PROPERTY STOLEN.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XLIX, Issue 12, 26 March 1924, Page 177

PROPERTY STOLEN.

Queen Street Wharf (Auckland). —13th instant, from the person of JAMES McCREADA(, seaman, while under the influence of liquor, ft, gentlemen’s 18 ct. gold open-face keyless watch, No. 17402 or 1,7204,"-'‘‘AT , Samuels, Manchester,” on dial; .a 15 ct. gold double watch-chain, to illustration No. 28 in Policed Gazette, 1911, page 2, with a Kruger sovereign attached ; and a black-velour-felt hat, size 6J, with “ Price, Wellington,” on inside band : total value, £3O. Identifiable. <?/ l/f l/.

Queen Street Wharf (Auckland). —26th ultimo, from a pantry on the s.s. “ Manaia,” between Whangarei and Auckland, the property of CHARLES EMERTON, steward, 30 Pollen Street, a gentlemen’s 9 ct. gold open-face keyless wristlet Omega watch, No. 6458176, tortoise-shell wristlet; value, £l4. Identifiable.

Auckland.- Between the 2nd and 3rd ultimo, from a boat-shed at Mechanic’s Bay, the property of KEITH VICKERMAN, 19 Empire Buildings, Swanson street, a gentlemen’s nickel open-face Baurne watch, No. 3462684, screw back and front ; a brown-leather watch-guard ; a dark-green-leather belt with a silver patent buckle; and 4s. : total value, £4 10s. Watch only identifiable.

Auckland. —On or about the 7th instant, the property of BENJAMIN BISHOP, contractor, King Edward Avenue, a dark-green two-seater tax-cart, each spoke riveted, Mail patent axle, double steps on each side, butterfly wings, pulls from swingletrec and axle, shafts leathered, nickel hooks ; value, £2B. Identifiable.

Auckland. —4th instant, from a bathroom at the People’s Palace, Upper Queen Street, the property of JEAN FORD, a brown-crocodile-leather Sunshine purse, 10 in. by 3£ in., containing several papers ; and £9O, consisting of £lO and £5 notes : total value, £9O 10s.

Auckland. —Between the 6th and 13th instant, from a cabin on the s.s. “ Westmoreland,’’ the property of JOHN BROTHERHOOD, seaman, a gentlemen’s silver open-face watch, with “ Presented to G. Hall, seaman of the s.s. ‘ Hashemy,’ by passengers of s.s. * Hashcmy ’ for singly supporting the captain and officers until the mutinous spirit of the crew was subdued on the 23rd December, 1838,” on inside of case ; and a gold-washed curb watch-chain : total value, £ll. Identifiable.

Hamilton. 7th instant, from the railway-platform, the property of MINNIE GIBSON, 254 Karangahapo Road, Auckland, a portmanteau (recovered) ; twelve necklets made of gold square-link wire and red, helitrope, and green oval cut-glass beads ; six wrist-bands, made of green, mauve, and heliotrope glass disks, threaded on elastic ; a 9 ct. gold halfwristlet ; and £3 in silver : total value, about £6 Is. Identifiable except money.

Hamilton. —Bth instant, from a motor-car in Ward Street, the property of GEORGE CORNFOOT, farmer, Ohaupo, a 6-volt 100-ampere Willard battery; value, £lO. Identification doubtful.

Frankton Junction. the 29th ultimo the hut of RICHARD NOLAN and WILFRED ALLEN was broken into, and the following articles, and money stolen therefrom : A gentlemen’s gold hunting Elgin watch, with “ Maureen O’Connell ” scratched on inside of back case ; a gold combination trace and Prince of Wales watch-chain ; a gold football-shape pendant, with a Gaelic name and “1915 ” on it ; five £1 notes ; and a 10s. note : total value, £45 10s. Identifiable except' money.

Gisborne. ultimo, from Childer’s Road, the property of PETER McLEAN, dairyman, .Lyall Road, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled free-wheel.bicycle, No. 49642, A. Stewart ” in gold on one bar, black-celluloid grips, 1 nickel rims with red centres, Eadie Coaster hub, Oceanic tires.; value, £l2 10s. Identifiable.; •'\* • • ' ' ' " ’ . r-> ‘

Hastings.— 29th ultimo, from • Heretaunga Street; the property of JESSIE ROSS, 600 Lascclles Street, a -ladies’ black-enamelled Argyle bicycle, white-painted rims (dressguard missing) ; value,' £lO. Identifiable. ; ;

Masterton. —Between the 17th and 20th instant;-‘.from the dwelling of ELIZABETH ARB RON, 61 Albert Street, a gold ring,- set .with, three diamonds-in platinum.: setting, in a red-morocco-leather case,, with “ White, Market Street, Manchester,” -on it- a bar brooch, set with an’amethyst in centre and three small pearls at each side, in -a ; fawn- case, with “Terry, Stratford Road, Manchester,”’- on it; arid a gold - open-face long-link* expanding ‘’wristlet’' watch- : - total value, £lO. Identifiable. .; r ~ M .-’M •' -.

