PROPERTY STOLEN.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume LIV, Issue 47, 27 November 1929, Page 781

PROPERTY STOLEN.

Whangarei. McLEAN, 6 Anzac Avenue, a gentlemen’s Monarch Special bicycle, No. 3493, black-enamelled with red lines, upturned handles; value, £7. Identifiable, / 70/ 3 d

Whangarei. —29th or 30th ultimo, from a shed at Parakao, the property of HERBERT HENRY CURRY, a motor-car rim with Firestone tire, No. E. 469778, and tube attached; value, £7. Identifiable. ffIMA f.

Auckland .—Between the 30th May last and the 2nd June, from a shed in Mountain Road, Mangere, the property of ANDREW McALEER, a double - barrelled breech - loading shotgun, Grice and Son, makers, “ H.H.” on barrel; and a light-brown canvas kit containing carpenters’ tools ; total value, £l3. Identifiable.

Auckland. —17th August last, from a shed in the Domain, the property of HUMPHREY NEVILLE SINGLETON, 23 Tawera Road, Green Lane, 3s. 6d. in money ; and a silver cigarette-case, “ H.N.S.” on outside, and “To Podge from Pipps, 15/7/29,” on inside: total value, £1 13s. 6d. Case identifiable.

Auckland. —2nd instant, from Blandford Park, the property of PHYLLIS CAMPLIN, 36 St. Georges Bay Road, Parnell, a ladies’ gold wrist watch, No. 110853, round gold dial with four indentations, English figures with red 12, black silk ribbon with gold clasp attached ; value, £3. Identifiable.

Paeroa. —14th instant, from a boardinghouse in. Belmont Road, the property of HENRY GORDON CROCKER, a gentlemen’s purple suit, size 5, -bottoms on trousers, buttons on inside trouser-band, belt-loops attached, “ Jaff, Tailor, Queen Street, Auckland,” on tag ; a pair of white trousers, size 5 ; . two white singlets ; a silver wrist watch

with luminous dial, glass missing : total value, £l2 17s. 6d. Mostly identifiable. Suspicion is attached to Henry Robert John Reily, age eighteen, height 5 ft. 6 in., labourer, native of New Zealand, thin build, fresh complexion, fair hair, grey eyes, prominent ears, mole on right upper arm. (See Police Gazette, 1928, page 594, and Photographs, 1927, page 84.)

CXAAJI^Wck Te Aroha. —22nd or 23rd September last, the property of EDWARD BIDOIS, Bridge Street, a gentlemen’s blackenamelled Monarch Special bicycle, rat-trap pedals, gearwheel fastened with four rivets and one screw, Dunlop or Monarch Special tires ; value, £5. Identifiable. . ft/'bo X- 1 ' J

Gisborne. —On the Ist instant the dwelling of ROBERT ALEXANDER MITCHELL, 23 Hurahura Road, Kaiti, was broken into and the following stolen : ‘A gentlemen’s gold nn_ keyless hunting-watch (plain cases), eight Lockwood table-, knives with white handles/ ten dessert knives, six silver /(y i dessert spoons and forks, six plated spoons and forks, six / , butter-knives, six jam-spoons, six each of fruit-knives, fruitforks, and fish-forks with ivory handles, several silver relief pattern serviette-rings, and a quantity of ladies’ underwear, &c. ; total value, £IOO. Mostly identifiable. William Clement Dearness and John Herbert Edward Little have been arrested for the offence, and the stolen property, with the exception of that enumerated above, recovered.

Otaki. On the 10th instant the dwelling of WILLIAM WHITE-SCOTT, Te Horo, was broken into and the following stolen : A pair of field-glasses, English make, focusing screw in centre and on right eyepiece, black leather strap attached ; a plain gold ring with an opal in claw setting (ring has been cut); a gold -mounted Sheaffer fountain pen ; and about £3 in money: total value, £2O. Identifiable except money. Suspicion is attached to William Reginald Shilton (who was licensed out from Weraroa Training-farm), age seventeen, height 5 ft., labourer, native of England, slight build, dark complexion, light-brown hair, grey eyes, thin face, pointed chin ; dressed in a grey suit, fight-grey cap, and striped tie. He is also suspected of breaking into the dwelling of ARTHUR HOLDHAM on the 10th instant and stealing a silver watch (Stewart Dawson, maker); a silver curb watchchain ; and a grey blanket and rug : total value, £7. Identifiable. And he is further suspected of breaking into the dwelling of GEORGE HERBERT STEWART on the night of the 9th instant and stealing a wallet, &c. (recovered). (See Police Gazette, 1929, page 250.) -7*AeO <%aajx 'zuy&Az*/- OAAfIT/m

