EXTRACTS FROM NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XLIII, Issue 48, 4 December 1918, Page 688

EXTRACTS FROM NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

(From New Zealand Gazette , 1918, pages 3843 and 3852.) Land taken for the Purposes of a Police-station Site, in Block IV, Otara Survey District, Southland County. [l.s.] LIVERPOOL, Governor-General. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken, under the Public Works Act, 1908, for a certain public work —to wit, for the purposes of a police-station site: And whereas an agreement has been entered into, in terms of section twenty-seven of the said Act, to take such land for the public work hereinafter set forth : And whereas a plan has been prepared, and the Minister has recommended the Governor-General to issue a Proclamation taking the land, as required by the said Act: Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the Public Works Act, 1908, and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, and being satisfied of the sufficiency of the agreement hereinbefore referred to, do hereby proclaim and declai'e that the land described in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes of a police-station site ; and I also hereby declare that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the seventeenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.

SCHEDULE. Approximate area of the piece of land taken : 3 acres. Portion of Section 6, Block IV, Otara Survey District

In the Southland Land District ; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 45120, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured pink. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Member of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Member of the Royal Victorian Order, Knight of Grace of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-third day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighteen. W. FRASER, Minister of Public Works. God save the King !

Establishment of Probation Homes for Girls. Education Department, Wellington, 20th November, 1918. BY virtue of the powers vested in me by section 10 of the Statute Law Amendment Act, 1917, I, Josiah Alfred Hanan, Minister of Education, do hereby declare the Receiving Home, Ferry Road, Christchurch, and the Industrial School, Mount Albert, Auckland (industrial schools within the meaning of the Industrial Schools Act, 1908) to be Probation Homes for children. J. A. HANAN, Minister of Education.

By Authority : Marcus F. Marks, Government Printer, Wellington

Name of Offender. Where tried. When. Offence. Sentence. Native of Trade. Born. Height Complexion. Hair. Eyes. Nose. Distinguishing Marks, &c. Gobbitt, Walter William, Dunedin 5/11/18 obtaining credit by 5 years’ reforN. Zealand labourer 1888 ft. in. 5 fresh .. fair blue medium Right leg shorter than left. (See Police Gazette, alias Morgan, Walter frand, and forgery mative detention 1916, page 829.) Preen, Jean Elizabeth Dunedin 5/11/18 theft 1 years’ reforN. Zealand domestic .. 1902 5 0 dark .. dark dark .. medium mative detention Flanagan, John Francis Dunedin 6/11/18 harbouring a military acquitted N, Zealand warehouse1896 5 11 fair black blue .. medium Prominent teeth. deserter man Flanagan, Daniel Christopher Dunedin 6/11/18 harbouring a military acquitted N. Zealand carrier 1885 5 10 fresh .. dark grey • • medium Right wrist broken ; scar between one thumb deserter and forefinger; small scar on forehead. Chapman, Andrew Frederick Dunedin 6/11/18 indecent assault acquitted N. Zealand basketmaker 1878 5 9 pale dark, turning grey .. medium Left hand contracted. grey Moody, Mary Jane Dunedin 7/11/18 attempted murder acquitted N. Zealand domestic .. 1881 5 6 pale brown .. hazel .. medium Left forefinger has been broken ; soar on right thumb.

RETURN OF PERSONS DEALT WITH AT SUPREME COURTS. (For Index, see General Index.)