Wellington. —3rd instant, from Featherston Street, the property of WILLIAM LINCOLN RICHARDS, 16 Maida Vale Road, a gentlemen’s free-wheel Hollis bicycle, No. 36427, Bobs grips, Dunlop tire on front wheel, Michelin tire on back wheel, Mansfield saddle, Eadie Coaster hub; value, £6. Identifiable.

Wellington. —l2th instant, from the Cecil Hotel, the property of FRANK SYMON, Defence Department, a khaki Burberry service overcoat, with a cape and straps attached, two side pockets, and a sword-slit in left -side ; value, £ls. Identifiable.

Wellington.- —6th ultimo, from outside the Thorndon School, the property of JAMES WILLIAM HUNTER, 25 Salek Street, Kilbirnie, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled free-wheel Celerity bicycle, No. 29402/2, straight handles with cardboard grips, Max diamond-tread tires ; value, £9. Identifiable.

Wellington. —Between the 4th and 9th instant, from a boat in Oriental Bay Harbour, the property of FRED EASTERGAARD, seaman, 70 Cambridge Terrace, a lowtension magneto, about 6 in. high and 5 in. wide, with a brass pulley about 2| in. in diameter on front; value, £lO. Identifiable.

Wellington. —On or about the 29th ultimo, from a cabin on the barquentine “ Hesperian,” the property of ERNEST ALLAN LIEDKE, steward, a purple-striped and a bluestriped shirt and a pair of gold ball-and-shield sleeve-links, with “ E.A.R.” on them ; total value, £4 10s. Identifiable.

Wellington.— ultimo, the property of-SIDNEY HARVEY BERNARD, 5 Elizabeth Street, a silver-plated long model cornet, No. 28753, bell part and valve-fittings gold-plated, top of valves mother-of-pearl, “ Maker, Frank Holton, Chicago,” on bell ; value, £2O. Identifiable.

Wellington. 23rd ultimo, from a yard at Newlands, the property of LEONARD RALPH WARD, bootmaker, Wakefield Road, Johnsonville, a motor-bicycle three-part generator, a lamp with a carriage-lamp reflector on it, a Bosch magneto, and an advance-retard rod; total value, £l6. Identifiable.

Christchurch.— loth January last, from the junction of Hereford and Manchester Streets, the property of HARTLE FISHER, 371 River Road, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled B.S.A. bicycle, No. 205 ; value, £B. Identifiable.

Christchurch. —lßth ultimo, from Cashel Street, the property of NELLIE AMELIA BUTCHER, 282 Worcester Street, a ladies’ black-enamelled free-wheel B.S.A. bicycle, No. 417, with Lewis Demerg transfer on it ; value, £5. Identifiable.

Christchurch. —Bth ultimo, from Oxford Terrace, the property of STEPHEN PURSE, 73 Davidson Road, Riccarton, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled free-wheel Star bicycle, No. 655, Railroad tires ; value, £B. Identifiable.

Christchurch. —3rd January last, from the Tepid Baths, the property of RAYMOND HERBERT LAYTON, 70 Hill’s Road, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled Butler bicycle, No. 08370, Mansfield saddle ; value, £8 10s. Identifiable.

Christchurch. —6th January last, from a shed at 32 Westenra Street, the property of JOHN WILLIAM BARKER, gardener, a gentlemen’s B.S.A. bicycle, No. 298, “J. R. Barker ” burnt under saddle ; value, £8 10s. Identifiable.

Christchurch.— WlLLlAM CHARLES EVANS’S watch and chain stolen : The suspect’s correct name is John James Spring, referred to in Police Gazette, 1921, page 335, and he has been interviewed by the Christchurch police, but no evidence resulted. (See Police Gazette, 1924, page 30.)

Christchurch. —l3th ultimo, from Manchester Street, the property of WILLIAM CHARLES BAILEY, 24 Dominion Avenue, a gentlemen’s red-enamelled Carbine bicycle, No. 1349, racing saddle ; value, £l7. Identifiable.

Christchurch. llth ultimo, from the City Council yard in Moorhouse Avenue, the property of ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, 31 Allen Street, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled Humber bicycle, No. 98163 ; value, £6 10s. Identifiable.

2nd ultimo, from the post-office, the property of the NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT (Post and Telegraph Department), a gentlemen’s black-enamelled B.S.A. bicycle, No. 821, red forks; value, £4 10s. Identifiable.

Dunedin. —lßth ultimo, from a bedroom at the Terminus Hotel, the property of ALEXANDER TODD ROBERTSON, traveller, Timaru, a light-brown and greenish hydrotite Dexter overcoat, cross-pockets; value, £5. Identifiable. Suspicion is attached to a Man (name unknown), age about twenty-six, height . 5 ft. 9 in., good build, full face, cleanshaved; neatly dressed in a blue suit with low-cut vest and grey-felt hat.