PROPERTY STOLEN.
Hikurangi. the Ist April last and the 11th ultimo, from an engine in a shed at Ware, the property of HIKURANGI COAL COMPANY, a magneto for a singlecylinder engine, No. 4213, made by Thompson Bennett; value, £5. Identifiable.
Queen Street Wharf (Auckland). l3th April last, from the beach at Omiha, the property of WILLIAM OMEARA, Customs officer, a 7 ft. dinghy, white outside and pale blue inside, varnished above seats, boarded high at bow, ring-bolt in stern ; value, £5. Identifiable.
Auckland. 6th ultimo, from the Royal Hotel, the property of ROBERT HENRICKSON, Halswell, Christchurch, a gentlemen’s brown-tweed double-breasted overcoat, horizontal flap pockets ; value, £l2. Identifiable.
Auckland. — ultimo, from a building in O’Connell Street, the property of SYDNEY STAMBOROUGH, plasterer, 24 Claremont Street, a gentlemen’s silver open-face wristlet Swiss watch, “ Marconi ”on back case, radium dial; value, £5. Identifiable.
Auckland. 3rd ultimo, from Huia Private Hospital, the property of EDNA RUTH BATTSON, 5 Sentinel Avenue, a ladies’ 9 ct. gold open-face wristlet watch, silver dial, “ E.R.8.” and “ 6.4.23 ”on back case ; value, £5. Identifiable.
Auckland. 2sth March last, from the railway-station, the property of JAMES POWER, 28 Lichfield Road, an imitationleather suit-case, containing a black-serge suit (size 5), a perforated razor-hone, a razor-strop, a razor, two white woollen singlets, a suit of flannelette pyjamas, and three white aprons ; total value, £7. Identifiable. Suspicion is attached to a Man (name unknown), age about twenty-two, height about 5 ft. 7 in., dark hair and complexion, blue eyes ; dressed in a blueserge suit and tan shoes.
Papakura. —23rd ultimo, the property of WILLIAM PEARSON, creamery-manager, a cardboard box, containing an 18 ct. gold sword brooch, set with three small diamonds ; an 18 ct. gold double-bar brooch;, an 18 ct, gold bar halfmoon brooch; a gold close-link chain ; and a ladies’ gold open-face watch, ring of pansies on dial: total value, £l7 10s. Identifiable. The articles were stolen during a fire at complainant’s dwelling.
Katikati. — On or about the 10th April last, from a creek off Tuapero River, the property of WALTER JOHNSON, engineer, Waihi, a clinker-built 8 ft. yacht dinghy, white outside and pale blue inside ; value, £6. Identifiable.
Taumarunui. —11th April last, from a yard at Abraham and Williams’s premises, the property of JACK ERICKSON, a gentlemen’s 24 in. Hercules bicycle, No. 174082, downturned handles ; value, £l2 10s. Identifiable.
Napier. —22nd ultimo, from the dwelling of CECIL LOUISSON, Lighthouse Road, a cheque for £37 Is. lOd. on the Bank of Australasia, Napier, drawn by F. A. J. Annan and Co. ; a cheque for £32 7s. on the Bank of New Zealand, Pahiatua, drawn by J. Byrne ; a cheque for £6 7s. 9d. on the Bank of New South Wales, Napier, drawn by S. Charlton ; a cheque for £l3 6s. on the Bank of Australia, Waipukurau, drawn by Gee Dong Gee ; a cheque for £l3 10s. 3d. on the Bank of New South Wales, Dannevirke, drawn by A. M. Herbert ; a cheque for £8 2s. on the National Bank, Hastings, drawn by F. Newrick; and £3 18s. Cheques in favour of Neil and Close or Louisson. . Cheques only identifiable.
Napier.— the 15th and 16th ultimo, from the dwelling of WILLIAM GEORGE WOOD, a ladies’ 18 ct. gold half-hoop ring, set with three pearls and two diamonds in claw setting, “S. McL.” on inside ; and £7 : total value, £27. Ring only identifiable.
Wanganui. —On or about the 10th February last, from 294 Victoria Avenue, the property of MAUDE BREWER, St. John’s Hill, a ladies’ gold half-hoop ring, set with five diamonds; value, £3O. Identifiable. Suspicion is attached to Bertram Cadenhead Crawley, age thirty-five, height 5 ft. 6 in., carrier, native of New Zealand, strong build, fresh complexion, dark-brown hair, blue eyes. He has been interviewed, but no evidence resulted.
~ Wanganui. Between the 28th March and the 28th April last, from the Royal Hotel, the property of CECIL HEIGHTON, taxi-driver, a shaving-outfit and a motordriver’s license (recovered), a brown-leather suit-case, with “ C.W.H.H.” in gold on it; and a Post Office Savings-bank book in complainant’s name : total value, about £5. Identifiable.
Wanganui. MlSS LEAMAN’S beads stolen : It has now been ascertained by the Wanganui police that the value of the beads is £5 10s. Not “ £lO ” as formerly stated. (See Police Gazette, 1925, page 317.)
Feilding. Between the 7th and 9th ultimo, from a paddock off Cemetery Road, the property of GERTRUDE ELIZABETH HUDDLESTON, North Road, an eight-year-old silver-and-white Jersey cow, tail half white, long horns, heavily in calf ; and a six-year-old ye 1 low-and-ite Jersey cow, white on forehead, short horns : total value, £2O. Identifiable. O-ryj? - / 9 - /
Christchurch. — 19th March last, from Hereford Street, the property of ERNEST WILLIAM PHELPS, 579 Barbadoes Street, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled free-w-heel Scout bicycle, No. 0000 ; value, £3 10s. Identifiable.
Christchurch. —Bth April last, from Gloucester Street, the property of ALBERT JOSEPH VIVIAN, 6 Buffon Street, a gentlemen’s blue-enamelled Gamage bicycle, No. 0645; value, £ls. Identifiable.
Christchurch. 26th March last, from Cashel Street, the property of BERNARD L. ELPLICK, 46 St. Martin’s Road, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled free-wheel B.S.A. bicycle, No. 491 ; value, £6 10s. Identifiable.
Christchurch. —7th April last, from Lichfield Street, the property of LOW’S LIMITED, grocers, a gentlemen’s blackenamelled free-wheel Gamage bicycle, No. 1804, wide handles ; value, £B. Identifiable.
Timaru. 7th ultimo, from the junction of Catherine and King Street, the property of HARRY ARBUCKLE, baker, 18 Oxford Street, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled free-wheel Royal Saxon bicycle, No. 14332 and A 28, upturned handles with rubber grips, Britannia cord tires ; value, £l2. Identifiable.
Dunedin. — Between the Ist and 3rd ultimo, from the premises of PENROSE AND CO. drapers, 100 George Street, two blue Mongolian fox neck-furs, about- 23 in. long, bushy tails, heads stuffed, clasp fasteners on heads and tails, greysilk lining ; total value, £24. Identifiable.
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New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume L, Issue 23, 10 June 1925, Page 329
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