counties of Featherston, Wairarapa South, Masterton, Castlepoint, Mauriceville, Eketahuna, Pahiatua, Akitio, Weber, Woodville, and Dannevirke. No. 19 (Poverty Bay) Recruiting District.. Comprising the counties of Wairoa, Cook, Waikohu, and Waianu. No. 20 (Wanganui) Recruiting District. Comprising the counties of Wanganui, Waitotara, Waimarino, Kaitieke, and Ohura. No. 21 (West Coast) Recruiting District. Comprising the counties of Westland, Grey, Inangahua, Buller, and Murchison. J. ALLEN, Minister of Defence,

Additional Regulations under the War Regulations Act, 191 If.

2—P.G

L IVERPOOL, G ovemor. ORDER IN COUNCIL. At the Government House at Wellington, this second day of October, 1916. Present: His Excellency the Governor in Council. I ARTHUR WILLIAM DE BRITO SAVILE, Earl of Liverpool, the j Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby, in pursuance of the War Regulations Act, 1914, and its amendments, make the following additional War Regulations; and, with the like advice and consent, I do hereby direct chat these regulations shall come into operation on the ninth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

REGULATIONS. 1. Any Superintendent or Inspector of Police may, with the approval of the Commissioner of Police, make application, in the form No. 1 in the Schedule hereto, to the Licensing Committee of the licensing district in which are situated any premises held under a publican’s license, for the cancellation of that license on any of the grounds following, namely : (a.) That the licensee has committed a breach of the Licensing Act, 1908, or that he has committed a breach of any regulation made under section 3 of the War Regulations Amendment Act, 1916, relating to the sale of intoxicating liquor, or that he has committed a breach of any of the conditions of his license; or (b.) That he has permitted the licensed premises to be frequented by disorderly or disreputable persons ; or ( c .) That he has failed to conduct the licensed premises in an orderly manner; or (d.) That for any other reason (to be specified in the application) the licensee is not a fit and proper person to be the holder of such license. 2. (1.) Upon receipt of any such application, the Clerk of the Licensing Committee shall arrange a time and place for the holding of a meeting of the Licensing Committee to deal with the application, and shall notify the applicant of the time and place fixed for such meeting. (2.) The applicant may thereupon, with the approval of the Commissioner of Police, serve upon the licensee a notice, in the form No. 2 in the Schedule hereto, calling upon him to appear before the Licensing Committee at the time and place specified in the said notice, to show cause why his license should not be cancelled on die ground or on any of the grounds specified in the notice. (3.) Not less than ten clear days’ notice in writing shall be given to the licensee of the time and place fixed for the hearing of an application under these regulations. 3. (1.) On the hearing of an application under these regulations a Licensing Committee shall have the same powers of summoning witnesses and of hearing evidence on oath as it has in respect of proceedings before it under the Licensing Act, 1908. (2.) At the hearing of any such application the applicant may appear personally or by counsel, and may call evidence in support of the applicat ion.

(3.) The licensee may thereupon, either personally or by counsel, call evidence in rebuttal, and may call such other evidence as the Committee deems relevant to show cause why the application should not be granted. (4.) The applicant shall thereupon have a right of reply. 4. Upon the conclusion of the hearing the Licensing Committee may, on all or any of the grounds stated in .the application, cancel the license in respect of which the application is made if in its opinion it is advisable so to do in the public interest. 5. The provisions of the Licensing Act, 1908, relating to the conduct of meetings of a Licensing Committee shall, so far as applicable, apply to meetings of the Committee held under these regulations; and, in so far as such provisions do not apply or as these regulations do not extend, the Committee may determine its own procedure. 6. (1.) Upon the cancellation of any license under these regulations, if the licensee is not the owner of the licensed premises the Chairman

of the Licensing Committee may, on the request of the owner of the premises, order the licensee to vacate those premises. If the licensee fails to vacate the premises pursuant to the said order, he shall be deemed to have committed an offence against the War Regulations, and shall be liable accordingly. (2.) If the licensee is a lessee or sublessee of the licensed premises, the Chairman may, on the request of the lessor or sublessor, execute in the name and on behalf of the licensee an assignment or surrender of the lease or sublease, and such assignment or surrender shall have the same effect as if if were executed bv the licensee himself.