Xame of Offender. Where tried. When. Offence. Sentenco. Native of Trade. a u o 3 1 'Height Complexion. Hair. Eyes. | Nose. Distinguishing Marks, &c. Gribble, John Albert Auokland 19/11/18 assault convioted and Australia .. cook 1888 ft. in. 5 5 dark dark hazel .. medium 24 p.c. Scar and hands through heart on left theft discharged convicted and forearm; scar over one eye; L, rose, and two flags over 12/3652 on right forearm. discharged breach of his prohibition Rotoroa Home order for 1 year • Clark, John Auckland 23/11/18 assault fined £2 N. Zealand street1866 5 10 dark dark blind .. long See Police Gazette, 1918, page 518. wilful damage to pay damage organist Preston, Walter Auckland 20/11/18 entering a racecourse fined £10 on N. Zealand bookmaker 1885 5 6* fresh .. dark brown brown .. medium 20 p.c. Stout build ; scar on forehead and at during a race meeting (2 charges) each • and carter right side of mouth; brown scar on each forearm. F.P. Photographed at Auckland, 27/5/17. (See Police Gazette, 1917, page 277.) Boyson, Henry, alias JohnAuckland 21/11/18 drunkenness .. convicted and Denmark .. bushman .. 1854 5 4 sallow .. grey grey .. medium 65 p.c. Daisy on back of each hand. (See son, alias Boyce breach of his prohibition discharged convicted and Police Gazette, 1918, page 202.) order discharged idle and disorderly (in3 months sufficient means) 5 Burke, Michael John Auckland 21/11/18 idle and disorderly (conto come up if England .. labourer 1868 6 fresh .. brown grey .. medium 13 p c. (See Police Gazette, 1913, page 285.) sorting) called on 8 Jury, Samuel White Hamilton 11/11/18 drunk while in charge fined £10 N. Zealand stable-keeper 1878 5 ruddy .. grey grey .. medium 1 p.c. Stout build. of a horse and vehicle 8, Pickering, Harry .. Waipiro Bay 29/10/18 obscene language drunk and disorderly .. to come up if called on convicted and N. Zealand labourer 1892 5 copper.. dark brown .. flat A half-caste Maori prohibited aboriginal Te Kira Maeha Port Awanui 4/11/18 cruelty to animals fined 15s. labourer 1894 5 7 copper.. dark dark flat Kaiwai Timoti Port Awanui 4/11/18 obscene language fined £7 aboriginal farm 1889 5 6£ copper.. dark dark .. flat Denmark .. manager Janson, John Tokomaru 19/11/18 theft fined £1 fencer 1882 5 5 fair fair blue, medium ' Bay 8 squints Skevington, Albert Hawera 8/11/18 theft fined £10 N. Zealand cheese1898 5 fair light brown blue medium factory hand Candy, Arthur Hawera 15/11/18 theft 1 year’s probation and to make restitution 1 year’s probaN. Zealand farmer 1889 5 8 dark .. dark blue medium Scar over right eyebrow. Candy, Charles Hawera 15/11/18 theft N. Zealand farmer 1894 5 10i dark .. dark blue medium tion and to make restitution Mepham, William George .. Palmerston N. 15/11/18 assault fined £2 N. Zealand flax-cutter .. 1889 0 1U£ fresh .. dark grey .. medium Five boil-scars on right forearm. Keeley, Edward Wellington .. 19/11/18 breach of the peace fined £1 N. Zealand soldier 1890 5 6 dark .. black brown .. medium

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

Name of Offender. Where tried. When. Offence. Sentence. | | Native of 1 Trade. a 1 o i A op ’3 w ! Com- : plexion. ! Hair. j Eyes. 1 1 1 Nose. 1 Distinguishing Marks, -s.c. Kiely, Michael Wellington .. 23/11/18 drunkenness .. to Rotoroa Ireland labourer 1861 ft. in. 5 7* dark .. grey 1 .. brown .. medium K.G. and emblem of Faith, Hope, and Charity on right forearm; policeman’s head, IN Home for years 2 MEMORY OF JANE KIELY, and rose, shamrock, and thistle on left forearm. (See Police Gazette, 1917, page 139.) Norris, Ellen Christchurch 16/11/18 theft to come up if N. Zealand 1893 5 2 fresh .. dark .. brown .. small called on Bayliss, Thomas John Oxford 23/11/18 assault fined £2 N. Zealand farmer 1896 5 6 dark .. black .. grey .. medium Artificial teeth. Bayliss, Thomas .. Oxford 23/11/18 assault fined £4 England .. farmer 1844 5 3 dark .. grey .. It. blue medium McDonald, Ernest John Christchurch 19/11/18 breach of the peace fined £1 'N. Zealand clerk 1898 6 1 fresh .. brown .. grey .. long Kennedy, Peter Henderson Christchurch 19/11/18 oreach of the peace convicted and Scotland .. fireman 1879 5 10 fair brown • ■ grey .. medium Fox, Jack discharged Dunedin 18/11/18 assault fined £1 N. Zealand carter 1889 5 8i sallow .. black, long grey medium Smart appearance. obscene language fined £2 Dickson, John Herbert Dunedin 22/7/18 theft 1 year’s probaN. Zealand steward 1901 5 fresh .. dark .. blue medium This is in lieu of the notice appearing on tion page 479 of this Gazette , where the sentence is incorrect. Williams, Watson John Middlemarch 11/11/18 drunkenness .. convicted and N. Zealand labourer 1901 5 10 fresh .. brown, curly blue medium Strong build. discharged obscene language fined £3 1 resisting police to come up if ; called on MacNaughton, John Middlemarch 13/11/18 breach of the peaoa fined 10s. . • N. Zealand farmer 1881 5 6 dark .. black, turn- blue medium ing grey Small, David Middlemarch 13/11/18 threatening behaviour fined 10s. N. Zealand farmer 1879 5 9 fresh .. brown .. hazel .. medium

