PERSONS WANTED.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume LVIII, Issue 3, 25 January 1933, Page 55

PERSONS WANTED.

Auckland. loth instant, on warrant of commitment to Auckland Prison for one month in default of paying £l3 balance of fine and costs for a breach of the Licensing Act, George Vlasik, age twenty-four, height 5 ft. 4 in., native of Dalmatia, slight build, fair complexion., brown hair; usually dressed in a navy-blue suit or light sports coat and trousers.

Auckland. l2th instant, for failing to comply with the conditions of his release upon probation (Offenders Probation Act, 1920), Leonard Jamesy Patrick. ReidyAge Awmtf-Jour, heigh tjagLOimaijhiJr/ia of ufqgjifirf build, mTue jscs. 'His arrest is desired. (See Police Gazette,-931, page 490.) o / /z/\ *

Auckland. lsth November last,, on warrant for failing to comply with the terms of arTnamtenance order for the support of his wife, Jessie 46 Quadrant Road, Onehunga, Martin James Kogan, afcoMifpr, height 5 ft. 10 in., labourer, native rtf feLnW-ZeaJafyl,|moflium build, fresh complexion, brown Iwi/turning Qtpf. I Arrears to 11th November last, £3O. (See Police Gazetip, 1932 a page/506.) Thames. instant, on warrant /for false pretences, Thomas Daniels, age about twenty-six, height about 5 ft. 9 in., fisherman, native of New Zealand, medium build, dark complexion and hair, brown eyes; dressed in a navy-blue suit and felt hat. Accused obtained £3 19s. 3d. and a packet of cigarettes, value 9d., from Kathleen Ambrose Harvey, wife of licensee, Warwick Arms' Hotel, by means of a valueless cheque for £4. He had been employed by L. H. Julian, contractor and barge-owner, Thames, and forged his late employer’s signature to the^fiheque.. ./r~/i £

Taihape. lsth instant, that he may be interviewed regarding his having a firearm for a longer period than seven days without effecting registration, J. W. Higgins. On the 31st March, 1921, James Williams registered a -22 calibre Winchester repeating rifle, No. 487978, and it is believed that soon afterwards a man named J. W. Higgins took the rifle away.

Hastings. lsth instant, that proceedings for failing to notify his change of address may be instituted against him (Arms Act), Eric Thomas Baldwin, wireman, native of New Zealand. On the 20th November, 1930, he registered a •32 calibre Stevens Favourite rifle, No. 7635. , • —~ -va-» i /V, /i • / A - /th

Wanganui. —About 3.45 a.m. on the 15th instant, the postoffice at Karioi Railway-station was broken into by some person unknown, and an attempt made to open the safe by means of explosives. Any information regarding the offence is to be communioatcd to the Inspector of Police, Wanganui.

Palmerston North. — instant, on warrant for theft of a bicycle (recovered), value £3, the property of Roland Wilfred Currin, cycle-dealer, Eric Stanley, referred to in Police Gazette, 1932, page 598, and Photographs, page 6. Accused hired the bicycle and sold it to a second-hand dealer for £l. J n /CAL" ? O 4 n / /■ 2

Petone. —lsth instant, on warrant for false pretences, Jack Edward Owen, alias John Edward Owens, alias John Edward Kelly, referred to in Police Gazette, 1932, page 282, and Photographs, 1930, page 20. Accused obtained 10s. from Henry Charles King, confectioner, 334 Jackson Street, by falsely representing that Oswald Winfield Linkhorn’s motor-car, which he was adjusting, was at Upper Hutt, and he required the money to provide benzine to enable it to return to Petone.

Wellington. —lsth ultimo, for breaking and entering the shop of France Bros., 141 Lambton Quay, and stealing £1 16s. 9d., Man (name unknown), age about thirty-eight, height 5 ft. 6 in., medium build, florid complexion ; may have scar over right eye; shabbily dressed in a blue suit and light felt hat. Included in the money stolen was 17s. 3d. in threepenny-pieces, and next day the man above-described passed in at the Hotel Cecil twenty of these coins, receiving their equivalent in other money. No warrant.

Greymouth. — instant, on warrant for failjsg’jLJmaintain his wife, Mary Elizabeth Kerry, and chi'llrunnert on, Thomas Kerry, age thirty-eighty h£jg-h^sT ; t/A inf, 'Wnqr, slight build, fair complexion, brown h ait patches of grey, blue eyes, prominent nose; dressed /in dark tweed trousers and lirfht-grey coat; untidy appearance and slightly stooped.

Christchurch. 7th ultimo, on four warrants of commitment to Paparua Prison for five days on each of three, and seven days on the other, in default of paying £5 10s. fines and costs for failing to pay his unemployment levies, William Robert Smith, alias William Richard Webster, alias Stevens, age thirty-seven, height 5 ft. 7'in., labourer, native of New Zealand, medium build, fresh complexion, black hair, blue eyes; clasped hands, “Bridget,” “ Billy,” and “24837” on right arm; sear on abdomen. (See Police Gazette, 1929, page 111.) /r\ /» j /j,/A/ -fe

Christchurch. l2th instant, on warrant for failing to comply with the terms of a maintenance order for the support of his child, Sydney Arthur Ranfurly Chapman, age thirty-six, height 5 ft. 4 in., french polisher, native of New Zealand, good build, fresh complexion, light-brown hair, blue eyes, large mouth and ears, broken nose. Arrears to# 15th August last, £3B 2s. 6d. ansvivUJb