SCHEDULE. Form No. 1. Arpr.icAj.jox to Licensing Committee for Cancellation of Publican’s License. Under War Regulations made pursuant to Section 4 of the War Regulations Amendment Act, 1916. lo the Licensing Committee of the [Name of licensing district]. 1 iiekeby apply, pursuant to regulations made under section 4 of the War Regulations Amendment Act. 1916, for the cancellation of the publican s license held by [Name of licensee j in respect of the premises known as [Nome by which premises known], situated at [State location of premises], on the grounds following, namely : [Set out in detail the grounds on which the application is made.] Dated at this day of , 19

Superintendent of Police [or Inspector of Police]. Endorsement. Approval by Commissioner of Police. 1 hereby approve the application herein. Given under my hand,, at , this day of 19 Commissioner of Police. Form No. 2. Notice to Holder of Publican’s License to show Cause why his License should not be cancelled. Under War Regulations made pursuant to Section 4 of the War Regulations Amendment Act, 1916. To [Name and, address of licensee]. Take notice that you are hereby required and directed to appear before the Licensing Committee of the Licensing District at the Magistrate s Court [or, as the case may be] at , 0 n *the jl9 ,at o’clock in the noon to show cause why the publican’s license held by you in respect of the licensed premises known as [Name by which premises known], situated at , should not be cancelled on all or any of the grounds following, namely : [Set out in detail the grounds on which the application is made.] Dated at this day of 19

Superintendent of Police [or Inspector of Police]. Endorsement. Approval by Commissioner of Police. I hereby approve of the proceedings herein. Given under my hand, at , this day of ,19 Commissioner of Police. J. F. ANDREWS, Glerk of the Executive Council

No. of Watch. Description. Owner’s Name and Address. Police ! Oaeette Re- | ference. 28768 Ladies’ gold open-face Ladies’ gold hunting keyless Gentlemen’s gold Waltham Mary Howie Aitkin. Wellington .. j Pago 473 Kate Beatrice Peters, Wellington „ 473 9512 Jans Jensen, Auckland .. „ 489 3421 Gentlemen’s gold open-face Michael McCarthy, Auckland .. 489 Ladies’ silver-chased Edmund Thomas Murphy, Epsom .. 489 Ladies’ gold open-face wristlet Ladies’ gold open-face wristlet Lydia Pearson Gibson. Wellington ., 489 Eve Hall, Wellington „ 490 Ladies’ gold Waltham .. John Myers, Blackball .. „ 510 191313 or 820201 Gentlemen’s rolled-gold Elgin Ernest Scott, Auckland „ 524 4250043 Gentlemen’s nickel Omega William F. Spence, Kaitangata .. ,. 525 600062 Gentlemen’s silver hunting eight-day Te Raiki Hill. Auckland ,, 537 Gentlemen’s Nickel Swiss Harold Fitzgibbons, Auckland „ 537 297178 Ladies’ gold open-face Gentlemen’s gun-metal wristlet .. Nita Menzies. Auckland 537 V. A. Brookie. Wanganui „ 537 78969 Ladies’ gold hunting keyless Geneva Frances Jane O’Brien, Wellington Pages 537 and 569 Gentlemen’s silver hunting Geneva Gladys Maud Martin, Wellington Pago 537 Ladies’ rolled-gold open-face Emma Angrove, Wellington „ 538 Gentlemen’s gold half-hunting Waltham . . Charles Wadley, Wellington „ 538 4031 Ladies’ gold hunting Henry Nash, Wellington „ 538 Ladies’ gold hunting keyless Charles Walter Cooper, Kilbirnie „ 538 41463 Gentlemen’s silver English lever .. Francis Quinn, Auckland „ 555 Ladies’ gold open-face .. Sophia Glover, Wellington „ 555 Ladies’ gun-metal open-face Sarah Ann Mowatt, Wellington .. ,. 555 Gentlemen’s open-face English lever F. H. Wade, Cambridge.. 569 Ladies’ gold open-face keyless Kate Dalziel, Wellington „ 569 515709 Gentlemen’s rolled-gold hunting keyless Frederick Cliffe, Wellington .. 569 17661019 Gentlemen’s silver Waltham Leonard Mulholland, Wellington .. „ 587 4087 Ladies’ gold wristlet Percy Thompson. Wellington 587 1118 Gentlemen’s English lever Patrick Joseph Cahill, Auckland .. „ 601 Gentlemen’s silver hunting Rotherhams Alexander Christopher Thompson, Wellington 601 Gentlemen’s rolled-gold hunting keyless Charles Mundy, Auckland „ 621 171463 Gentlemen’s silver hunting lever Henry Samways, Auckland 621 Gentlemen’s open-face silver chronograph A. M. Skeates and Co., Auckland.. „ 621 2386615 10 Gentlemen’s gun-metal . . Donald Hunt, Hastings „ 621 12395 Gentlemen’s silver hunting Rotherhams Frederick William Kellan, Dunedin 622 30370 Ladies’ silver hunting Geneva Joseph Smith, Dunedin .. „ 622 Gentlemen’s rolled-gold hunting Swiss Archie Clarence Dennes, Auckland 642 Gentlemen’s open-face nickel Archie Clarence Dennes, Auckland „ 642 Gentlemen’s silver hunting Rotherhams Hughie R. Simrn, Wellington „ 643 15222 Gentlemen’s silver hunting lever .. William Adams, Auckland „ 663 *18454884 Gentlemen’s rolled-gold lever Waltham Michael O’Sullivan, Wellington . . „ 663 Gentlemen’s silver open-face keyless Swiss lever Wallace Jones, Greymouth .. .. j „ 681

