PROPERTY STOLEN.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume LV, Issue 26, 2 July 1930, Page 461

PROPERTY STOLEN.

Whangarei. Offices, the property of CYRIL ALFRED DUEL, cashier, a gentlemen’s navy-blue velour overcoat, half-belt and pleated at back, may have complainant’s name or initials on tag, right pocket torn and stitched ; value, £3 ss. Identifiable. Suspicion is attached to Man (name unknown), age about twenty-five, height 5 ft. 6 in.; dressed in a navy-blue suit, grey felt hat turned down.

Whangarei. —6th ultimo, from Bank Street, the property of ARTHUR GOOD SYMONS, Public Hospital, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled Aberdale bicycle, upturned handles, red rubber grips, white rubber tires, electric-lighting outfit attached ; value, £6 10s. Identifiable.

Devonport. property of CHARLES HENRY ARCHER, schoolboy, 35 Mozley Avenue, a gentlemen’s black - enamelled Farmers’ Union bicycle, no grips, no mudguards, back pedalling brake, Dunlop tires ; value, £3 10s. Identifiable.

Auckland. — sth May last, from a shed, the property of LESLIE HARDING, farmer, Massey Road, Mangere, a pair of gentlemen’s boots with hob-nails, size 8 ; a grey shirt with red stripes, branded “ Acme,” size 4 ; three pairs of grey woollen socks ; a khaki oilskin overcoat, fastens with buckles, two of which are missing : total value, £2 9s. Identifiable. Suspicion is attached to Eric Hill, age about seventeen, height 5 ft. 8 in., labourer, medium build, sallow complexion, lightbrown hair ; dressed in a light-grey suit, brown felt hat, and black shoes.

Auckland. —Between the 13th May last and 3rd ultimo, the property of WILLIAM EXLER, potter, New Windsor Road, Avondale, a double-barrelled breech-loading 12-bore shot-gun, No. 29673, made by P. Webley and Sons, hammers affixed by brass screw ; value, £5. Identifiable.

Auckland. —11th ultimo, from the Maranatha Rest Home, 7 Windmill Road, the property of EFFIE BLANCHE MEDWIN and others, a ladies’ handbag (recovered); a grey leather purse, size 2 in. by 1 in. ; and £2 10s. in money : total value, £3 ss. Identifiable except money. Suspicion is attached to Man (name unknown), age about thirty - five, height 5 ft. 7 in., medium build, tanned complexion ; dressed in a faded grey suit, felt hat, and black boots or shoes.

Auckland. property of ANET NEILSON, domestic, Anglesea Street, Hamilton, a ladies’ blue-green silk tapestry pouch-shaped handbag, containing a ladies’ gold octagonal wristlet watch, large numerals ; a pair of pince-nez spectacles; and £4 in money : total value, £l4. Identifiable except money.

Auckland. WATSON, schoolboy, 27 Pah Road, a boy’s black-enamelled Argyle bicycle, No. 0335, upturned handles, no grips, Regent tire on front, Dunlop tire on rear ; value, £5. Identifiable.

Auckland. — 14th ultimo, from the Royal Hotel, the property of MARGARET MARY REILLY, a ladies’ fur coat, light-brown Russian pcrscanslcei skins, lined with gold-coloured brocade with dark' jratterh,,.po d&stie in cuffs, trimming on left side of lining has b(*cn torn off, two buttons ; value, £4O. Identifiable; Suspicion attached to Cyril Geary, referred to in Police Gazette, 1929, page 228, who has been interviewed, but no evidence resulted.

Hamilton. Between the 28th and 29th May last, the property of HAROLD McLEAN, engineer, 98 Ulster Street, a gentlemen’s black - enamelled Monarch bicycle, reversible handles, Dunlop rubber saddle, Michelin Cord tires, rubber pedals, top half of bell missing ; value, £lO. Identifiable.

Hamilton. —30th May last, the property of CHARLES ROWE, labourer, Eureka, a gentlemen’s Monarch Special bicycle, down-turned handles, no grips, Dunlop tire on front wheel, Bates tire on rear wheel, saddle tied with wire, rattrap pedals ; value, £5 10s. Identifiable.

