PROPERTY STOLEN.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XLVI, Issue 18, 11 May 1921, Page 307

PROPERTY STOLEN.

Kaitaia. —On the 17th ultimo, JOHN CLARK’S dwelling in Pukepoto Road was broken into, and the following property stolen therefrom : Two ladies’ nightgowns ; a brown-leather card-case, 4 in. by 2 in., lined- with Morey silk; and three £5 notes : total value, £l7 3s. Identifiable except money. Suspicion is attached to Wiremu Moinata, age fourteen, Maori, labourer, and Timoti Busby, age seventeen, farm hand, Maori. Suspects have been interviewed by the Kaitaia police, but no evidence resulted.

Kaitaia.— On or about the 7th March last, DONALD McGILLIVRAY’S hairdressing-shop was broken into, and the following articles stolen therefrom: Standard Fire Insurance papers, No. 35440, five mantles for Wizard lights, several receipts from the Farmers’ Union Trading Company, a photograph of two men and two girls in Highland costume, and 3s. 6d. Identifiable except money and mantles.

Wiiangarei. 26th ultimo, the property of MARK DAWSON, farmer, Awaroa Creek, a gentlemen’s nickel open-face keyless eight-day Swiss watch, cream dial with two greyhounds on it; and a- ladies’ silver fine-link chain, with an oval locket with floral engraving on it attached : total value, £1 ss. Identifiable. Complainant alleges that while proceeding to his home about 10.15 p.m. on date he was knocked down and robbed by an unknown man.

Queen Street Whare (Auckland). March last, from a cabin on the s.s. “ Ngapuhi,” the property of TREVOR McGUIRE, Grey Street East, Onehunga; a gentlemen’s dark-green-gabardine overcoat, rolled collar, two holes at left bottom corner; Mutual Life Assurance papers ; a straight-stem pipe; and a silver - mounted brown-suede tobacco-pouch : total value, £6 15s. Identifiable.

Auckland. Bth ultimo, from a lavatory in the New Zealand Insurance Buildings, Queen Street, the property of DORIS HOLMES, 149 Manukau Road, a ladies’ gold ring, set with a large ruby in centre, surrounded with diamonds, and a small ruby at each side of cluster, similar‘to illustration No. 85 in Police Gazette, 1911, page 6; value, £SO. Identifiable.

Ranfurly Road (Auckland). MARY WATSON’S watch, &c., stolen : The 15 ct. gold bar brooch has been found : not stolen. (See Police Gazette, 1921, page 75.)

Frankton Junction. 22nd March last, from the railway platform, the property of H. K. SCOTT, Public Trust Office, Hamilton, a brown-leather brief-bag, containing a Gillette safety razor in a case, a blade-sharpener, a pair of ebonybacked military hair-brushes in a leather case, a suit of bluishstriped pyjamas, a felt hat, a comb, and other articles of toilet requisites ; total value, £6. Identifiable.

Rotorua.— 29th ultimo, from Mrs. MAJOR WALLACE’S dwelling in Pukaki Street, a ladies’ small-size musquash-fur overcoat, with brown-sateen lining, pockets lined with fawn velvet, brown-fur buttons, with cord fasteners (middle cord broken); value, £SO. Identifiable.

Napier.— 6th ultimo, from Tennyson Street, the property of WILLIAM GOLDING, bootmaker, Taradale, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled free-wheel Raleigh bicycle, straight handles with one grip, rat-trap pedals, mud-guards and parcel-carrier attached; value, £ls. Identifiable.

Napier. -Between the 2nd and 4th ultimo, from the Drill Hall, the property of the NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT (Defence Department), a Lee-Metford service rifle, No. 9702 M.1.E., with “C.l4”■ on stock ; value, £3 15s. Identifiable.

Hastings. -17th ultimo, from Queen Street, the property of WILLIAM D. KENNY, clerk, a gentlemen’s blackenamelled bicycle, upturned handles with one grip, backpedalling brake, front mud-guard missing ; value, £3. Identifiable.

