PROPERTY STOLEN.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume L, Issue 35, 2 September 1925, Page 499

PROPERTY STOLEN.

Kingsland. —lsth July last, from the Kowhai High School, the property of LESLIE HELLAM, Richardson Road, Mount Albert, a gentlemen’s 22 in. free-wheel Skeates Dominion bicycle, black-enamelled with green lines, straight handles, black grips with red stripes, Oceanic tires ; value, £9. Identifiable - /A'fO rZIS ,

Queen Street Wharf (Auckland). ultimo, from the s.s. “ Mako,” the property of JOHN PATRICK LOGAN, engineer, a gentlemen’s silver hunting Rotherhams watch, and a single gold curb watch-chain with gold button on one end, and gold-mounted stone pendant attached ; total value, £2O. Identifiable.

Auckland. —On the 23rd or 24th June last the dwelling of WILLIAM ALEXANDER ELLIS, 6 Melford Street, was broken into, and the following stolen therefrom : A brown composition suit-case ; an engagement-ring, set with a diamond in centre of cluster of seven diamonds and a sapphire ; two pairs of ladies’ flesh-coloured stockings ; a pair of ladies’ black stockings ; a gentlemen’s brown-tweed suit; an Auckland City Corporation Tramway employee’s pass, No. 672 ; and other articles : total value, £l6. Identifiable.

Auckland. 6th ultimo, the property of CLAUDE BROWNE, 10 Karetu Road, a brown-check Kaiapoi travellingrug, fringe on each end, checks larger on one side than the other value, £2. Identifiable. Complainant’s motor-car was removed from the Great South Road on the above date and when recovered at Papatoetoe the rug was missing.

Auckland. —l6th ultimo, from the Waitemata Hotel, the property of MARGARET WALLS, Arney Road, Paeroa, a gold bangle, broad on top with two separate bars underneath, set with three sapphires and two diamonds; value, £6. Identifiable.

Auckland.— 6th ultimo, from a motor-car in Hobson Street, the property of JOSEPH STANTON, 56 Mountain Road, a brown-leather suit-case, may have “ J.S.” in gold letters thereon ; a gentlemen’s blue-serge suit, maker A. E. Gifford, Auckland ; a pair of gentlemen’s black glace-kid shoes, size 6 ; a black-and-white dressing-gown ; a knitted brown woollen muffler; a pair of ebony-backed hair-brushes with silver shields thereon ; a Gillette razor in nickel case ; a shavng-brush; a blue-striped Fuji-silk shirt; a clothesbrush ; and a pair of leather slippers; total value, £l9 6s. Identifiable.

Auckland. —On the 18th ultimo the shop of R. and W. Hellaby, butchers, was broken into and £3O in money stolen from the safe, which was opened by explosives. Not identifiable.

Auckland. Between the 15th and 17th ultimo the premises of the FARMERS’ UNION TRADING COMPANY, Hobson Street, were broken into, and the following stolen from the safe, which was cut open : £470 15s. 9d. in money; three £1 English Treasury notes ; Auckland Hospital Board interest coupons to the value of £l6 10s., due 1/9/25 ; War Certificates, value £26, due 1/12/25, “ C. Straka, Puhoi,” on back of each ; a money-order for £5, payable at Auckland to W. T. Morey, Remuera, from Miss Keeford ; and a canvas money-bag with C.O.D. in ink thereon : total value, £521 ss. 9d. Identifiable except money. Blood near the safe indicates that the offender injured himself (probably his hands) during the commission of the offence. <? rig.- JZ6Z

Auckland.— On the 21st or 22nd ultimo the premises of MERSON BROS., cycle-importers, 170 Symonds Street, were broken into, and the following stolen therefrom : Two bicycles, nine bicycle-tubes, and eleven electric torches (recovered); about forty assorted electric torches and 10s. in money : total value, £52. Not identifiable.

Auckland. —llth ultimo, from Upper Queen Street, the property of the NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT (Post and Telegraph Department), a 20 ft. extension ladder, branded “P. & T.” ; value, £2 10s. Identifiable.

Wanganui. the 26th or 27th ultimo, the premises of ROBERT McSKIMMING, tailor, 106 Victoria Avenue, were broken into, and the following stolen therefrom : 62f yards of blue Saltaire serge, branded with figure of a sheep every two yards ; 6J yards blue Topmost serge ; 14 yards fancy grey worsted cloth; and 3£ yards black pinhead cloth: total value, £B2 10s. Not identifiable. Most of material recovered.

Palmerston North. HAROLD E. BEST’S watch, &c., stolen : The suspect, Alfred Hubert Callaghan, has been interviewed, but no evidence resulted. (See Police Gazette, 1924, page 588.)

Wellington. — ultimo, from his shop-door, the property of HERB PRICE, Willis Street, a ladies’ short-length brown marmot - fur coat, Herb Price” on tag, cuffs on sleeves, fancy oxidized-metal fastener value, £45. Identifiable.

Wellington.— Between the 18th June and 30th July last, from a show-case, the property of the EXCELSIOR SUPPLY COMPANY, 86 Manners Street, a double extension lea Nixie camera, No. 555, Heckla lens, Compur shutter, blackleatherette finish ; value, £l4 ss. 9d. Identifiable.

Wellington.— l2th ultimo, from the person of WILLIAM JOHN MABEN, Johnson ville, a gentlemen’s rolled-gold keyless double-case Geneva lever watch, “W. J. Maben ” on case ; value, £lO. Identifiable. While under the influence of liquor complainant was accosted by three American sailors, who snatched his watch and ran away.

Christchurch. —l9th or 20th July last, the property of RONA NGIO FLEMING, 337 Worcester Street, a ladies’ 18 ct. gold half-hoop ring, set with three diamonds in platinum setting ; value, £23. Not identifiable.

—Between the 14th and 18th ultimo, from a tool-box in Seadown Road, the property of the NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT (Post and Telegraph Department), a claw-hammer, a ratchet-brace, a two-foot rule, a pair of pliers, two screwdrivers, a 10 in. shifting-spanner, two gimlets, and a micro-telephone, &c., mostly branded “ P. & T.” ; value, £3 6s. 6d. Identifiable. • Pvt

Timaru. —sth ultimo, from the railway-station, the property of JAMES DOUGLAS McKERCHER, 14 Raymond Street, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled fixed-wheel bicycle, upturned handles ; value, £5. Identifiable.

Dunedin. 2sth or 26th June last, from a building in Cumberland Street, the property of GEORGE DUNN and WILLIAM GUNN LECKIE, 111 Main North Road, a pair of pipe-tongs, snips, three or four chisels, a saw-set, a 20 in. drill, a rip-saw, a jack-plane, and 100 ft. steel tape, mostly branded “G. Dunn,” a brace and bit, three planes, three chisels, a 12 in. square, a three-foot rule, and two rip-saws, branded “W. G. Leckie ” : total value, £6. Identifiable.