PROPERTY STOLEN.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume LVI, Issue 10, 11 March 1931, Page 146

PROPERTY STOLEN.

Auckland. 6th ultimo,' from a - motor-car in .Custom’s Street East, the property of MABEL' ROSE MORLEY, 8 Burwood Crescent, a ladies’ brown musquash fur coat with large black skunk collar,’ full length, two fur buttons originally on front (one now missing), brown and gold coloured lining, pocket on left inside with elastic band on top of it; value, £2O. Identifiable.

Hamilton.- —Between the 16th and 19th ultimo,--from a motor-car, the property of CORNELIUS ALBERT COLLINS, Matangi, a gentlemen’s gold hunting-watch, “'Pascoes' Own Make ”on dial; and a gentlemen’s 18 ct. gold ting, ’set with a large square diamond with yellow tinge in it, in coronet setting: total value, £55. . Identifiable. /' - --

Wellington. 26th ultimo, from the office of Messrs. McLEOD, WEIR,.-AND HOPKIRK,, Johnston Street,' a cheque, for £57 3s. 5d., drawn on the Bank of New' South Wales, Auckland, signed B. J. Bel! and Co., Auckland; a cheque for £l’l6s. on the National Bank of New Zealand, Wellington, signed C. E. Foley ; a cheque for £l4 10s. on the Commercial Bank of Australia, Wellington, signed Vivian A. Hopkirk ; and £25 in money: total value, £9B 9s. sd. Cheques only identifiable... Suspicion is attached to (1) Tom Thomas (name probably fictitious), age "about fifty, height 5 ft, 11 in.,-hulking build, ruddy complexion, ..brown'’Hair; jogging gait; fond of drink ; dressed. in ' a .dark heathercoloured suit and old soft felt hat: and (2) F. McLaughlin (name probably'fictitious), age about thirty-five, height about 5 ft. 7 in., slight build, fresh complexion* mouse.-poloured hair ; dressed in a dark-grey suit'and old'soft felt Hut." 1

Wellington. —On the 3rd ultimo the dwelling of JOHN" THOMAS BRUCE, 433 Adelaide Road, was broken into , and the following stolen : Two gentlemen’s silver hunting-watches, “J. T. Bruce on, inside case of one ; a gentlemen’s gold curb watch-chain with bar in centre ;. a gold medal with J. T. Bruce, W.H.P.S., presented by E. Farrell,” inscribed on it; a silver life-saving medal with “J. T. Bruce ” inscribed on it; a ladies’ gold hoop-pattern dress-ring, set with eight small diamonds and three large rubies; a, ladies’ gold bandring, set with garnets and pearls ; a gentlemen’s white: metal wristlet watch with'.leather wrist-strap; and one• sovereign : total value, £32 7s. Mostly identifiable.

Nelson. —Ist ultimo, from the sandhills at Tahuna Beach, the property of DENNIS HILTON RHABAZYN, Bronte Street, a gentlemen’s white . metal Swiss wristlet watch, No. 214150, luminous dial, “D. Pliarazyn ” scratched on back of case ; value, £2 2s. Identifiable.

Nelson. -Ist ultimo, from a motor-car, the property of KENNETH ROBERT DAVIS, 47 Nile Street, a gentlemen’s wristlet watch, gold face with scratches on it, thin narrow wrist-strap attached; and 6s. in money : total value, £3 6s. Watch only identifiable. Suspicion is attached to Man (name unknown), height about 5 ft. 6 in., medium build; wearing a blue suit and grey felt hat.

Timartj. About sth December • last, the property of EILEEN MARGARET VERONICA SIMS, 34 Oxford Street, ,a ladies’ gold engagement-ring, set with a cluster of small 'diamonds with large diamond in centre, set in platinum ; value, £l2. Identifiable. Suspicion is attached to Man (name unknown), age about, thirty -seven, height 5 ft. 8 in., j slight build, fresh complexion, dark hair-; dressed in a navyblue '-suit. The complainant lost the ring in the‘-vicinity-of Rath more and Oxford Streets, and a ring of a similar description was offered for sale to a second-hand dealer.

Bicycles., ! Wellington. —29/12/30, the property .of George Andrew | Hopkins, a gentlemen’s black Couchman, No. 2542 ; value, £6.

j Christchurch.-- 4/1/31, the property of William Dempster, ia gentlemen’s brown 8.5. A., No. 1734; value, £ll 10s. j 19/1/31, the property of Robert Morrisey, a gentlemen’s black ‘ Cashmere, . No. 23410; value, £7 10s. 30/1/31, the property of Harry Campbell, a gentlemen’s black Ivanhoe, No. 17402; value, £lolos. 11/2/31, the property of William {Leith Rackham, a gentlemen’s black Regal, No. 737 ; value, ■£B. 2/2/31, the property of Frederick Davies Price, a gentlemen’s black, No. 57544 ; value, £4 10s. 6/2/31, the property ■of Elsie Bowman, a ladies’ chronium-plated Jones, No. 3067 ; lvalue, £lO 10s. 6/2/31, the property of Kenneth Green, a jladies’ black Arrow, No. K. 291 2; value, £7 10s. 9/2/31, 1 the property of Gordon White Logan, a black Simplex Special, No. L. 0.2726 ; value, £lO. 7/2/31, the property of Charles ; Douglas Newton, a gentlemen’s blue Butler, No, 5233 or 5322; value, £ll 10s. 7/2/31, the property of Francis Le Comte, a gentlemen’s blue John Bull, Kiddey Bros, transfer ; value, £ll ss. 20/1/31, . the property of Richard Freeman, a gentlemen’s black Sterling, No. 76226 ; value, £7. 20/1/31, the property of Robert Kerr, a gentlemen’s blue and gold Gamage, No. 1214; value, £B. 21/1/31, the property of Rita Dennis, a ladies’ black Butler, No. 6445-78037 ; value, £lO. . .19/1/31, the property of Herbert E. J. Tavlor. a gentlemen’s.black Butler, No. 6710-68763 : value. £lO. 20/1/31, the property of Herbert Clarence Robinson, a gentlemen’s red Jones Special, No. 1940 ; value, £B.' 24/1/31, the property of Albert I. Glackin,' a gentlemen’s black Butler : No. 2724/28435 ; value, £5. 23/1/31, the property of William Alexander Christensen, a gentlemen’s blue Jones Special, , No. 500; value, £l6. 18/12/30, the property of Albert [Leslie Emerson, a gentlemen’s dark - green, No. 267 (this number is. incorrectly. shown in Police Gazette, 1931, page 56, as “ 260 ”).'• •

Temuka. —1/10/30, the property of Tula Kuriwaka, a gentlemen’s black ; value, £3.