PROPERTY STOLEN.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XLVII, Issue 33, 23 August 1922, Page 513

PROPERTY STOLEN.

Rawene.2Bth June last, from J. Thomas’s dwelling at Hokianga, the property of W. G. GRANT, labourer, Rangi Point, a soldier’s canvas kit-bag, with “W. G. Grant, No. 26/786,” on it, containing a dark-tweed suit, size 5 ; a pair of riding-breeches; three white shirts a set of hamper-straps ; nine £1 notes; a sovereign; 2s. 10£d. ; a leather pouch ; a returned soldier’s badge, No. 26/786; a nickel open-face watch, No. 638672 ; a gold-washed fetter-and-oval watch-chain, with a greenstone .pendant and a silver pencil-case attached; and a Post Office Savings-bank book, No. 398595: total value, £26. Identifiable except money.

Queen Street Wharf. (Auckland). — 10th. March last, from the railway-station, the property of HIRIA NATHAN, Orakei Bay, a brown-leather, suit-case, containing three insurance policies in favour of Edward Thomas Nathan and Ellen Nathan, a grey-tweed coat and skirt, a white calico skirt, two black skirts, a pale-blue morning-gown, and two white blankets ; total value, £7 10s. Identifiable.

Queen Street Wharf (Auckland). — 15th ultimo, from Winstone’s Office, the property of DUNCAN McDONALD, a silver C cornet in a bla wooden case ; value, £lO. Identifiable.

Auckland.—26th ultimo, from clothing in a building at 2 New North Road, the property of SAMUEL LUNN LEWIS, a gentlemen’s open-face keyless Omega watch, glass scratched, two dents in back case ; value, £2 10s. Identifiable.

Auckland. — ultimo, from Victoria Crescent, the property of ALBERT GAVIBITES, 20 Kipling Avenue, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled 22 in. Argyle bicycle, . City Council No. A 5713, upturned handles, Railroad Dunlop tires ; value, £lO. Identifiable.

Auckland. Between the 30th June last and the 26th ultimo, irom DANIEL BIGLASS’S dwelling at 159 Grafton Road, a gold tiepin, set with a yellow stone, stem broken; value, £4 10s. Identifiable.

Auckland.On or about the 6th ultimo the premises of SMITH AND LISTER in Elliott Street were broken into, and the following stolen therefrom : A gentlemen’s overcoat (recovered), thirty pairs of ladies’ black-silk hose, and a fawn-serge frock; total value, £l3 19s. 6d. Identifiable.

Auckland.On or about the 6th ultimo the premises of ROBERT’S (NEW ZEALAND) LIMITED in Elliott Street were broken into, and the following stolen therefrom : Three shirts and five collars (recovered), seven striped collars, and nine dozen shirts, sizes 3 and 4, Nos. 1679, 4234, O.P. 250, 472 X, 0839, and 4243 ; total value, £23 12s. Identifiable.

Huntly.— RAYNER’S hat, &c., stolen: The suspect, Rupert Victor Anderson, alias Perrett, has been interviewed by the Te Awamutu police, but no evidence resulted. (See Police Gazette, 1922, page 422.)

Rotorua.—On or about the Bth instant, from a bedroom behind the Edinburgh Boardinghouse, the property of STANLEY WALTER DORSET, plumber, a six-chambered revolver, No. 20166, maker Smith and Weston; value, £2. Identifiable.

* Napier.6th ultimo, from Carnell Street, the property of EDWARD THOMAS REES, 5 Carnell Street, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled free-wheel Argyle bicycle, upturned outrigger handles, nickel rims, Eadie Coaster hub; value, £l2 10s. Identifiable.

Napier. —lst June last, from .Coote Road, the property of JOHN MORRIS GREEN, 85 Shakespeare Road, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled Argyle bicycle, No. 87617, low handles, Roadster tires, Mansfield saddle ; value, £ls 14s. Identifiable.

Wanganui.—Between the 29th and 31st ultimo, from the office at the Aramoho Hotel, the property ol ALLAN MANGUSSON, licensee, a ‘ small cash-box, with Allan Mangusson ” on it, containing £lO, including a 10s. postal note, No. 855311, issued at Waitotara, and several papers ; total value, £lO 10s. Identifiable, except money.

' Pahiatua. — l9th ultimo, from the Mangahou saleyards> the property of JACK DOCIiERTY, schoolboy, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled 22 in. bicycle, No. 112204, Japanese make, wide handles, red-and-black rims, several spokes missing from front wheel; value, £9. Identifiable.

Wellington. Between the 20th and , the 21st ultimo, from, FAWCETT AND FOLEY’S woodyard at 38 Adelaide Road, a set of brass-mounted light express-harness, with loose rein-rings in saddle ; value, £ls. Identifiable.

Wellington. —lltli instant, from Willis Street, the property of WILLIAM JOYCE, 105 Daniel Street, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled free-wheel Excelsior bicycle, No. 13856, straight handles, Champion tire on front wheel, Oceanic tire on back wheel; value, £l2. Identifiable.