RETURN OF WATCHES REPORTED STOLEN DURING THE QUARTER ENDED 30th SEPTEMBER, 1916. (For preceding list see Police Gazette, 1916, page 476.)

No. of Bicycle. Description. Owner’s Name and Address. Police, Gazette Reference. Gentlemen’s Universal .. Frederick Ernest Reginald Booth, Auckland Page 473 Gentlemen’s B.S.A. George Lockwood, Auckland ,. 473 Gentlemen’s black-enamelled Arthur Rankin. Feilding 473 168457 or Gentlemen’s Coventry Advance .. John Gilmour, Petone .. .. 473 168459 Gentlemen’s black-enamelled John Sinclair, Feilding .. ,. 473 17703 Gentlemen’s Bell James Stewart. Christchurch ., 473 Ladies’ Raleigh Gentlemen’s Rhun T. Hornsley (Mrs.), Christchurch .. .. 473 Charles Ogilvie, Christchurch .. 473 Gentlemen’s Baron Rowland Cecil Tosswill, Christchurch ,. 474 12661 Gentlemen’s B.S.A. Archibald Henry Anthony, Christchurch .. ., 474 145 Gentlemen’s B.S.A. Spina way James Kane, Pleasant Point .. „ 474 2769 Gentlemen’s Gem Special The Commercial Union Assurance Company 474 42 Gentlemen’s Identical Grand (Limited), Dunedin Robert Rankin Tyrie, Anderson’s Bay ,. 474 6344 Gentlemen’s Skeats William H. Cliffe, Auckland „ 489 54346 Gentlemen’s Excelsior .. Stanley Crabb, Auckland „ 489 Gentlemen’s black-enamelled A. W. C. Bensemann, Marton „ 489 Gentlemen’s Premier George Bird, Lower Hutt ,. 489 Ladies’ Royal Swift Kate Hegarty, Christchurch „ 490

RETURN OF BICYCLES REPORTED STOLEN DURING THE QUARTER ENDED 30th SEPTEMBER, 1916. (For preceding list see Police Gazette, 1916, pages 477 and 478.)

