PROPERTY STOLEN.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume LI, Issue 3, 20 January 1926, Page 40

PROPERTY STOLEN.

Whangarei.— l2th ultimo, from Manse Street, the property of THOMAS McFARLANE, Cameron Street, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled free-wheel Sun bicycle, No. 1937, Dominion tire on front wheel, Dunlop Railroad tire on back wheel; value, £5. Identifiable.

Birkenhead. —sth ultimo, the property of WILLIAM CHAPPELL, Pupuke Road, a gentlemen’s silver wristlet Waltham watch, with protecting-guard and flat spring wrist band attached ; value, £2 10s. Identifiable.

Newton.On or about the 6th November last, from St. Helens Hospital, the property of the NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT (Health Department), forty-three large bedsheets, thirty-three draw-sheets, thirty-two pillow-slips, eight quilts, fourteen blankets, and sixty-six towels, &c., all with tab sewn thereon branded “ St. Helens Hospital ”; total value, £6B 3s. Identifiable.

Auckland. Between 19th and 21st ultimo, from a motorcar destroyed by fire in Neilsen Street, Te Papa, the property of SIDNEY STANLEY RUSSELL, Miller Road, Point Chevalier, a Zenith carburettor ; a Bosch magneto, No. D.U. 6 E.D. 18 over 3117553; and Anderson’s No. 6 aluminium radiator with black honeycomb facing and thermometer on top; and a Delco self-starter : total value, £6l. Magneto only identifiable.

Auckland. — or 21st ultimo, from a shed in Mount Albert Road, the property of WILLIAM PEET, a dark-green-painted gig with small painted squares on back, brassmounted, rubber tires, two white-metal lamps attached; a khaki rug ; and a set of black-leather gig-harness, fairlyydd : total value, £3O. Identifiable.

Auckland. ultimo, from the public lavatory in Custom Street, the property of FREDERICK COLLINS, 2 Abbotsford Road, a gentlemen’s nickel open-face keyless Omega watch, “ No. C 7295 ” scratched on back of case ; value, £2. Identifiable. Suspicion is attached to Man (name unknown), age about twenty, height 5 ft. 7 in., slight build, sallow complexion, fair hair; dressed in a shabby grey suit and grey cap.

Huntly.—Between the 23rd ultimo and the 4th instant, the store of the NEW ZEALAND DAIRY COMPANY (LIMITED) was broken into, and the following stolen therefrom : forty-seven miners’ pick-heads; ten wooden pickhandles, three miners’ Banjo shovels, nine coal-boring-machine handles, four screws, and nineteen drills,.all marked “ Hardy Patent Pick Company, Sheffield ” ; and two sheets of rubber packing, &c. : total value, £29 Bs. 3d. Identification doubtful, 2S /-1 £

Hamilton.24th ultimo, the property of NORMAN CALVERT, 15 Dyer Street, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled free-wheel bicycle, upturned handles, Dunlop tire on back wheel; value, £6. Identifiable.

Te Puke. —15th November last, the property of TONY MOSICH, farmer, Ngawaro, an aged black hack mare, white star on forehead, one white hind leg ; and a light-draught bay gelding, four years old, white face and legs : total value, £l6 10s. .Identifiable. y , r A- ZU?,

Gisborne. — Ist instant, from the offices of the De Luxe Motor Company, the property of D. C. CLARKE, Tawaka, Featherston, an Ensign folding camera in black case, quarterplate, Goertz Anastigmat lens, Koilos shutter, single extension with rack-and-pinion focusing; value, £ls. Identifiable. Suspicion is attached to John Gaunt, alias Langley^alias Wilson, alias Lang alias Charles Smith, age fifty-three, height 5 ft. 11 in., wool-classer, native of England, strong build, fresh complexion, dark-brown hair, brown eyes ; scar on right middle finger, on left jaw, and on each shin ; two scars on back of head ; dressed in a shabby brown suit and light-felt hat. (See Police Gazette, 1922, page 440, and Photographs, 1912, page 38.)__ / / a

New Plymouth. On the 19th or 20th ultimo the premises of ROONEY AND CO., Whangamomona, were broken into, and the following stolen therefrom : Two tussore-silk canoeshirts, Standard brand, size 4 ; a pair of gentlemen’s heavy, nailed Standard boots, size 8 ; a pair of gentlemen’s light Derby standard boots, size 8 ; a ladies’ rolled-gold wristlet watch with expanding bracelet in a brown case with yellow-; velvet lining ; a bottle of Gosnell scent ; and £1 10s. in money: \ total value, £9 17s. Identification doubtful.

