PROPERTY STOLEN.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XLVII, Issue 6, 15 February 1922, Page 113

PROPERTY STOLEN.

Wellsford. —On the 31st ultimo ROBERT GRAHAM BELL’S dwelling at Whangaripo was broken into, and the following stolen therefrom : Five sovereigns, 10s. in silver, an Altona razor, and a quantity of tea and sugar, &c. ; total value, about £6 ss. Razor only identifiable. Suspicion is attached to Two Men (names unknown). Description : First, age about thirty, fair complexion, clean-shaved ; dressed in a light-brown suit and dark-felt hat. Second, age about forty, dark'complexion; dressed in a grey suit, light-felt hat, and tan boots. , ' , M jf ± TM?/1

Auckland.— 29th Decemberdast, from the person of ALEXANDER WALSTONE PUTTNING, engineer, Te Kuiti, while under the influence of liquor, a gentlemen’s gold hunting Omega Watch, a gold double watch-chain, and £ll in notes and silver; total value, £39. Identifiable except money.

Auckland. During the night of the 30th November last, from the forecastle of the s.s. “ Ohinemuri,” at Onehunga, the property of CHARLES KNAGGS, seaman, an 18 ct. gold -ring, set with three sapphires and six diamonds, one sapphire chipped ; value, £l6. Identifiable.

Auckland. —2Bth December last, from the luggage office at the Railway Station, the property of REGINALD LOGIE, Defence Department, Christchurch, a dark-grey overcoat, small burn-mark near bottom button, “ Ballantyne, Christchurch,” on tag; and a pair of gentlemen’s suede gloves; value, £ll. Identifiable.

Auckland. —On or about the 22nd ultimo HENRY POOLE’S shop at 9 Edendale Road was broken into, and five sides of English leather and six shoulders of colonial leather, total value £ls, stolen therefrom.

Cambridge.-— 4th ultimo, from JAMES EDMOND STANCOMBE’S bedroom at Wainoni Boardinghouse, 10s. 6d. and two odd boots, one with lace-holes and the other with hooks, and one has a motor-tire-rubber sole ; total value, £2 10s. 6d. Boots only identifiable. Suspicion is attached to W. F. Mason (name probably fictitious), age forty-five, height 5 ft. 8 in., native of England, medium build, dark hair turning grey, grey moustache ; dressed in a brown suit and brown-felt hat.

Cambridge. Between the 24th August and the 13th September last, from a farm at Whitehall, the property of GEURTH THOMASSON, 2 Shelly Beach Road, Auckland, a Trip or Jump Spark magneto with fittings, a carburettor with fittings, a shaft and separator driving-wheel, a brass tap, a benzine-tank, governors and fittings, a quantity of belting, and two split-pulleys ; total value, £4O. Magneto and carburettor identifiable.

Hamilton. December last, from the Waikato Club, the property of EDWIN HALL, draper, Victoria Street, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled Invicta bicycle, No. 3180, straight handles with black grips, nickel rims, rat-trap pedals; also an ebony ,total value, £lO. Identifiable. MX gvT fj j I°y ny Inglewood. Between the 7th and 12th December last, from EDWARD HEAT SAUNDERS’S hotel, two dozen silver-plated tablespoons and a dozen dessert-spoons, some branded “ Walker and Hall ” and others “ Ashbury & Co., R.A. & 5.,” also five metal fish knives and forks : total value, £lO. Identifiable.

Wanganui. On or about the 9th ultimo, from NORMAN RACKLEY HARRIS’S dwelling at 28 Hatrick Street, a ladies’ 18 ct. gold wristlet-watch, gold dial, English numerals, in a brown-leather wristlet with a gold buckle ; a ladies’ 18 ct. gold half-hoop ring, set with five diamonds in claw setting ; and a ladies’ 9 ct. gold ring, set with a pink cameo: total value, £2l 15s. Identifiable.

Wanganui. 2Bth ultimo, from clothing in a cloak-room at the Bank of New Zealand, the property of JOHN DEMPSEY O’MEARA, clerk, a gentlemen’s silver open-face keyless watch, with “ Presented to J. S. Dempsey, Wanganui, 1904,” on inside of case ; an 18 ct. gold fetter-and-oval watch-chain ; and a black-leather wallet, containing a£l note : total value, £l9 10s. Identifiable except money.

