PROPERTY STOLEN.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume LVIII, Issue 35, 6 September 1933, Page 573

PROPERTY STOLEN.

Newton. —26th June last, from outside Valentine’s Garage, 221 Great North Road, the property of VIOLET MILDON, care of Sutcliffe, tobacconist, Upper Queen Street, a slot cigarette vending-machine, size 22£ in. by 7 in., painted red, No. 12, “ Twigg Engineering Company branded on it; value, £3. Identifiable.

Auckland. — the 14th and 17th July last, from 48 Duke Street, the property of ETHEL VIOLET PRITCHARD, an 18 ct. gold ring, set with a circle of thirteen diamonds, with two diamonds on each side and large diamond in centre ; value, £3O. Identifiable.

Auckland. —l7th July last, from a room at 72 Federal Street, the property of JERO MIHARIEVICH, a gentlemen’s navy-blue serge suit, “ Jaffe ” brand, with double-breasted waistcoat; a gentlemen’s brown check heavy tweed overcoat, branded “ Andrija Devcich ” ; and a *' His Master’s Voice” portable gramophone, No. 136986: total value, £ll 10s. Portion identifiable. Suspicion is attached to Jim Berry or Beery, age about twenty-five, height 5 ft. 8 in., medium build, fresh complexion, dark-brown hair; does not wear a hat. Suspect occupied a room at the aimve address, and after he left the property was missing. JyitZZvt tunc*

Auckland. —On the sth ultimo, the shop of JOHN HEINGOTT, dry-cleaner, 34 Victoria Street, was broken into and the following stolen: A large navy-blue coat a brown worsted suit; a newly-dyed black tweed double-breasted overcoat, with six large black buttons in front, both outside pockets have been repaired; a brown-striped sac coat; a navy-blue serge suit; and a pair of dark-brown trousers : total value, £2l 10s. Identifiable.

Napier. — property of the NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT (Defence Department), a -303 Lee Enfield S.M. Mk. 111 X rifle, No. c 1632, unit No. 263 ; value, £4. Identifiable.

Wanganui. —2nd ultimo, from a motor-car, the property of JACK WHEELER MARSH, farmer, Fordell, a gentlemen’s black cloth overcoat, may have “ Randell, Kingston-on-Thames ”on tag, fit a man about 5 ft. 9 in.; value, £lO. Identifiable.

Palmerston North. Between the 13th and 14th ultimo, the premises of PERCIVAL JAMES KIRKLAND, 499 Main Street East, were broken into and the following stolen : An Emerson all-wave radio receiving-set, six valves, model A.W. 55, mantle cabinet; and an electric-iron, Westinghouse make : total value, £22 ss. Identifiable.

Wellington. —Between the sth and 7th April last, from the shop of ARTHUR SCHAEF, 111 Vivian Street, a pair of Jenoptica field-glasses, branded 10 in. by 38 in., maker’s name stamped on metal frame, extra large aperture; value, £5 10s. Identifiable. Suspicion is attached to Man (name unknown), ago about thirty-five, height 5 ft. 7 in., stout build, sallow complexion; wearing a light-grey suit, grey hat with raised crown.

Wellington. —Between the 19th December last and 10th ultimo, from 48 Palliser Road, the property of ROBERTINA CASH MAN, a ladies’ 18 ct. gold hunting pocket-watch, English make, Australian coat-of-arms and “ Onward Australia ” engraved on back of case; a gold bar brooch, shape of a wishbone, set with diamonds, rubies, and bluish-green stones ; a gold band ring, with “ T.S. to R.C.” engraved on inside; a gold engagement ring, set with five diamonds, two of which are missing; a ladies’ gold band ring, with “ T.S.” engraved on outside; and a gold tie-pin : total value, £l9. Identifiable.

Wellington. During the night of the 2nd instant, the dwelling of WALTER SYDNEY HAMMOND, police constable, 15 Wallace Street, was broken into and the following stolen : A New Zealand police identification- No. 2988; Wellington City Council motor-driver’s licenses, from 1928 to 1933, in the name of W. S. Hammond; a dark-red leather card-case with mica covering on one side; a maroon-coloured alarm clock with luminous dial; and two Bank of New Zealand £5 notes : total value, £ll 2s. 6d. Identifiable except money.

Wakefield. —Between the 19th and 20th May last, from a tent at the Golden Downs Forestry Camp, the property of DONALD JAMES LOURIE, eight £1 notes and a ten-shilling note. Not identifiable. Suspicion is attached to J. W. Hagen, alias “ Darky, the Showman,” age thirty-five, height 5 ft. 7 in., labourer and showman, medium build, dark complexion, black hair, dark eyes; bird on back of one hand, tattoo marks on arms; wearing a grey suit and fawn /felt hat; carrying a small fibre suit-case. V r > -

Amberley. —Between the 9th and 10th ultimo, the shop of SAMUEL FREW, Markham Street, was broken into and the following stolen: Eleven pairs of gentlemen’s shoes, sizes 7,8, and 9, branded “ Renown,” boxes containing brown shoes numbered 1735, and boxes containing black shoes, numbered 1736 : total value, £ll. Identifiable.