New Plymouth. 6th instant, from Currie Street, the property of CONWAY STAPLES, 109 Buller Street, a gentle- 1 men’s blue-enamelled fixed-wheel Fleet bicycle, No. 201123, down-turned handles, black-celluloid grips, wooden rims,; red Britanniaptires ; value, £l2 10s. Identifiable.

Stratford.— 26th ultimo, from the veranda at 12 Orlando Street, the property of ALFRED MILNE, a gentlemen’s free-wheel Earl bicycle, straight handles, no grips, Webley saddle, Dauntless tires, electric lamp attached ; value, £lO. Identifiable.

Wanganui.— On the 7th or Bth instant the premises of ARTHUR GEORGE WINSTON chemist, 158 Victoria Avenue, were broken into, and the following stolen therefrom : A hypodermic syringe and four tubes of diacetyl morphine hydrochloride ; total value, £1 10s. Not identifiable. Suspicion is attached to Clarence Raymond McKay, age about twenty-five, height 5 ft. 8 in., chemist and clerk, native of New Zealand, strong build, sallow complexion, brown hair; dressed in a pepper - and - salt sports coat gabardine trousers, felt hqt, and tan boots ; is a drug-addict’ SrtJ&r-aAjUAf-Arf /y~ £ SXO ,

Marton.— l2th instant, from the Club Hotel, the property of PATRICK LAWRENCE GORDON and others, about £5 10s. in money; a crossed cheque on the Bank of New South Wales, Wanganui, drawn by W. 11. Christie in favour of P. L. Gordon ; an open-face silver Rotherhams watch, with flaw in glass; and a 9 ct. gold fetter-and-three oval watch-chain, similar to illustration No. 22 in Police Gazette, 1911, page 2, with gold-mounted shark’s tooth attached : total value, £3O 10s. Identifiable except money.

Rongotea. 2Bth October last, the property of WALLACE ROY SAUNDERS, farmer, Mangawhata, a gentlemen’s free-wheel Boucher bicycle, No. 902, upturned handles, Michelin tires, “Swan Cycle Company ” on transfer; value, £lO. Identifiable. Suspicion is attached to Dick Williams, age twenty-three, height 5 ft. 8 in., labourer, native of England, medium build, fair complexion and hair, cleanshaved, full face, flat feet. Suspect wgs employed on a neighbouring farm and took the bicycle without authority. 7/W 6 ,

Palmerston North. —26th ultimo, the property of JAMES ALFRED EDWARDS, 324 Church Street, a gentlemen’s -filled hunting Zenith watch, No. 2388243, “ J. Edwards ” engraved across front case ; a metal watch ; and a 9 ct. gold double watch-chain, fetter-and-square knot pattern : total value, £lO. Identifiable.

Palmerston North. —22nd or 23rd ultimo, from the Masonic Hotel, the property of WILLIAM HENRY WILLIAMS, a gentlemen’s old silver Rotherhams lever watch, key wind; and a 15 ct. gold double-beaded fetter-and-oval watch-chain with swivels missing : total value, £l2. Identifiable. <

Levin. —On the 7th or Bth instant the Grand Hotel was broken into, and the following stolen therefrom, the property JABEZ BEBBINGTON and others : A £2O note ; a £5 note ; a light-brown -leather suede wallet and sundry papers ; a ladies’ fawn-gabardine dress, trimmed with fawn fur and Oriental blue working in front; a fawn French-cloth dress, brown buttons, trimmed with red-and-fawn braid ; a ladies’ three-quarter-length musquash-fur coat, skunk collar and cuffs, green floral-silk lining; a Swan fountain pen ; a Sheaffer’s Eversharp pencil; a black-leather wallet; return halves of three second-class railway tickets, Auckland to Dunedin ; a light-brown-pigskin purse; a metal watch, black-silk-ribbon watch-guard with “R.0.C.” on gold band thereon, and compass attached; 16s. in money; and a gentlemen’s drab-coloured Dexter raincoat: total value, about £155. Identifiable except money.

Masterton. — Between the 2nd and 4th instant the premises of JEFFERY MOODY, draper, Jackson Street, were broken into, and the following stolen therefrom : A Petone all-wool fawn-check rug, and a Petone all-wool check rug, light grey on one side and dark grey on the other side ; total value, £6 6s. Identifiable.

Wellington. instant, from Featherston Street, the property of JOHN ALEXANDER BLACK, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled free-wheel B.S.A. bicycle, No. 50015, straight handles, black-celluloid grips, Dunlop tires : value, £l7. Identifiable.

Christchurch. —Ist ultimo, the property of ROBERT CRIGLINGTON, 241 Armagh Street, a gentlemen’s 9 ct. gold keyless hunting-watch, No. 8502 over 82659, “ John Forrest ”on dial; value, £lO. Identifiable.