No. of Bicycle. Description. Owner’s Name and Address. Police Gazette .Reference. 1864 Gentlemen’s Rover Field and Royds, Christchurch Page 490 Gentlemen’s Governor . . Walter Wheeler, Mount Cook „ 510 Gentlemen's Massey-Harris Bray Bros., Taranaki Street, Wellington .. 510 Gentlemen’s B.S.A. Cecil M. Bay, Taranaki Street, Wellington.. „ 510 Gentlemen’s B.S.A. Humber Alfred Vessey, Christchurch „ 510 107607 Gentlemen’s Bell William Simmons, Christchurch .. ,, 510 Gentlemen’s B.S.A. T. Harrison, Christchurch „ 510 Ladies’ New Rapid Leonard John Robinson, Christchurch „ 510 7425 Gentlemen’s Douglas motor H. A. Jarden, Christchurch „ 525 41882 Gentlemen’s League Charles Berg, Christchurch „ 525 634 Gentlemen’s Khaki Special John Wright, Christchurch ., 525 Gentlemen’s Osborne Robert Seddon Bertram Wilson, Christchurch „ 525 Gentlemen’s Triumph .. Frank George Turnpenny, Christchurch .. „ 525 2958 Gentlemen’s Banfield B.S.A. Forrest Millar, Christchurch 525 Gentlemen’s Fleet E. J. Cox, Ashburton „ 525 21756 Gentlemen’s Governor . . Sydney Alderton Christmas, Timaru „ 525 Gentlemen’s Eagle Harry St. Clair Grey Gunn, Timaru „ 5 25 Gentlemen’s B.S.A. Douglas McGeachen, Auckland .. „ 537 15067 Gentlemen’s Victory B.S.A. Charles Reuben Cooper, Hamilton ,, 537 119 Ladies’ Defiance B.S.A. Edith Platt, Fendalton .. .. 538 Gentlemen’s Imperial Swift Richard Arthur Mackay, Christchurch „ 538 23185 and Gentlemen’s Star John James Fenton, Christchurch „ 538 48957 2227 Gentlemen’s Banfield B.S.A. Reggie Lile Laing, Christchurch .. ,. 538 Gentlemen’s Swift Henry Andrew Fisher, Christchurch .. 538 Gentlemen’s Swift Henry Herbert Upjohn, Christchurch „ 538 Gentlemen’s Reliance B.S.A. James Olsen, Orepuki ., 538 Gentlemen’s black-enamelled Arthur Taylor, Palmerston North ., 555 Ladies’ Imperial Gentlemen’s B.S.A. Mrs. Nelson, Palmerston North .. ,. 555 Charles Athya, Levin ., 555 1775 Gentlemen’s Bell B.S.A. National Electrical and Engineering Com- ., 556 Gentlemen’s Premier pany, Christchurch Bristol Piano Company, Christchurch .. 555 1470 Gentlemen’s B.S.A. Frederick Ashley Neale, Christchurch ., 555 Gentlemen’s B.S.A. Stanley Chapman Lloyd, Christchurch „ 556 Gentlemen’s Trent or Kent John Ferris, Ashburton „ 556 Gentlemen’s black-enamelled John McCauslin, Napier.. ,, 569 Gentlemen’s Reynolds .. W. M. Bannatyne, Wellington „ 569 Gentlemen’s B.S.A. S. M. Adams, Wellington 569 Gentlemen’s B.S.A. Wellington Harbour Board, Wellington „ 569 34917 Gentlemen’s Eadie Emile Schrender, Christchurch „ 569 Gentlemen’s Anglo-Special Maurice Wilson, Christchurch „ 569 235 Gentlemen’s B.S.A. William Stephenson, Christchurch „ 569 3628 Gentlemen’s Khaki Herbert Cooke, Christchurch „ 570 Gentlemen’s black-enamelled Richard Ernest Dynes, Christchurch „ 570 Gentlemen’s B.S.A. Mason Waterworth, Napier „ 587 Gentlemen’s Swift Ian Carlyle, Wellington „ 587 Gentlemen’s black-enamelled Leslie McCabe, Wellington „ 587 Gentlemen’s B.S.A. Lionel Maurice Denton, Christchurch „ 587 Gentlemen’s Swift Albert Roberts, Christchurch „ 587 274 Gentlemen’s Runwell Frederick Charles Carter, Christchurch „ 587 15587 Gentlemen’s Rapid Cuthbert H. Gresson, Timaru „ 587 Gentlemen’s black-enamelled William Halley, Timaru.. „ 587 Gentlemen’s Wellington New Zealand Government (Agriculture Do- „ 588 498 Gentlemen’s Massey-Harris partment), Invercargill Leonard Plimmer, Auckland „ 601 Ladies’ Meade Elizabeth May Brown, Christchurch ., 602 Gentlemen’s Swift Robert Cairns, Christchurch „ 602 13441-207 Gentlemen’s Eadie .. .. .. Eli George Standeven, Christchurch „ 602 Gentlemen’s Swift Walter I. Moore, Christchurch „ 602 7657 Gentlemen’s K.B.S.A. .. Arthur James Woodham, Christchurch „ 602 Gentlemen’s black-enamelled Munt, Cotterell, and Co., Wellington „ 621 Gentlemen’s Swift J. B. MacEwan and Co., Wellington „ 621 Gentlemen’s Townsend .. E. G. Selbie, Timaru „ 622 9 162572 Gentlemen’s Jubilee Robert Pringle, Wellington „ 642 Gentlemen’s B.S.A. George Henry Keats, Kaiapoi .. |f [ .. „ 643 2816 Gentlemen’s Banfield B.S.A. Leslie McHarg, Christchurch „ 643 61785 Gentlemen’s B.S.A. Keith Cyril Bruce Johnston, Christchurch. . „ 643 56 Gentlemen’s black-enamelled Richard Johnson, Christchurch .. „ 643 Gentlemen’s Swift Gallagher and Howe, Pukekohe .. || If .. „ 663 Gentlemen’s B.S.A. Thomas Meek Laing, Napier „ 663 84557 Ladies’ B.S.A: Patrick Ormond, Napier „ 663 08075 Gentlemen’s B.S.A. Edward Coker, Napier .. .. . . „ 663 567 Gentlemen’s Hercules .. New Zealand Government (PostaUDepart- ,. 663 28332 Gentlemen’s Star ment), Wellington John Campbell, Christchurch .. j- .. ,, 663 Gentlemen’s Royal London Joseph Wallace, Christchurch ,, 663 76456z Gentlemen’s Britannic .. Alfred Manhire, Christchurch „ 663 11752 Gentlemen’s Royal Arthur Prior, Newton .. .. i .. „ 680 Gentlemen’s Rosenburg Henry Aldridge, Wellington „ 680 Boys’ B.S.A. .. F. McCarthy, Wellington „ 680 Gentlemen’s black-enamelled Horace Baker, Wellington „ 680 Gentlemen’s Royal England Charles Leopold Green, Wellington „ 681 2336 Gentlemen’s Silver Star Robert Buchan, Dunedin „ 681

