PROPERTY STOLEN.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XLV, Issue 3, 21 January 1920, Page 51

PROPERTY STOLEN.

Masterton. — loth instant, from the A. and P. Association Buildings in Percy Street, the property of ALFRED RIPPON, 90 Cornwall Street, a gentlemen’s free-wheel Argyle bicycle, No. 34383, black grips, new studded tire on front wheel, plain tire on back wheel, parcel-carrier and mud-guards attached ; value, £lO. Identifiable.

Pe’ione.— Between the 2nd and 7th instant, GEORGE LEAVEY’S second-hand dealer’s shop in Jackson Street, was broken into, and the following articles stolen therefrom : 4£ yards of fawn carpet, 18 in. wide ; 40 yards of white curtaining, 24 in. wide ; about 30 yards of white twill sheeting, 80in. wide; and a single-shot pea-rifle: total value, £lO 9s. Carpet and rifle only identifiable.

Wellington. On or about the Ist instant J. R. McKENZIE’S premises at 52 Willis Street were broken into, and the following articles stolen therefrom : A gentlemen’s gold hunting lever Waltham watch, with traveller movement and compensation balance ; a gentlemen’s gold- filled hunting

Elgin watch ; a gentlemen’s gold-filled hunting lever Waltham watch, with compensation balance and patent safety bow ; a gentlemen’s silver open-face military wristlet watch with radium dial; an Auto-strop razor; a Gillette razor three safety razors ; two Bengal-blade razors; two Americanblade razors; a Japanese wooden tray ; a dozen assor d pocket-knives ; six nickel vases ; and six nickel jewel-boxes : total value, £3O. Identifiable.

Wellington.— 29th ultimo, from a bedroom at the Post Office Hotel, the property of CATHERINE ALICE ROLFE, 317 Ferguson Street, Palmerston North, a light-grey Aus-tralian-fox necklet, with brown-satin lining, full round neck, head and a tail on right shoulder, two paws and a tail on left side ; value, £ls. Identifiable. Suspicion is attached to Joseph James Carr, age twenty-six, height 5 ft. 9£in., labourer and upholsterer, native of New Zealand, medium build, pale complexion, dark-brown hair, grey eyes. Suspect has been interviewed and his effects searched without result. (See Police Gazette , 1919, page 628.)

Wellington.— 7th instant, from WINIFRED O’HALLORAN’S bedroom at the Bellevue Hotel, Lower Hutt, a nickel open-face wristlet watch with illuminated dial; a 9 ct. gold signet ring, with “ W.0.H.” on it; a gold round brooch, set with a ruby and two pearls and a spray of flowers with a safety chain attached ; a gold oval pendant, with an amethyst suspended by a rolled chain; and a ladies’ gold oval flat band ring, set with four sapphires and cluster of diamond-chips : total value, £l2. Identifiable.

Wellington. —27th October last, from the box lobby at the G.P.0., the property of FREDERICK JAMES DAWSON, 39 Todman Street, Brooklyn, a gentlemen’s fawn Zambrene overcoat and a pair of black field-glasses, with a dent in one eye-piece ; total value, £7. Identifiable.

Wellington.— 2nd instant, from Bohan’s tea-rooms, the property of ELSIE BEATRICE SCHULTZ, 72 Devon Street, a ladies’ 9 ct. gold half-hoop ring, set with five diamonds ; a ladies’ half-hoop ring, set with five rubies ; and a black-leatber purse, about 4 in. by 3 in., with four pockets and a silver clasp, containing 13s. 6d. and a small ruby: total value, about £2O 18s. 6d. Purse and rings only identifiable. Suspicion is attached to a Youth (name unknown), age about fifteen, height about 5 ft, medium build, fresh complexion, brown hair ; dressed in a dark knickerbocker suit.

Wellington. — l9th instant, from a room in the Gresham Hotel, the property of THOMAS FRANCIS MULLALS7, stock-inspector, a dark-brown leather suit case; a gentlemen’s large suit, made of black clerical cloth, straight bottoms on trousers, side pockets, one hip pocket, “Fraser, Auckland,” on tab of coat; a pair of gentlemen’s black patent leather shoes, recently half-soled with club sole, Dunlop rubbers on heels; a light-brown soft-felt “ Borsileno ” hat with black band, “Cox” inside; a number of gentlemen’s handkerchiefs, collars, and ties ; two soft cream shirts ; a gold-mounted pearl tie-pin ; a gold-mounted cigarholder; a silver case for cigarette-holder; two round hairbrushes, with black-ebony backs; a wooden-handled hairbrush ; a savings-bank pass-book on the Auckland Savingsbank ; and a pass-book on the Auckland Post Offioe Savingsbank, with credit balance of over £SOO in each : total value, about £4O. Identifiable.