Christchurch. — 27th October last, from Manchester Street, the property of STEWART GUEST, 62 Poulsen Street, a gentlemen’s black - enamelled free - wheel Bell bicycle, No. 025321 ; value, £l3 10s. Identifiable.

Christchurch. — 3rd October last, from Svdenham, the property of LESLIE FRANCIS FOSTER, *l2 Kingsley Street, a ladies’ black-enamelled free-wheel Daly bicycle, No. 115; value, £6 10s. Identifiable.

Christchurch. —7th November last, from Carlton Street, the property of THOMAS GALLAGHER, painter, 40 Gibbons Street, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled free-wheel Silent Flyer bicycle, No. 165 ; value, £lO 10s. Identifiable.

Christchurch. 23rd October last, from Worcester Street, the property of JOSEPH HENRY FOSTER, 24 Olliviers Road, a gentlemen’s free-wheel green-enamelled B.S.A bicycle, No. 59152 ; value, £ls 15s. Identifiable.

Christchurch. — 10th October last, from Manchester Street, the property of JOHN MERVYN McKECHNIE, 97 Rugby Street, a gentlemen’s black-and-gold enamelled fixed-wheel Victor bicycle, No. 032871 ; value, £7 10s. Identifiable.

Christchurch. —30th ultimo, from Bedford Row, the property of ARTHUR STANLEY ASCHOFF, High Street, a drab-coloured Harley-Davidson motor-cycle and side-car, registration No. 22-782, Dominion tires ; value, £3O. Identifiable - 'OUstWLJL

Christchurch. —Between the 3rd and sth October last, from the dwelling of TAHU RHODES, - Ellesmere, a brown Derby vase, about 4 in. high ; a royal brown Derby trinketbox ; seven royal brown Derby saucers ; a Buhl cigarettebox, with “ Aspreys ” thereon ; two small Boulton vases ; and eighteen small liquor-glasses : total value, £25. Cigarettebox only identifiable.

Christchurch. —On or about the 4th ultimo, from a dwelling at 86 Dyer’s Pass Road, the property of EVA MABEL SMITH, a ladies’ gold wristlet Rolex watch, supposed octagon shape, No. 22228, leather wrist-strap with gold buckle attached ; and a plain gold Nellie Stewart bangle with hinge : total value, £l7. Watch only identifiable.

Temuka.— the 3rd and sth instant, from a house in Raynor Street, the property of SADIE MACDONALD, 246 High Street, Dunedin, a ladies’ gold wristlet watch with expanding bracelet, S.M. in monogram on outside of back case ; value, £5. Identifiable.

Timaru.— RICHARD MORRIS’S clothing, &c., stolen : It has been ascertained by the Tima.ru police that the following property was also stolen : A very old open-face silver Waltham watch, No. 48723, with monogram circle on outside of back case ; value, £2 10s. Identifiable.

Timaru. —Ist instant, from a motor-car in front of the Royal Hotel, the property of REUBEN EUTYCUS DIMICK, Severn Street, a brown-leather Gladstone bag, “ R.E.D.” on one side ; a small brown-leather brief-bag ; a pair of black-backed military hair-brushes ; a Durham Duplex safety razor ; a pair of running-shoes, size 4 ; black running-pants and white singlet, &c. : total value, £5 10s. Identifiable.

Timaru. — Ist instant, from a motor-car, the property of ANNIE MORRISON, Waimate, a brown imitation-leather suit-case, a pink dressing-jacket, a cream Fuji-silk frock, a blue linen frock, a pink knitted jumper, a black-backed hairbrush, &c. ; total value, £ll 10s. Identifiable.

Dunedin. —On the Ist instant the duelling of JAMES NELSON, 60 St. Andrew Street, was broken into, and the following stolen therefrom : A cheque for £4 Bs. 3d. on the National Bank of New Zealand, Dunedin, No. 29051 T, dated 29th December, 1925, signed “ W.E. Metcalf,” and payable to James Nelson ; a cheque for £1 on the National Bank of New Zealand, Dunedin, No. H 51217, signed “ J. Heplewait ” ; and 10s. in money. Identifiable except money.

Dunedin. —23rd November last, from the Oban Hotel, the property of WINSTONE WILLIAM AITCHESON, a brownleather writing-case, marked “ E. Evans and Co., Wellington, makers ”; four N.Z. Law Reports ; Hals bury Laws of England ; Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents ; English and Empire Digests ; and catalogues of Wildy and Sons, London, Stevens and Son, London, and Butterworth and Co., London : total value, £6 10s. Identifiable.