Wellington.—Between the 25th ultimo and the ' Bth instant, from a shed at 124 Oriental Bay, the property of WILLIAM MACKY MACLAURIN, a gentlemen’s free-wheel Rudge-Whitworth bicycle, straight handles with blackcelluloid grips, Michelin tire on front wheel, Oceanic tire on back wheel, Mansfield value, £(U Identifiable.

Wellington. —On or about the 6th instant, from FRANK RENSHAW’S dwelling in Victoria Street, Upper Hutt, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled free-wheel Solar bicycle, No. 85217, narrow straight handles with celluloid grips, Dunlop and Britannia tires ; value, £l4 10s. Identifiable.

Wellington. —2lst ultimo, from 118 Wakefield Street, the property of ALFRED WYNESS, a gentlemen’s freewheel bicycle, with a shield on front with “ Alfred Wyness ” on it, straight handles with black-celluloid grips, Oceanic tire on front wheel ; value, £B. Identifiable.

Wellington. On ortabout the 19th ultimo, from a building in Boulcott Street, the property of ROBERT HOWARD MURRAY, 145 Willis Street, a Stanley-brand spirit-level, ft. by^6 in. tomahawk; a 1| in. bevel-edge chisel, with “ Mathieson ”on it and a 1 in. firmer-chisel : total value, £1 14s. Identifiable. Suspicion is attached to William Whitla, age about twenty-eight, height 5 ft. 6 in., carpenter, slight build, dark hair and complexion, large blue eyes, heavy eyebrows, clean-shaved ; dressed in grey trousers, . brown coat and vest, and light cap; fond of drink. He is believed to be identical with Willuim Whitla, referred to in Police Gazette, 192J^]3jigefijjph anted, this issue. Wellington. —On ' the 16fh instant MRS. MARA CORKILL’S dwelling at 200 Dewsbury Terrace was broken into, and the following stolen therefrom: Four £1 notes, 10s. in silver, two tramway concession tickets, several twopenny stamps, a ladies’ silver keyless Rolex Swiss wristlet watch, Ho. 608680, with Jessie Corkill, 27/11/15,” on back of outside case ; total value, About £7 10s. Watch only identifiable. C/ <2CL Christchurch. Between the 24th June last and the 12th instant, from GORDON KEMPTON’S dwelling at 382 Armagh Street, a six-chambered •455-calibre Webley revolver, No. 39035, 4 in. barrel, “ W.H.” scratched on butt; and twelve - Kynoch revolver-cartridges : total value, £5 2s. 6d. Revolver only identifiable.

Christchurch. —20th ultimo, from the Royal George Hotel, the property of JOHN WATTERS, 132 Olliviers Road, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled bicycle, No. 23528, upturned handles ; value, £lO 10s. Identifiable.

Christchurch. 29th ultimo, from 77 Hereford Street, the property of WILDING, ACLAND, AND MURCHISON, a gentlemen’s black - enamelled free - wheel Royal bicycle, No. 7228, upturned handles ; value, £6. Identifiable.

Christchurch. 27th ultimo, from Madras Street, the property of FREDERIC ERIC BUTTERFIELD, 35 Oxley Street, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled free-wheel Butler bicycle, No. 1090, wide upturned outrigger handles, Dunlop Railroad tread tires, Phillips rubber pedals; value, £ls. Identifiable.

Christchurch. —17th ultimo, from the post-office bicyclestand, the property of JAMES JOSEPH OWENS, 13 Stewart Street, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled Butler bicycle, No. 828, drooping handles, Railroad tire on back wheel, Boomerang tire on front wheel; value, £ll. Identifiable.

Dunedin.— 2Bth ultimo, from WILLIAM BARTLETT’S room at the Newmarket Boardinghouse, a silver hunting Rotherhams watch, with “ W. Bartlett” scratched on inside of front case, glass cracked ; nickel small-link watch-chain ; and an adjustable watch-key: total value, £7 7s. 6d. Identifiable. Suspicion is attached to Jeremiah Brosnaham, alias Richard Brosnahan, alias Richard Edwards, age thirty-six, height 5 ft. 10fin:, labourer, native of New Zealand, medium build, dark complexion, black hair, hazel eyes, moles on right calf, small scar on right shoulder, scar on right buttock, on left palm, and between left thumb and forefinger. (See Police Gazette, 1922, page 311, and Photographs, 1916, page 31.) Aft II r h'l Mf

Invercargill. 24th ultimo, from a battery the property of the NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT (Defence Department), a, pair of prismatic binoculars with wings and arrow on front and “Binocular Prismatic No. 2, MKII, Magnification 6, No. 7051,” on right" side, in a tan-leather case, with a £ in. shoulder-strap, with “Binocular No. 2” on top and “11 N.Z.A. 7051 ” on bottom; value, £l2. Identifiable.