Taranaki Street (Wellington).— On or about the 20th November last, from a vest in WILLIAM GREEK’S bedroom at the Central Coffee Palace. Cuba Street, a gentlemen’s silver Rotherhams watch, with “W. Greeks” on inside of case ; a gold double-bar watch chain, with a tiger’s gold-mounted claw; a gold ring filled with greenstone; and a gold-mounted silver medal, with “ W. Greeks ” on it attached : total value, £lB 10s Identifiable.

Blackball.3rd ultimo, from a bedroom at the Dominion Hotel, the property of WILLIAM BRACEGIRDLE, miner, a gentlemen’s 18 ct. gold ring with an anvil on top ; value, £4. Identifiable.

Papanui. — On or about the 10th instant, from LESLIE DOUGLAS GRINWOOD’S shed, a set of black trapharness, with “ Devereux, saddler, Christchurch,” on

mountings and seven links attached to traces, and a halfsack of chaff; total value, £lO. ss. Harness only identifiable. Suspicion is attached to Two men (name unknown), of dirty appearance, who were in possession of a horse and cart.

Christchurch.— l6th instant, from the bathroom on the s.s. “Maori” at Lyttelton, the property of RACHEL POTTS LIVINGSTONE, 62 Gloucester Street, a ladies’ silver wristlet watch, No. 124121, with a narrow black band ribbon with a buckle attached ; value, £5. Identifiable.

Christchurch.— sth November, from Tuam Street, the property of WAYMAN DEBENHAM BURN, 13 Kinlock Street, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled Swift bicycle, No. 6686, upturned handles with back grips, celluloid mudguards, Dunlop tires; value, £ls. Identifiable.

Christchurch. —l9th ultimo, from ARTHUR BENJAMIN WANTY’S bedroom at the Y.M.C.A.’s premises, a brown-leather suit-case, 22 in., containing a suit of white pyjamas with blue stripes and “W” on them; six pairs of socks with “W” on them; two shirts ; and a ladies’ 18 ct. gold open-face watch with “ A.N.8.” on back, minute hand broken: total value, £3O. Identifiable.

Christchurch.— On or about the 10th instant, from DIGBY NEAVE’S stable at 35 Mather’s Road, a set of brass-mounted dog-cart harness ; a set of spring-dray harness with white-metal buckles ; a riding-saddle with nickel stirrups, maker, Brush, Sydney ; an English saddle with a raw hide girth; and a double-reined bridle with a nickle hinged bit: total value, £22. Identifiable.

Christchurch. 3rd instant, from THOMAS JENKIN HILL’S dwelling at 37 Webb Street, a ladies’ gold ring, set with a pearl in claw setting; a gold small round link neck-chain, with catch broken; a pair of gold pear-shaped earrings, set with turquoises and covered with gold netting ; a gold brooch with a butterfly in centre, set with pearls and emeralds; and a gold-and-blue-enamel locket: total value, £23 2s. Identifiable.

Christchurch. — l2th instant, from outhouses, the property of WILLIAM CHAMBERS, West Melton, three draught-collars with two straps on them (one with a nail in bottom of pipe) ; a draught collar with a 2 in. slit in facing ; a trap-collar with two new straps on it; six pairs of aluminium-painted hames ; a pair of trap-hames, one spliced ; a pair of heavy traces with chains at ends; a trap-saddle stitched with copper wire, one rein-ring cracked, heavy reins attached ; two pairs of blinkers, one with a large bit which has a piece of wire attached; a pair of blinkers with a broken nose-band and a piece of greenhide riveted to headpiece ; an open bridle; a saddle with nickel-stirrups attached; a horse-cover with split front strap; a horse-cover with check lining; about seventy-five sacks ; two and threequarter bales of Andrews’ binder-twine ; about a bushel of wheat; and a tin of kerosene : total value, £46 2s. 3d. Harness only identifiable.

Lower Riccarton. THOMAS HENRY BENNETT’S jewellery, <fcc., stolen: The suspect, Walter Leslie Bennett, has been interviewed by the Wanganui police, but no evidence resulted. (See Police Gazette, 1919, page 666.)

Addington. On or about the 11th instant, from FREDERICK CHARLES WILLIAMS’S premises at 9 Frankley Street, a set of black nickel-mounted spring-cart harness, left trace has been repaired, saddle has been broken near tree ; a pair of brass-mounted blinkers ; and a canvas horse-cover, made by Parish, Christchurch : . total value, £l3 10s. Identifiable.

R aka iA.— On or about the 7th instant PETER GALLIGAN’S hotel was broken into and ten sovereigns and forty half-sovereigns stolen therefrom.

Clinton. —Between the 24th July and 29th October last, from CARGILL AND HARRIS S run at Merry Creek, ninety two- and four-tooth Romney Marsh cross ewes, earmarked with a W-shaped piece out of top of and a Y-shaped piece out of back of left ear. The two-tooths are branded with a red and a black dot, about 1 in. apart on left shoulder, and the four-tooths are similarly branded on left ribs ; total value, £IBO. Identifiable.