RETURN OF BICYCLES REPORTED STOLEN DURING THE QUARTER ENDED 30th SEPTEMBER, 1916continued.

1 Name of Offender. Where tried. When. Offence. Sentence. Native of Trade. Born. Height. 1 Complexion. Hair. j Byes. Nose. Distinguishing Marks, &c. 1 ft. in. 9 Lynch, Patrick Dargaville .. 2/9/16 i obscene language fined £2 N. Zealand seaman 1878 5 9* fresh .. brown grey .. medium Matich, Philip Dargaville .. 12/9/16 trespassing on a State fined £10 Austria hotel-keeper 1879 6 2 sallow .. dark brown brown .. medium forest shooting native pigeons fined £10 • “T 1 out of season Gregory, Alfred Dargaville .. 12/9/16 exhibit milifined £5 England .. draper 1869 5 3 fresh .. brown grey .. medium tary service notice Leslie, Frank Maungaturoto 29/8/16 procuring liquor by fined £1 N. Zealand farm labour’r 1896 5 7 dark .. dark brown .. medium See Police Gazette , 1916, page 462. falsely representing himself to be 21 years Leslie, Thomas Welch, alias Maungaturoto 29/8/16 procuring liquor by fined £1 N. Zealand farm labo’rer 1898 5 4 dark .. dtbrix e © brown .. medium Slouching gait. (See Police Gazette, 1916, page Leslie, Welch falsely representing himself to be 21 years 462.) Hyland, James Maungaturoto 29/8/16 supplying liauor to a fined £1 N. Zealand barman 1895 5 11 fair brown brown .. medium Stout build. Hammond, Percy .. person under 21 yearB fined £4 dark .. Maungaturoto 29/8/16 shooting a pheasant N. Zealand labourer 1875 6 0 dark .. brown .. medium Slight defect in eyes. without a license Underwood, James Hill Auckland 18/9/16 drunkenness .. convicted and discharged Sootland .. seaman 1866 5 fresh .. fair .. grey medium Strong build ; tip of right thumb missing. indecency fineu £2 dark brown MeDonagh, Dominick Joseph Auckland 19/9/16 embezzling cargo to come up if Ireland seaman 1890 5 10 fair hazel .. medium Full-rigged ship, harp and woman, GOD SAVE called on and to make restitution IRELAND, snake round wrist, clasped hands, tombstone and harp, and IN MEMORY OF MY SISTER on right forearm; Crucifix, snake round wrist, and dagger through skin on left forearm. Photographed at Auckland, 19/9/16. Scar on left little finger. Photographed at West, Albert Auckland 19/9/16 embezzling cargo to come up if England .. seaman 1889 5 9 fresh .. brown brown .. medium called on ana to make restitution Auckland, 19/9/16. Steere, James Edgar Auckland 20/9/16 rogue and vagabond (ilto come up if England .. wharf1871 5 fresh .. brown brown . medium See Police Gazette, 1916, page 558. legally on premises) called on labourer dark Read, William Henry Auckland 20/9/16 threatening behaviour convicted and England .. farmer 1881 6 3 fresh .. brown .. large Scar on left bicep ; several blue spots on left discharged fair forearm. Scott, Henry Nicholson Auckland 20/9/16 threatening behaviour convicted and Tasmania porter 1888 5 1 fair grey .. medium K1A ORA on right forearm ; small spot on left Hayes, Francis Eugene discharged dark forearm; scar on left knee. (See Police Gazette, 1916, page 633.) Auckland 21/9/16 loitering in a street for fined £20 N. Zealand bootmaker .. 1875 5 10 dark .. brown .. medium Slim build ; heavy dark moustache. Magill, John, alias McGill .. the purpose of betting Auckland 22/9/16 breach of his prohibition to Rotoroa for Ireland bushman .. 1845 5 92 fresh .. grey blue medium Strong build ; wart on left side of nose ; scar on Duggan, Nellie order 1 year dark brown left side of face. (See Police Gazette, 1916, page 479.) Auckland 23/9/16 drunkenness .. to Pakatoa for N. Zealand domestic .. 1890 5 2 fresh .. grey .. medium No teeth on upper jaw. (See Police Gazette, rogue and vagabond .. 2 years convicted and 1915, page 601.) discharged