—Between the 17th and 18th July last, from a motor-car, the property of CHARLES ISON MASTERS, Kelvin Chambers, Wellington, an aluminium X-ray filmholder, size 15 in. by 12 in. by i in., “ Watson ” stamped on it; two X-ray intensifying-screens, size 14 in. by 11 in., branded “ Patterson X-ray Intensifying Screens ” ; and an X-ray film-book, size 15 in. by 18 in. : total value, £l2. Identifiable.

Dunedin. l6th July last, from the garage of the Silver Fern Taxi Co., the property of ROY PATRICK STEELE, 230 Princes Street, a Philco table model wireless-set, five valves, No. 381265, crack on top of case ; value, £l7. Identifiable.

Bicycles. Auckland. —23/6/33, the property of Bernard Holland, a gentlemen’s Monarch Special, black with gold lines, No. O.H. 4995 ; value, £9.

Auckland. 29/7/33, the property of Francis Mervyn Haughie, a gentlemen’s Khaki Anglo, Eureka transfer ; value, £5.

Auckland. —2l/6/33, the property of Walter Ronald Ward, a gentlemen’s Monarch Special, No. O.H. 5512, black with red lines ; value, £7.

Mount Eden. —l3/7/33, the property of Raymond Barclay Martin, a gentlemen’s black ; value, £3.

Mount Eden.—l2/7/33, the property of Malcolm Murdoch Nicolson, a gentlemen’s black ; value, £2.

New Plymouth. 6/7/33, the property of Carl Nicholas Julian, a gentlemen’s maroon Colesbrook, No. 221124 ; value, £s ‘ ytcc^y~c/ <s.

Wanganui. —B/7/33, the property of Joan Nielson, a ladies’ black; value £4.

Wanganui. —29/6/33, the property of Thomas Whatmough, a gentlemen’s, No. 153303, Chainey Bros, transfer, black with green lines ; value, £B.

Wanganui. —24/6/33, the property of Robert Alfred Gibbons, a gentlemen’s black Patten, No. 643 ; value, £4 10s.

Wanganui. —l2/6/33, the property of James McGrath, a gentlemen’s black Chainey, No. 23472 ; value, £5.

Wanganui. —l7/7/33, the property of Leona Dominico Serra, a gentlemen’s Chainey, No. 207, black with red lines; value, £l4.

Palmerston North.— ll/8/33, the property of Richard Major, a gentlemen’s dark green 8.5. A., No. B. 61959, Ideal transfer; value, £5.

Palmerston North.— 9/8/33, the property of John Henry Darcy Smith, a gentlemen’s black Royal, No. E.A. 258, Red Seal transfer ; value, £lO 13s.

Palmerston North. —B/8/33, the property of Percy Frank Alwyn Taylor, a gentlemen’s Farmers’ Trading Co. Monarch Special, black with red lines, No. E.R. 716; value, £B.

Palmerston North. —7/8/33, the property of James'' Claude Trow, a gentlemen’s black 8.5. A., No. 54188 A, Dawber transfer ; value, £4.

Masterton. the property of Robert John Leighton, a gentlemen’s black Hercules, No. L.M. 8512, Andrews and Rolph transfer ; value, £B.

Christchurch. the property of John B. Bullock, a gentlemen’s black Couchman, No. 241 ; value, £5.

Christchurch.— 2B/4/33, the property of Albert Keith Woolley, a gentlemen’s black Victor, No. W/11020 ; value, £5.

Christchurch.—29/4/33, the property of Albert Taylor, a gentlemen’s blue Gamagc, No. 1254 ; value, £5.

Christchurch. —6/5/33, the property of James Armstrong, a gentlemen’s black Precision, No. 33896 ; value, £l4 14s.

Christchurch. —s/5/33, the property of Albert Whitcombe, a gentlemen’s black Gamage, No. a. 42262 ; value, £7 ss.

Christchurch.— l3/5/33, the property of Noel Hibbard Sutton, a gentlemen’s black, No. 142; value, £4 10s.

Christchurch. —ll/5/33, the property of Sampson Downing, a gentlemen’s black, No. 02569 ; value, £4 10s.

Christchurch. —18/5/33, the property of Charles Seymour Trillo, a gentlemen’s black John Bull, No. 74495 ; value, £6.

Christchurch.2o/5/33, the property of Victor Ewings, a gentlemen’s black 8.5. A., No. W. 9/84895 ; value, £4.

Timaru. — the property of Charles William Foster, a gentlemen’s black Gamester, No. 184; value, £4.

Dunedin. —2/8/33, the property of R. Wilson and Co., a gentlemen’s Pier, black with green lines ; value, £5.