Carterton. —31st ultimo, from the Club Hotel, the property of SEE HO S'HUNG, 31 Edgar Street, Chatsworth, Sydney, a gentlemen’s 9 ct. gold open - face wrist watch, luminous dial (cracked), glass broken, Chinese characters on back, brown leather strap attached ; value, £4. Identifiable.

Wellington. Between the 30th August last and the sth instant, from a garage at 14 Resolution Street, Lyall Bay, the property of ALFRED CECIL KELLETT, a -22 automatic Winchester rifle, No. 102.725, small end of butt cracked and bound with copper wire ; value, £5. Identifiable.

Wellington. Street, the property of ROY GEORGE MEXTED, 11 Sutherland Crescent, a gentlemen’s heavy fawn nap overcoat, brown sateen lining in shoulders and front, white velvet fining in pockets, straight back, slit side pockets, “ Lynx ” on tag; value, £9 9s. Identifiable.

Nelson.— l4th September last, the property of GORDON THOMAS HOLBROOK, 23 Bronte Street, a gentlemen’s free-wheel Argyle bicycle, black-enamelled with green lines, upturned handles, black grips, rat-trap pedals, Michelin tire on back wheel; value, £4. Identifiable.

Christchurch. —7th ultimo, the property of WILLIAM ARTHUR POPE, 241 Westminster Street, Shirley, a ladies’ black-enamelled free-wheel -Whitworth bicycle, No. 904288, straight handles, 22 in. frame : value, £5. - Identifiable. • ' ' - ‘

Christchurch. Between the 9th and 11th instant the office of the PAPARUA COUNTY COUNCIL, Upper Riccarton, was broken into, the safe opened by means of explosives, and the following stolen: £6O 2s. in money ; a cheque for £2 drawn by Smithson and Smithson; a cheque for £l4 3s. 6d. drawn on the National Bank, Christchurch, by H. Coleman ; a cheque for £77 4s. 9d. drawn by J. Ballantyne and Co., Christchurch ; a cheque for £169 13s. 9d. drawn on the Bank of New Zealand, Christchurch, by British Pavements, Ltd. ; a cheque for £l3 6s. lid. drawn by the Christchurch Gun Club ; a cheque for £8 14s. 2d. drawn by C. L. Hart in favour of J. T. Bell and Co. ; and a black cashbox with brass handle : total value, £345 10s. Id. Cheques only identifiable.

Christchurch. On the night of the 15th instant the premises of GEORGE DOLLAN were broken into and two sovereigns stolen from the safe, which was opened by means of explosives. Not identifiable. . , XI/ /-> //*> •

Christchurch. —On the night of the 13th instant the premises of the JARRAH TIMBER COMPANY, 10 Moorhouse Avenue, were broken into, the safe opened by means of explosives, and £4 10s. in money, a black vulcanite pen, a large door-key, and halfpenny, penny, and twopenny stamps, value £l, stolen ; total value, £5 1 Os. Not identifiable. oSxkxaJ4%r Z///30,

Dunedin. —On the 16th instant the dwelling of ERNEST OSCAR NEES, 19 Stuart Street, was broken into and the following stolen : A ladies’ 9 ct. gold expanding bracelet Lexel wrist watch, open face, English figures ; a gentlemen’s openface oxidized watch, alarm model, Swiss make, white dial, black hands, English figures ; a gentlemen’s open-face nickel watch, floral dial; four Boyproof nickel watches, one with luminous dial; a Nellie Stewart gold bangle ; a gold bamboo bangle ; a star-shape gold pendant set with pearls and rubies (several stones missing); a gold safety-pin brooch with gold nugget in centre ; a ladies’ gold engagement-ring with four diamonds and three sapphires in claw setting ; a gold wedding ring ; two strings of pearl beads ; and a string of oval-shape glass beads, emerald colour on one side and moonstone colour on reverse side, joined with two small silver beads : total value, £46 ss. Identifiable.