Return of Persons summarily convicted at Magistrates' Courts, but not sent to Gaol.

Name of Offender. Where tt ied. When. Offence. Sen f ence. Native of Trade. i Born. Height. Complexion. Hair. Eyes. Nose. Distinguishing Marks, <fcc. Manninen, Lauri Victor Auckland 23/G/16 ship-desertion to pay costs .. Finland .. fireman 1893 5 u ' fair N ' fair .. medium Sailing-ship on right forearm. (See Police Gazette, 1916, page 680.) Bi otell, Victor Auckland 23/9/16 ship-desertion to pay costs .. Finland .. fireman 1889 0 n fresh .. brown hazel .. medium Strong build ; eagle and Swedish flag on right Susk< n n, W<-rner, alias forearm ; woman on left forearm. (See Police t-azette, 1916, page 680.) Auckland 23/9/16 ship-desertion to pay costs .. Finland .. fireman .. 1890 5 4 fair fair brown .. medium Stout build; anchor, heart, and two Finland Su kow, M. fl igs on right forearm ; sador, woman, clasped ha> ds, and sun on left forearm. (See Police Gazette, 1916, page 680.) Former, Walter Te Aroha 19/9/16 drunk while in charge fined £1 N. Zealand farmer 1870 5 7 sallow .. dark One medium Head nas been injured. Slightly deaf. of a hoise Hyam, Henry Gisborne 23/9/16 theft to come up if N. Zealand schoolboy .. 1901 4 5 fair fair, curly .. blue medium called on Tohill, John Raphael Napier 18/9/16 theft to come up if N. Zealand labourer 1886 5 6 fresh .. light browi , krey .. medium Several scars on forehead; small scar ou left called on, to make restitution, and prohibited curly side of face and on first joint of left little finger. ' McGonayle, Ivy Napier 18/9/16 theft to come up if N. Zealand 1892 5 0 fresh .. tight brown grey .. medium Slight build. called ou Sneridan, Patrick .. Hastings 19/9/16 theft convicted and N. Zealand clerk and 1896 5 7 fair red blue medium Clean shaved ; wart on side of left hand. Hunia Hakeke Warena discharged . soldier Hastings 20/9/16 drunk while in charge of fined £2 aboriginal labourer 1890 5 10 copper.. black brown .. medium a horse breach of his prohibition convicted and order discharged 1870 Bryant, William Henry Marton 19/9/16 cruelty to animals fined £3 on each England .. farmer 5 7 dark .. dark brown .. medium 1 p.c. Sharp features. Mahoney, William James, (3 charges) light brown Marton 20/9/16 drunkenness .. fined 5s. N. Zealand labourer 1870 5 11 fair clue thick 11 p.c. Scar on forehead. F.P. (See Police a ins Nugent, alias Muldoon, alius Mahoney, William 21/9/16 drunkenness .. fined 10s. Gazette, 1916, page 60.) obscene language fined £2 Price, Cuarles Alfred Dannevirke .. 21 9/16 theft convicted and Australia. .. message-boy 1903 0 6 fresh .. brown blue medium Scar between eyes. Strong build. Barr, Henry discharged Palmerston N. 22,9/16 theft to come up if N. Zealand schoolboy .. 1904 4 10 dark .. dark brown .. medium See Police Gazette, 1915, page 836. called on TuUott, Thomas Harold PalmerstonN. 22/9/16 assault fined £5 N. Zealand farmer 1888 5 8 pale Drown rey .. medium Edwaid McKmght, William Palmerston N. 18/9/16 theft to come up if N. Zealand baker 1901 5 i fresh .. brown hazel .. medium called on Bade, Alfred Shannon 25/9/16 obscene language fined £5 N. Zealand flax-mill 1874 5 8 dark ,. black brown .. long hand Ritchie, Frank Edmund Petone 20/9/16 assault fined £3 N. Zealand labourer 1887 5 9 fresh .. fair blue medium 1 p.c. Burton, Eustace .. Petone 20 9/16 assault convicted and Australia .. labourer 1886 5 10 fresh .. orown >rown .. medium See Police Gazette, 1916, page 105. Green, James Petone discharged 20/9/16 breach of his prohibition fined £2 Australia .. labourer and 1888 5 10 fresh .. auburn •lue medium 4 p.c. order butcher Te Puni Honehana Petone 20/9/16 breach of his prohibition order fined £2 aboriginal 1864 5 11 copper.. black azel .. flat 7 p.c. Left hand amputated.