Rongotea. 3lst ultimo, from SAMUEL TEAZ’S dwelling, twenty-four towels with “ S.T.” on each ; twenty-one towels with “S. T.” or “H. L. Teaz ” on each ; a linen tablecloth with Swan pattern around edge ; a linen tablecloth with a rose border and dots in centre ; six bed-sheets ; a black-silk wrist-bag with blue stripes; and a tortoiseshell purse, containing £1 18s. in silver : total value, £24 18s. Identifiable except money.

Wellington. 2sth November last, from the Dominion Museum, the property of the NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT (Internal Affairs Department); a Solomon Island club, about 18 in. long (resembles a dagger) with stone knob which is covered with plaited coconut-fibre, hole in handle where fibre is made fast, thong of plaited fibre attached to handle, apex cloven, which gives it a scissor-like appearance ; value, £2O. Identifiable.

Wellington. —On or about the 13th ultimo, from JOHN GRAHAM’S dwelling at the Soldiers’ Hostel, Vivian Street, a gentlemen’s silver hunting Waltham watch, with ” J.G.” on back case, with a leather watch-guard attached; value, £4 10s. Identifiable.

Wellington. —l2th ultimssfrom a hut at- the back of the Tea Kiosk, Lyall Bay, the property of JOHN MORGAN, a rug composed of rabbit-skins on outside, yellow skin in each comer, large grey-cat skin in centre, opossum-skins next to rabbit-skins lined with blue cloth value, £lO. Identifiable.

Greymouth. —On or about the 23rd ultimo, MARK SPROTT AND CO.’S store in Mackav Street was broken into, and the following liquor stolen therefrom : Thirty bottles of Irvine’s Australian wine, Madeira sherry, Crawford’s whisky, Irvine’s brandy, and Monteith’s ale and stout; total value, £7. Not identifiable.

Addington. —l9th July last, from JESSIE GABBOTT’S dwelling at 53 Clarence Road, a gold engagement-ring, set with four diamonds and three rubies in claw setting; and a gold band engagement-ring, with “ Jessie 14/1/07 ” on it: total value, £l2 10s. Identifiable.

Christchurch. —l2th ultimo, from Cashel Street, the property of WILLIAM ARTHUR McKINNEY, 307 Worcester Street, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled 'free-wheel B.S.A. bicycle, No. 3480, upturned handles, back-pedalling brake, celluloid mud-guard on front wheel, steel mud-guard on back wheel, Oceanic tire on front wheel; value, £6. Identifiable.

Christchurch. —On the 24th or 25th December last the dwelling of ALBERT EDWARD PHILPOTT, coal-merchant, was broken into, and the following articles stolen therefrom : A 9 ct. gold band ring, set with a ruby ; a pair of gold sleevelinks ; a Kodak camera ; a red-lined leather purse, containing half a soveriegn, a three- or five-cent. piece, a £1 note, a ss. postal note, and 3d. : total value, £9 2s. 6d. Identifiable except money.

Southbridge. —On or about the 15th ultimo, from the roadside at Dunsandel, the property of CHARLES SAMUELS, baker, a light-bay aged spring-cart gelding, 15 hands, with white stripe on forehead ; value, £lO. Identifiable.

Ashburton. ultimo, from clothing in HERBERT JOHN L. CHAPMAN’S bedroom at Devan’s Hotel, a £5 note and six £1 notes. Suspicion is attached to Trotter, alias Oldfield, age twenty-five, height 5 ft. 6 in., native of New Zealand, medium build, dark complexion, black hair, dark eyes; neatly dressed in a blue . suit and cap; smart appearance ; a good billiard-player.

oamartj,— On the 31st ultimo the dwelling of JOHN EADIE, auctioneer, Gretta Street, was broken into, and a navy-blue costume skirt, a lemon-coloured crepe-de-Chine dress, 2 yards of blue crepe de Chine, a linen fancy-work tray-cloth, two pairs of lemon-coloured silk stockings, a pair of black-silk stockings, a pair of evening cream gloves, a pair of single twill sheets, a gold cross pendant set with a ruby and nine diamonds, six £5 notes, and a £1 note, stolen therefrom ; total value, £6B 7s.