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

— • — Sentence. Native of Trade. d ; Hair. | Eyes. Nose. When discharged. Remarks, and Previous Convictions. aao!, and Name of Prisoner. Where tried. When. Offence. o « K plexion. (.F.P. indicates that finger-impressions have been taken.) Auckland — Patterson, Winnie Auckland 19/8/18 loitering for the purpose 3 months N. Zealand prostitute .. 1885 ft. in. 5 2£ dark .. black dark br. medium 18/11/18 2 p.c. Small mole on right arm. F.P. (See M.C. of prostitution Police Gazette, 1916, page 831.) Pvmn Annie, alias Auckland 20/8/18 incorrigible rogue 3 months N. Zealand prostitute .. 1871 5 li fresh .. black grey .. large 19/11/18 89 p.c. Scar on bridge of nose ; F.S. on breast; Kennedy, G. N. M.C. G. WATERS and C. WAMN on right arm ; J. BARRETT on left arm. F.P. (See Police Gazette. 1918, page 461.) Tai Mate Te Awamutu 9/9/18 theft 2 months aboriginal labourer 1896 5 4£ copper.. black brown .. broad 19/11/18 1 p.c. Cast in left eye. F.P. At expiration of M.C. broad sentence this prisoner was suffering from influenza, and was detained under Prison Regulation No. 178. (See Police Gazette, 1917, page 62.) Hoani Poroa .. Court-martial 20/9/18 disobeying a lawful com2 years aboriginal labourer and 1900 5 6£ copper.. black brown .. 19/11/18 F.P. Handed to military authorities. Auckland mand soldier McIntosh, Alexander .. Auckland 6/11/13 theft (9 charges), and 5 years’ reforAustralia .. labourer 1873 5 2* fresh .. dark brown blue .. medium 19/11/18 4 p.c. Scar on left cheek ; abscess-scar on back S.C. breaking, entering, rnative deof neck. F.P. Photographed at Auckland, and theft tention 14/10/13. At expiration of sentence this prisoner was suffering from influenza, and was detained under Prison Regulation No. 178. (See Police Gazette, 1912, page 496.) Neilson, Emma, alias Auckland 24/8/18 loitering for the purpose 3 months N. Zealand prostitute .. 1884 5 2 pale .. light brown blue .. aquiline .. 23/11/18 3 p.c. Two scars on left elbow. F.P. PhotoCarter, Emma Edith M.C. of prostitution graphed at Auckland, 16/9/12. (See Police Gazette, 1918, page 53.) Williams, William, alias Auckland 25/10/18 drunkenness .. fine or 48 hours Wales fisherman .. 1856 5 3} fresh .. dark brown, blue .. medium 23/11/18 66 p.c. Brig, rose, shamrock, thistle, and “ Taffy ” M.C. obscene language 1 month turning grey woman on right arm. F.P. (See Police Gazette, 1917, page 441.) Waikeria— blue .. Bennett, George Ragnold Auckland 12/3/15 breaking, entering, and 5 years on each N. Zealand cook 1861 5 3£ sallow.. grey large 18/11/18 Slight build ; two dots on left forearm ; scar on S.C. theft (5 charges) false pretenoes 6 months right little finger. F.P. breaking, entering, and 2 years Gisborne — theft cook medium McCoomb, George Gisborne M.C. 1/11/18 drunkenness .. fine or 24 hours England .. 1845 5 2 fresh .. grey blue .. 11/11/18 Anchor, heart, and G. Me. on right arm; scar breach of bis prohibition 10 days over left eyebrow. Sentences cumulative. order Not received in time for previous return. (See Police Gazette, 1918, page 396.) Hall, George .. Gisborne M.C. 6/11/18 drunkenness .. 10 davs Scotland .. tailor 1866 5 6* fresh .. grey brown .. medium 15/11/18 Scar on each forefinger. Not received in time for previous return. (See Police Gazette, 1918, page 449.) Miller, George, alias Gisborne M.C. 20/8/18 obscene language tine or 3 months Tasmania.. labourer 1881 5 H fresh .. brown grey .. large 19/11/18 Birth-mark on right thigh ; scar on forehead Darcy breaoh of the peace 3 weeks and on upper lip. (See Police Gazette, 1918, New Plymouth — medium page 491.) Bowler, Maurice Inglewood 31/10/18 default of maintenance arrears or 14 N. Zealand chemist 1894 5 6£ fresh .. brown grey .. 20/11/18 Scar on left forefinger. F.P. Arrested, 11/11/18. M.C. days Wellington — medium 1 p.c. Strong build ; scar on bridge of nose. Harrington, George Feilding M.C. 19/10/18 theft 1 month N. Zealand labourer 1865 5 4J fair light brown grey .. 18/11/18 drunkenness .. 7 days F.P. Mathews, Francis Robert Well ington 14/11/18 theft as a servant 2 years’ probaTasmania.. clerk 1692 5 6 fair red blue .. pointed .. 14/11/18 Birth-mark on right heel; scar above left eye S.C. tion and to make restitution and on left forefinger. F.P.