Return of Persons summarily convicted at Magistrate s’ Courts, but not sent to Gaol -continued.

Name of Offender. Where tried. When. Offence. Sentence. Native of 1 * Trade. Born. ! Height. J Complexion. Hair. Eyes. Nose. Distinguishing Marks, &c. Winnie, William Henry Petone 20/9/16 breach of his prohibition fined £2 N. Zealand labourer ift. in. 1886 5 7 fresh .. dark brown .. medium order Windus, Henry Thomas Wellington .. 18/9/16 keeping a house of illto come up if England .. labourer 1842 1 E 6 pale grey hazel .. medium fame called on Grange, Jack Thomas Wellington .. 18/9/16 obstructing police fined £1 Australia .. engineer 1898 ]£ 7 ruddy .. dark brown .. medium Heart with arrow on right forearm ; gold-filled fr nt teeth. Phillips, James Wellington .. 18/9/16 receivingstolen property to come up if N. Zealand labourer 1878 j £ 9 dark .. dark iark sharp F.P. (See Police Gazette , 1913, page 578.) called on Findlay, Norman Leonard .. Wellington .. 19/9/16 false pretences to come up if N. Zealand labourer 1889;5 8 fresh .. brown blue medium Scar on right thumb. (See Police Gazette, 1916, called on and to make restitution page 616.) Priest, John James Wellington .. 19/9/16 breach of his prohibition fined £2 Scotland .. labourer 1872 g 5f fair brown blue medium order Ash, Henry Edward Wellington .. 18/9/16 ship-desertion fined £2 England .. trimmer 1895 5 7 fresh .. dark blue medium Cross, heart, and anchor on back of left hand ; butteifly on right forearm. Wakefield, Thomas Judge .. Wellington .. 21/9/16 indecency convicted and England .. soldier 1873|5 4 fresh .. dark rey medium discharged Robertson, James Alexander Wellington .. 22/9/16 theft (6 oharges) to “come up if N. Zealand labourer 1878 5T10J dark .. black grey .. sharp F.P. called on and to make resti tion Rowe, James Wellington .. 15/9/16 publishing disloyal fined £10 England .. labourer 1882 5 8 fresh .. dark «>rown .. medium Scar utder left eye; woman’s head and J.R. statements on right forearm. Mahoney, Bartholomew Wellington .. 22/9/16 oreaoh of his prohibition fined £l Ireland labourer j 870' S n dark .. brown grey .. broken .. Woman <n s«i g and B. MAHONEY on right * order 1875 S forearm; fl rwers, anchor, and cro'is on right upp r arm. F.P. (See Police Gazette, 1916, page 419.) Sayer, Edward George Wellington .. 23/9/16 breach of the peace fined 10s N. Zealand labourer 10 fresh .. dark blue medium Crowley, Michael .. Wellington .. 23/9/10 breach of the peace fined 10s. N. Zealand labourer 1872 S 54 dark .. dark grey .. medium See Police Gazette, 1914, page 92. receivingstolen property fined £2 1886 £ Burns, Edward Francis Picton 21/9/16 supplying liquor to an fined £1 N Zealand taxi-driver .. 5 iresh .. brown nine medium intoxicated male Native drunkenness .. Miles, William Thomas Reefton 20/9/16 convicted and N. Zealand baker 1875 £ 6 fresh .. fair grey .. medium obscene language discharged fined £2 Pilet, Peter Christchurch 20/9/16 theft (3 charges) to come up if N. Zealand labourer 1890 5 8 fresh .. dark brawn grey .. long F.P. called on ana to make restitution 1 Carr, Stephen Christchurch 20/9/16 theft fined £5 N. Zealand fishmonger.. 1891 5 9 pale dark .. hazel .. medium Musson, William .. Christchurc" 20/9/16 theft fined £5 N. Zealand hairdresser. 1882 5 74 fresh .. dark brown .. medium Johns, Thomas Richard Rapson Christchurch 20/9/16 theft fined £5 .. N. Zealand labourer 1881 5 7 fresh .. dark grey broad