Rotorua. —On the 9th ultimo the dwelling of BERTHA KING, Waka Road, was broken into and the following stolen : A ladies’ 18 ct. gold engagement with two diamonds and three rubies in straight setting, an 8 ct. gold ring with a pearl in claw setting, an 18 ct. gold plain band wedding-ring, a ladies’ 9 ct. gold open-face Swiss wristlet watch with black silk band attached, and a two-cell electric torch ; total value, £2l 7s. 6d. Identifiable. tya/eAs AetowwotS *?/?/ G

Tokomaru Bay. Between the sth and 6th May last-, from the shop of ELLEN PEPPER, stationer, a ladies’ octagonal open-face silver wristlet watch, stem-wind, fifteen jewels, gold hands and numerals, with leather wristlet attached ; value, £2 15s. Identification doubtful.

Ruatoria. —19th ultimo, from a motor-car at Waiomatatini, the property of FREDA ELIZABETH BECKER, canvasser, care of Timberlands Wood Pulp, Ltd., Auckland, a brown imitation leather lunch-bag ; a money-order for £25, made out at Te Araroa Post-office on 16th ultimo ; two crossed cheques on the Bank of New Zealand, Gisborne, for £5 each, signed E. C. Cumpsty ; a crossed cheque on the Union Bank of Australia, Te Araroa, for £5, signed Teroha Hurawai; a letter of credit for £ll3 on the Bank of New Zealand, Te Puke ; and £7 in money.

Gisborne. —Between the 12th and 13th ultimo the warehouse of SARGOOD, SON, AND EWEN, Childers Road, was broken into and the following stolen : A grey worsted suit, size 5 ; three Borsalino hats, one grey and two fawn ; five pairs of trousers, sizes 4 and 5, mixed patterns ; a pair of gentlemen’s tan shoes, size 8 ; a pair of gentlemen’s black shoes, size 8 ; a pair of gum-boots, size 8, with crepe rubber soles ; a gentlemen’s woollen Raglan overcoat; a dozen pairs of black socks, and a dozen pairs of coloured socks: total value, jJ/y

Hawera. —On the night of the 25th ultimo, from the

Railway Boardinghouse, the property of PATRICK FLANAGAN, labourer, £34 in money. Not identifiable. Suspicion r -T=*_jg .ntiached-to-Frank FitmiUiams, alias “ The Fowl,” referred to in Police Gazette, 1930, page 460, and Photographs, page 2 ; and Leonard Stanley Dunford, referred to in Police Gazette, 1928, page 604, anrl/Pliotographs, page 71.

Normanby. Between 1921 and 1928, the property of the estate of WILLIAM EDWARD MINHINNICK (deceased), a single-chamber Colt revolver; value £l.

Hastings. Between the 19th May last and sth ultimo, from the Defence Department, the property of the NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT, a six-chambered Webley pistol, •455, No. 409742 and N.Z. 131. / I f J O

Waipukurau. MURPHY, hairdresser, a gentlemen’s black - enamelled Gamester bicycle, No. 3336, reversible handles, no grips, no mudguards ; value, £6. Identifiable. /tec crr&ULci; /H/7/SCf. r v

Dannevirke. —14th ultimo, from the dwelling of MAUDE ANNIE DRUMMOND, 42 Swinburn Street, a plain gold band ring with a diamond set in square setting ; a gold ring with a small diamond set in platinum ; a broad gold weddingring ; a black cameo ring with figure of lady on it ; a fourshilling piece made into a brooch, pin of which is broken ; a gold medal; a Post Office Savings-bank box containing £1 10s. in money and silver coins ; a rolled-gold watch with double chain-bangle attached; a gold medal with W. C. Drummond ” engraved on it; a silver and pearl pocket fruit-knife with “W. Drummond ”on it: a gold-mounted greenstone pendant, about 24 in. long, with a fine gold chain attached ; a five-shilling piece and six sovereigns in leather case : total value, £6B. Identifiable except money.

Kimbolton. Quinn, suspected of theft: Frederick Quinn has been interviewed by the Spit police, and he admits having been at Apiti Hall on the night of the 13th March, 1929, but denies any knowledge of the offence. (See Police Gazette, 1929, page 246.)

Masterton. 3rd ultimo, from 105 Bannister Street, the property of JOHN JAMES MARTIN, butcher, 125 Chapel Street, a H.M.V. portable gramophone, No. 170056, black case ; and five records : total value, £9. Identifiable.