Hastings. l7th April last, from a yard at the Gospel Hall, the property of ALFRED THOMAS SMITH, farmer,, Pakawhai Road, gcMtterrrfm's w 'R.S.A. bicycle,'LlN or - 203311; and a ladies’ bicycle, No. A 63448, with one brown composition grip : total value, £2O. Identifiable. , 6,1 U-i /I

Hastings.— JAMES FINLAY BISHOP’S watch, &c., stolen : William Nicholl has been arrested for this offence by the Newton police. (See Police Gazette, 1921, page 119.)

Masterton.— Beteeen the Ist and 4th ultimo, from a paddock on the WARDELL ESTATE at Te Whiti, thirteen four-year-old crossbred Polled Angus and Hereford store bullocks, some red and white and others black and white, earmarked with a V-shaped piece out of tip of each ear, and a V-shaped piece out of back of right ear; total value, £IOO. Identifiable.

Wellington. 22nd ultimo, from a bathroom at Durant’s tea-rooms, Marine Parade, Seatoun, the property of GERTRUDE LIPMAN, a ladies’ 18 ct. gold half-hoop engagementring, set with three sapphires and two diamonds (large sapphire in centre), black mark on inside of ring ; value, £lO. Identifiable.

Wellington. —Between the Bth and 10th ultimo, from MICHAEL O’CONNOR’S dwelling at 89 Waripori Street, a gentlemen’s gun-metal open-face Swiss watch, thick black figures, red mark on dial between “25 ” and 30 ”, oval mark on glass ; value, £3. Identifiable.

Wellington. —9th ultimo, from a cabin on the s.s. “ Shropshire,” en route from England, the property of JOHN EDWARD WOOD, New Commercial Hotel, a pair of binoculars, enamel and joints worn, two small black straps attached ; value, £B. Identifiable.

Wellington. —On or about the Ist ultimo, from a whare at Porirua, the property of ALFRED WILLIAM BARBER, 125 Cuba Street, a red table-cover with flowers worked in velvet around sides and a fringe ; a heavy table-cover of mixed colours ; a white-silk' shirt with turn-down collar; a green-and-white-striped shirt, size 15 ; a grey coat and vest'; a black-handled Bengal razor ; a white-handled camel-hair shaving-brush; a razor-strop; a folding mirror," 6 in. by 4 in. ; a gentlemen’s metal watch with yellowish' dial ; and a pack of linen playing-cards: total value, £ls 15s. Identifiable. Suspicion is attached to a Man (name unknown), age about forty, height 5 ft. 8 in., medium build, light moustache, and about a week’s growth of beard ; dressed in a blue dirty suit and a dark cap.

Wellington. 26th March last, from the person of PHILLIP BEVAN, 117 Holloway Road, while on a drinkingbout, a gentlemen’s silver hunting Elgin watch, with “ P. 8.” scratched on inside case ; a 9 ct. gold curb watch-chain; a silver-plated match-box, about 2 in. long ; and a goldmounted greenstone hockey-stick pendant: total value, £l2 2s. 6d. Identifiable.

Wellington.— 3oth ultimo, from MASATSUGU EUKUDA’S bedroom at the Grand Hotel, a Ho. 1 kodak “ Special ” camera in a tan-leather case ; a silver-barrel Swan fountain pen ; and a white woollen knitted sweater, with “ Parmer & Co., Sydney,” on back : total value, £l6. Identifiable.

Wellington.— 7th ultimo, from PEGGY RITA MAIDMENT’S bedroom at the People’s Palace Private Hotel in Cuba Street, an oblong silver purse, about 5 in. long, with “ R.M.” on it, and a silver chain and a ring on top, containing £2 10s. in notes and 6s. in silver ; total value, £6. Purse only identifiable.