Return of Persons summarily convicted at Magistrates’ Courts, but not sent to Gaol -continued.

Name of Offender. Where tried. When. Offence. 1 Sentence. Native of i Trade. — Born. Height. Com- ! plexion. i * Hair. Eyes. Nose. Distinguishing Marks, &c. Jackson, Frederick Christchuroh 20/9/16 theft fined £10 N. Zealand labourer 1888 ft. in. 5 94 fair fair It. brown broad 2 p.c. Wart on left hand ; scar on left knee and on left shin. Photographed at Lyttelton, 5/5/14. (See Police Gazette , 1914, page 333.) Connell, Mary, alias Banks, Christchurch 20/9/16 theft to come up if N. Zealand domestic .. 1874 A 04 fresh .. light brown blue .. small Numerous p.c. No teeth in upper jaw. (See Florence, alias Hills, alias called on and Police Gazette, 1916, page 197 ) Hunter Army Home for 6 months Reeves, John Naseby 20/9/16 theft fined £1 N. Zealand porter and 1890 C 3 fair auburn blue medium Left foot deformed ; walks lame ; slightly bowScotland .. groom legged. Gardner, Robert .. Dunedin 22/9/16 assault fined 10s. milkman .. 1901 5 0 fresh .. auburn blue .. medium breaoh of the peace fined 5s. Smith, Thomas Rule Dunedin 22/9/16 assault fined £1 N. Zealand salesman .. 1899 5 8 pale dark brown .. medium Boil-mark on left cheek-bone. breaoh of the peace fined 10s. Anderson, Thomas.. Dunedin 23/9/16 theft convicted and N. Zealand clerk 1886 5 7 fresh .. brown blue .. medium, Large chin; soar on left little finger ; small scar discharged broken on bridge of nose. Porteous, Margaret Winton 18/9/16 fraudulently using a fined £2 England .. 1856 5 9 sallow .. dark dark .. medium postage-stamp which had been used Buckingham, Henry Orepuki 21/9/16 cruelly illtreating a fined £ 2 17s. .. Tasmania .. labourer 1871 5 10 fresh .. brown brown .. medium Left eye artificial. heifer Gardiner, Herbert Murray .. Invercargill .. 14/9/16 assault convicted and N. Zealand labourer 1898 5 114 fresh .. fair grey .. medium discharged 6 months’ proShepherd, William John Invercargill .. 14/9/16 theft (2 charges) N. Zealand labourer 1900 5 5 fresh .. dark brown brown .. medium Left little finger missing; burn-scar on abdomen. bation F.P.

Return of Persons summarily convicted at Magistrates’ Courts, but not sent to Gaol -continued.