Pahiatua. llth ultimo, from a motor-car, the property of THOMAS HARVEY and others, farmer, Dannevirke, a large leather suit-case containing football clothes ; a tailormade grey coat and vest with “ Rosse, Tailor,” on tag; a pair of gabardine trousers, large size; underclothing; a ladies’ handbag, containing a gold wristlet watch, No. 211336. “No. 1108” scratched on it, slightly broken where ribbon fastens; two Morocco leather handbags; a Post Office Savings-bank book ; and about £2 in money : total value, £2O. Identifiable except money. _— -f\'>

Lower Hutt. —9th ultimo, the property of RANDOLPH ARCHIBALD FER ABEND, clerk, Riverbank Street, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled Aberdale bicycle, upturned handles, yellow grips, Couchman tire on front wheel, Michelin tire on rear wheel, back-pedalling brake, rubber pedals ; value, £5. Identifiable.

Petone. —On the night of the 20th ultimo the office of the Hutt and Petone Chronicle, the property of JAMES KERR, Petone Avenue, was broken into and the following stolen : A crossed cheque, No. 1750, for £3 2s. 6d. on the Bank of New Zealand, drawn by the Petone Working Men’s Club and payable to the Hutt and Petone Chronicle ; and £3 4s. s£d. in money. Cheque only identifiable. Suspicion is attached to McDonald (name probably fictitious), age twentyeight, height 5 ft. 7 in., labourer, native of New Zealand, slight build, fresh complexion, fair hair, burn-scar on back of left hand, no teeth ; wearing a grey coat, patched blue trousers, grey felt hat, and dirty white sand-shoes.

Wellington. —On the 20th May last the dwelling of JACK ASHTON, drover, 74 Sydney Street, Petone, was broken into and the following stolen : a handbag and contents (recovered); a gentlemen’s silver hunting Rotherhams watch, Roman numerals; a gentlemen’s Pocket Ben watch, black luminous dial ; a gold watch-chain, plain links, with gold pendant, inscribed “J. Ashton, Winner, Senior Championships, 1922 ; a gold-plated safety razor in a red morocco case with “ Goodyear ” stamped on it; and £1 ss. in money : total value, £l2 15s. Identifiable except money.

Wellington. 6th ultimo, from the show-room of the Alaska Fur Company, 102 Willis Street, the property of EDWARD O’CONNOR, furrier, a ladies’ unlined smoky-grey rabbitskin coat, size 40 in. bust, 40 in. long, single-breasted, three fur buttons, two elastic fasteners, skins vertical except a layer of two at bottom which are horizontal; value, £ls. Identifiable.

Wellington. the 4th and 29th May last, from the Ngaio Railway-station, the property of JOHN DOUGLAS NEWMAN, fireman, 21 Bombay Street, a gentlemen’s blackenamelled bicycle, down - turned handles, no grips, backpedalling brake, mudguard on front, right handle slightly bent; value, £4 10s. Identifiable.

Christchurch. 26th May last, from Lichfield Street, the property of MERVYN RISSMAN, traveller, 72 Bealy Street, a gentlemen’s red - enamelled fixed - wheel Butler bicycle, No. 3054, 22 in. frame, Brooks saddle, heavy steel mudguards, B.S.A. pedals ; value, £5. Identifiable.

Christchurch. —11th May last, from Cathedral Square, the property of NOEL JOSEPH AYRES, 89 Fitzgerald Avenue, a gentlemen’s dark-purple-enamelled fixed-wheel Bell racing bicycle, No. 616, rat - trap pedals; value, £5 10s. Identifiable.

Christchurch. —20th May last, from Manchester Street, the property of CHARLES ROBERT KELLY, carpenter, 467 Hereford Street, a gentlemen’s blue - enamelled fixedwheel Speedy bicycle, No. 225, racing handles, Brooks saddle, rat-trap pedals ; value, £6. Identifiable.

Cromwell. —12th ultimo, from the Commercial Hotel, the property of WILLIAM GERALD GERARD, Black Hills, Hororata, a double-barrelled breech-loading 12-bore Westley Richards pigeon shot-gun, red rubber pad on end of stock, in a brown cloth gun-case ; value, £30., Identifiable. Atcffrtsua/ /6/y/Ao.

Dunedin. —On the 16th ultimo the dwelling of EWEN CAMERON, retired, 254 York Place, was broken into and the following stolen : A ladies’ gold dress-ring, cross-over pattern, set with two diamonds; and £3 11s. in money: total value, £8 11s. Identifiable except money.