Wellington. lst ultimo, from a railway-carriage at the Thorndon Railway-station, the property of Mrs. E. J. MOIR, 4 Warrington Road, Remuera, a cardboard box, containing a small velvet hat, a black georgette blouse with cream net lining, a navy-blue blouse with cream-net lining, a pink-net blouse with black beads on it, a crepe de Chine blouse, and a grey-velvet beaded bag ; total value, £l4 15s. Identifiable

Wellington.— 23rd ultimo, from Manners Street, the property of NEVILLE BUTLER, 90 Adelaide Road, a gentlemen’s free-wheel B.S.A. bicycle, No. 24920, upturned handles with one grip, rat-trap pedals, back-pedalling brake, steel rims, Dunlop tires, front mud-guard stay fastened with a lace ; value, £5. Identifiable.

Wellington. lßth ultimo, from Featherston Street, the property of THOMAS RAY KIRKER, Melrose Street, Upper Hutt, a gentlemen’s free-wheel B.S.A. bicycle, No. 214, upturned handles with black grips with red bands on them, rat-trap pedals, back-pedalling brake, steel rims and mudguards, new tires, back fork has been spliced near gear-wheel; value, £7. Identifiable.

Wellington. l4th ultimo, from Harris Street, the property of the NATIONAL BANK OF NEW ZEALAND, Grey Street, a gentlemen’s free-wheel Argyle bicycle, No. 80620, upturned handles, steel rims and mud-guards, back-pedalling brake, rubber pedals, National tires ; value, £l2 10s. Identifiable.

Wellington. -12th ultimo, from Hunter Street, the property of H. E. PARTRIDGE AND CO., merchants, a gentlemen’s free-wheel bicycle, No. 782862, upturned handles with black grips, steel rims and mud-guards, rat-trap pedals, back-pedalling brake, Michelin tire on front wheel, Dunlop tire on back wheel, top bar dented; value, £7 10s. Identifiable.

Wellington. 26th ultimo, from the wharf, the property of PATRICK MURPHY, 37 Cambridge Terrace, a gentlemen’s B.S.A. bicycle, No. 1637 or 1639, reversible racing-handles with black grips, Eadie Coaster hub, steel rims and mudguards, rat-trap pedals, ribbed tire on back wheel; value, £B. Identifiable.

Wellington. —llth ultimo, from the person of THOMAS BRITT, Soldiers’ Hostel, Vivian Street, while under the influence of liquor in Taranaki Street, a brown-leather wallet with several compartments, containing nine £1 notes, a discharge from the British Forces, several references, and an 1897-98 Indian medal with two bars ; total value, £9 ss. Identifiable except money.

Kaiapoi. —lst instant, from the entrance to the rifle range, the property of JOSEPH DRABBLE, Ohoka Road, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled Bell Bros, bicycle, No. 2858, reversible handles with green-and-white-striped celluloid grips, B.S.A. hubs, red Barnett-Glass tire on front wheel ; value. £8 10s. Identifiable. Suspicion is attached to Brooklen (name probably fictitious), age about thirty-three, height 5 ft. in. medium build, dark complexion, scar over left eye and on left elbow, American eagle on left forearm; dressed in a blue suit and cap and a Black muffler.