RETURN OF PRISONERS REPORTED AS DISCHARGED FROM GAOLS DURING THE WEEK ENDING 23rd NOVEMBER, 1918.

to 1 Gaol, and Name of Prisoner, Where tried. When. 1 Offence. Sentence. Native of Trade. fl U 5 W> Com- j Hair. | Eyes. Nose. When disRemarks, and Previous Convictions. 1 | X <U w plexion. i charged. (F.P.indicates that finger-im'pressions have teen taken > hJ Wellington — continued. ft. in. Q Keane, Daniel Wellington M.C. 21/10/18 drunkenness .. 1 month Australia .. labourer 1882 5 6 florid .. red blue broken, 20/11/18 Numerous p.o. Scar under left knee. (See turned to Police Gazette , 1918, page 570.) McLeod, George Masterton M.C. Wellington M.C. 21/10/18 obscene language 1 month N. Zealand labourer 1870 5 7J fair brown blue .. right medium 20/11/18 Several p.o. Scar on nose. P.P. (See Police Smith, George, alias Mills, Edward, alias Francis, alias Williams 14/11/18 indeoency fine or 7 days N. Zealand labourer 1875 5 4 fresh .. brown brown .. sharp •20/11/18 Gazette , 1916, page 658.) Several p.o. Scar over left eye. P.P. (See Police Gazette, 1917, page 639.) Wilson, James Daniel or James David Wellington M.C. 15/11/18 breach of his prohibition order 7 days N. Zealand waiter and cook 1884 5 24 fresh .. brown hazel .. large 21/11/18 Numerous p.c. Slight build; scar on forehead and on left palm; scar on right side. (See Cody, Michael, alias Prendergast, Martin Wanganui M.C. 24/8/18 assuming a name 3 months N. Zealand labourer 1886 5 11 dark .. brown, turnbrown .. medium 23/11/18 Police Gazette, 1918, page 382.) Strong build; small mole on each little finger. F.P. 2 p.c. Slight cross in left eye. Arrested, Hambly, Sydney George, alias Humbly Stevenson, Richard John Christchurch M.C. W e 1 1 in g ton M.C. 8/7/18 default of maintenance 2 months N. Zealand labourer 1889 5 1§ fresh .. ing grey dark brown grey .. medium 23/11/18 25/10/18 resisting police 1 month America .. steward ., 1899 5 9 fresh .. black grey .. medium 23/11/18 24/9/18. (See Police Gazette, 1917, page 556.) 1 p.c. Burn-scar on back. P.P. (See Police Greymouth — Gazette, 1918, page 567.) Wilson, George, alias Phillips Greymouth M.C. 12/8/18 failing to enrol 3 months Australia .. coal-miner.. 1896 5 6 dark .. dark brown .. medium 11/11/18 Scar on right upper arm. Not received in time Watchman, Matthew .. Greymouth M.C. 2/9/18 accompanying a prohibited person on to licensed premises fine or 28 days England .. coal-miner .. 1867 5 6 fresh .. fair, bald .. blue .. medium 13/11/18 for previous return. Stout build ; portion' of three left fingers missing ; tip of left little finger missing; scar on right side of face and chin ; mole under right eye. Portion of fine paid. Not received in Wilton, Norman Allen, alias Milne, D. J. Westport M.C. 28/8/18 answering questions falsely 1 month N. Zealand coal-miner.. 1893 5 94 fresh .. brown brown .. medium 20/11/18 time for previous return. Stout build ; rash on each side of neck. P.P. Sentences cumulative. Lyttelton— Greymouth 9/9/18 assuming a name theft 1 month 1 month • M.C. Richardson, Harry, alias Jones Lyttelton M.C. 20/9/18 false pretences 2 months N. Zealand labourer 1876 6 0 fresh .. dark brown It. blue large 19/11/18 5 p.o. Strong build ; finger-nails orushed ; scar on left ring and little fingers and on right shin. P.P. (See Police Gazette, 1917, page Donaldson, William or William Patrick Dunedin S.C. 9/5/16 forgery and uttering (2 charges) 3 years’ reformative detenN. Zealand labourer 1888 5 104 fresh .. black blue medium 21/11/18 499.) 1 p.c. Scar on head and on forehead; heart, anchor, and cross on left wrist; left arm tion paralysed. P.P. Died. (See Police Gazette, Chapman, John Smith Ashburton M.C. Christohuroh M.C. 23/10/18 obscene language 1 month N. Zealand tinsmith 1867 5 3 dark .. brown blue .. large 22/11/18 1908, page 144.) 5 p.c. P.P. Photographed at Dunedin, McCausland, Henry, alias Casey 25/10/18 drunkenness .. 1 month N. Zealand labourer 1884 5 94 swarthy black grey .. medium 23/11/18 14/8/1900. (See Police Gazette, 1902, page 277.) 7 p.c. Scar on top of head ; deaf. P.P. (See Police Gazette, 1918, page 413.) Dunedin— Morrison, Thomas Graham Dunedin M.C. 14/8/18 theft 3 months N. Zealand labourer 1884 5 11 fresh .. brown brown .. medium 13/11/18 Scar on bridge of nose, under left eye, on front of neok, on left thumb, and on right little finger; mole near right eye. P.P. Photographed, 29/8/18. Not received in time for previous return. (See Police Gazette, 1918, page 253.)