Christchurch. —Between February, 1920, and February last, from 219 Peterborough Street, the property of MARY CHISHOLM, two gentlemen’s dark-grey-tweed overcoats ; two ladies’ white long overcoats with purple collars ; three white-serge-cloth costumes ; fourteen yards of navy-blue coating ; a ladies’ large white Tuscan hat; a ladies’ large drab-straw hat; a ladies’ .large black-straw hat; a ladies large pale-blue-silk-velour hat; a ladies’ pink-straw hat; a wooden trunk, panelled; a white linen jacket with tabs ; a black heavy plush rug, “R. Chisholm ” on tab ; a ladies’ dark-navy-silk kimona -with wide sleeves, lined with white silk; shirts, sheets, and pillow-shams ; a large light-coloured cedar chest of drawers, top cracked ; two double kapoc mattresses ; a single kapoc mattress ; a number of pillows ; a pair of new black sand-shoes, size 5; a pair of new black glace-kid shoes, with drab-suede tops, size 6; a quantity of dark-green velveteen ; about 10 yards of dark-green silk ; a large photoalbum, made of light-brown wood, mounted with silver; two ladies’ silver bracelets, set with yellow stones; a parcel of knives, forks, spoons, and a large engraved fish knife and fork; an 18 ct. gold pendant; a quantity of ladies’ underclothing ; two dress - baskets ; a blue Radianta coat and skirt; a holland costume, braided with white ; a piece of white embroidered silk, with thick fringe ; a large green linen coat and skirt; a quantity of tartan ribbon ; a large leather trunk; a pink-silk blouse ; a navy-blue linen costume ; a coat trimmed With cream material; a quantity of black brocaded silk; a black brocaded cap 8 separate yards of blue velveteen : one overmantel with walnut frame, about 3} ft. long by about 2 ft. 6 in.; an overmantel with honeysuckle frame, about 31 ft. long and 3 ft. high ; four casement cream curtains , four calico curtains with green borders ; a small oil-painting of a horse, a white-silk dressing-gown ; a round table, light-coloured wood and polished top, with three claws for legs ; a dark duchess-chest, with three sets of drawers and glass on top-: total value, about £2OO. Identifiable.

Christchurch. —sth March last, from the Tepid Baths, the property of JAMES McCLUSKEY, 15 Little York Street, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled Britten bicycle, No. 13403, rattrap pedals, steel mud-guards ; value, £l7 10s. Identifiable.

Christchurch 2nd March last, from the Tepid Baths, the property of HARRY CLARKE, 15 Office Road, a blackenamelled free-wheel Kiddy Bros, bicycle, No. A 7061, upturned handles, coaster hub, back-pedalling and front-rim brakes, rat-trap pedals with toe-clips, steel mud-guards, Oceanic tires ; value, £9. Identifiable.

Christchurch. llth March last, from High Street, the property of GEORGE HENRY GORDON, 285 Worcester Street, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled free-wheel Butler bicycle, No. 3454, flat bandies, front-rim brake, steel mudguards, Marvel tires ; and a brown morocco-leather briefbag, wire handle, lock and lining missing: total value, £6 10s. Identifiable.

Christchurch. —26th ultimo, from Manchester Street, the property of LOWS LIMITED, merchants, 48 Manchester Street, a black-painted five-seater 1920 model Ford motorcar, registered No. C.H, 1361, small hole over front right stay, electric headlights, an oil and an electric tail-light, also a “ Spot ” light, smooth tires on front wheels, and oversize Dunlop Railroad tires on back wheels; value, £2OO. Identifiable.

Ashburton, 24th ultimo, from Burnett Street, the property of WILLIAM H. WOODS, solicitor, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled free-wheel 22 inch B.S.A. bicycle, No. 500, with Osman’s transfer on it, reversible handles with leather grips, rim-brake on back wheel, rat-trap pedals, steel rims and mud-guards, red Dunlop tire on back wheel; value, £l2. Identifiable.

Winton. sth. ultimo, from a barn at Centre Bush, a white woollen Swan singlet, a slip-over-head brown jersey, two pairs of grey socks, and a pair of black socks, total value £1 55., the property of WILLIAM CAMPBELL, 203 Clyde Street, Invercargill; and a brown rug with red stripes about 4 in. from edge, and two pairs of grey socks, total value £3 55. ; rug only identifiable, the property of ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, Princess Hotel, Invercargill. Suspicion is attached to H. A- Kennedy, (name probably fictitious), height about 5 ft. 7in., labourer, grey hair; dressed in a grey suit; no hat.