RETURN OF PRISONERS REPORTED AS DISCHARGED FROM GAOLS DURING THE WEEK ENDING 23rd NOVEMBER, 1918 —continued.

&aol, and Name of Prisoner. Where tried. When. Offence. Sentence. Native of Trade. I Born. Height Complexion. Hair. Eyes. Nose. When discharged. Remarks, and Previous Convictions. JF.P. indicates that finger-impressions have been taken.) Dunedin — continued. Carter, Anthony William Dunedin M.C. 13/11/18 obscene language fine or 7 days N. Zealand labourer 1897 ft. in. 6 3 fair fair blue medium 13/11/18 Scar on inside of left forearm; impediment in Waldegrave Invercargill — Lilley, Charles Christchuroh 4/6/18 resisting police theft (2 charges) fine or 4 days 6 months N. Zealand labourer 1899 5 6J fair brown .. hazel .. medium 12/11/18 speech. Fines paid. Not received in time for previous return. Scar on left wrist. F.P. Not received in time Jones, Stanley M.C. Christchurch 29/10/17 arson 5 years’ reforAustralia .. labourer 1893 4 Hi dark .. brown g re y • • medium 20/11/18 for previous return. 1 p.o. Scar on nose. F.P. Photographed at Cassidy, Daniel S.C. Dunedin S.C. 28/7/16 1 attempted rape mative detention 3 years’ reforN. Zealand coppersmith 1898 5 5£ fresh .. fair blue .. medium 23/11/18 Invercargill, 28/7/18. Died. (See Police Gazette , 1908, page 408.) F.P. Photographed at Invercargill, 23/9/16. indecent assault mative detention imprisoned until rising of Court i Released on probationary license. *

RETURN OF PRISONERS REPORTED AS DISCHARGED FROM GAOLS DURING THE WEEK ENDING 23rd NOVEMBER, 1918— continued.