PROPERTY STOLEN.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume LIX, Issue 37, 19 September 1934, Page 523

PROPERTY STOLEN.

Whangarei.— EDMOND JANSEN’S watch, &c., stolen, referred to in Police Gazette, 1934, page 426 : It has been ascertained that the watch is nickel (not silver), and has repair No. 26144, which is preceded by one of the following letters : “ A,” “ R,” or “ E,” and has also “ S. 3 ” on inside of back case.

Auckland— the 7th and 10th ultimo, from 2 Hall’s Avenue, the property of DOUGLAS WALKER, a silver-plated tenor horn, Conn mgke, No. 42924, in black wooden case, covered with black cloth which &L frayed at corners; value £l2. Identifiable;,/ g/t/ 'Cf • ZS/Y/3 <-/

Auckland.— ultimo, from 54 Upper Queen Street, the property of MARGARET MAY McGILLICUDY, 9 Pine Street, an 18 ct. gold engagement ring, set with a cluster of seven diamonds in platinum, circular design with diamond in centre; value £lO. Identifiable. Suspicion is attached to Marie Mcßride, age about fifty-five, height 5 ft. 7 in., married, native of New Zealand, stout build, ruddy complexion, hair turning grey, grey eyes. She has been interviewed, but no evidence resulted.

Auckland. -Between the Ist and 2nd instant, the shop of JOHN ELLIOTT, 177 a Symonds Street, was broken into and the following stolen : About six dozen pairs of ladies’ silk stockings, Morley brand, sizes 81 to 9|, “ M ” on feet; about three dozen pairs of silk hosiery, Lady Jane brand’ sizes from 8|- to 10 ; about three dozen pairs of ladies’ grey woollen stockings, Cashmere Morley brand, “ M ” on feet, sizes 8) to 10 ; about two dozen pairs of ladies’ silk hose, Morley’s silk and wool make, “ M ” and Flying Wheel symbol on heels ; about two dozen and a half pairs of ladies’ silk stockings, Goldtex make, sizes 81 to 9 ; eleven pairs of ladies’ silk stockings, Morley Anglia make, “M ” on feet, fancy clocks around top and up sides of legs, sizes 81 to 10 ; three pairs of ladies’ silk stockings, Circle Bar brand, picot edge and red line around tops, size 8| ; two dozen pairs of silk stockings, assorted makes and colours, sizes 9 to 10; six pairs of ladies’ silk stockings, size 9|; six pairs of ladies’ black and white kid leather gloves, sizes 6 and 7 ; six pairs of ladies’ black and white ’ kid gloves, size 6|; twelve pairs of fabric gloves, sizes 61 to 74, light and dark fawn shades ; twelve pairs of ladies’ dark-brown leather gauntlet gloves, Nappa brand, sizes 6 and 7 ; and two pairs of ladies’ dark brown leather gauntlet gloves, with fringes, size 6f and 7 ; total value, £9O. Portion identifiable.

Auckland. —On the 29th July last, from the dwelling of WILLIAM EDWARD ROBINSON, 42 Aitken Terrace, Kingsland, a ladies’ silver hunting Waltham keyless watch, chased case; a silver curb watch-chain; a plain silver sovereign - ; and £7 11s. in money: total value, £9. Identifiable except money.

Auckland.— 22nd ultimo, the property of the DOMINION MOTORS, LTD., a Morris Minor sedan motor-car, fabric body, painted blue with red wheels, engine No. U. 9767, chassis No. 9642, registration No. D. 1038; value, £lO5. Identifiable. The car was stolen from outside the house of Edwin George Dickins Braddock, salesman for the above-mentioned firm. (See following paragraph.) tucnrtJUfw sif /on (j.

Hamilton. instant, from 2 River Road, the property of WALTER JOHNSTON, an H.M.V. gramophone, table model, oak cabinet, size about 15 in. by 13 in..; thirty gramophone records; two light-grey floor rugs, size 5 ft. by 3 ft.; two pairs of single grey blankets; a blue and pink cotton counterpane; two kapoc pillows; and a pink and blue floral eiderdown : total value, £29. Identifiable except records. Suspicion is attached to Cooper (name probably fictitious), age about twenty-four, height 5 ft. 8 in., thin build, tanned complexion, fair sandy hair (parted in centre), blue eyes, receding lower jaw, pimples on face, slight defect in speech; wearing a brown tweed suit, khaki shirt, khaki and blue knitted muffler. Suspect rented' a furnished flat from complainant, and after staying a,week left, telling complainant ?o>Fl G*> /u <yiru //(/}

he was going to Te Kuiti, but would return the same day. He failed to return, and complainant subsequently discovered that the articles mentioned above were missing from the flat. He was in possession of a Morris Minor motor-car, painted darkblue. This car may be the one referred to as stolen ip preceding paragraph. Suspect also obtained -.fron/ I’redepck George Watson, radio deader, Victoria Street, a seven-valve Pilot radio-set, cha/sifTNoI 11353, value £2&'l6s{ ; and also a Gulbransen radio-set, chassis No. 7D. 677641, value*£26 10s., from Rita Eileen Rountree, radio-dealer, Victoria Street. These radio-sets were obtained by him for demonstration purposes, and he may endeavour to dispose of them. He may be identical with HQfflaft Rqtiald Cooper, referred to in Police Gazette, 1934, page 4937

Paeroa. —Between the 17th and 30th July last, from the workshop of Hare Bros., the property of CLAUDE TIPPETT, mechanic, a Starrett’s combination level set with a protraction centre ; a pair of insulated pliers ; a Crescent screw-driver ; a Bull-pup valve-lifter; an engineer’s hammer; a Stilton wrench ; a cold chisel, branded “T ” ; a Union Lever pad- i lock ; and a blow-lamp : total value £6 Is. 6d. Identifiable." Suspicion is attached to Clive Neville Watts, referred to in / Police Gazette, 1934, page 483. He is in possession of a Chevrolet touring motor-car, 1926 model, Reg. No. 8-739, and travels in country districts repairing nmkin^;-machines,, &c;

/ Cf / 3 a * 3//oA w New Plymouth. CONSTANCE MURRAY, Devon Street, a ladies’ dark-brown Astrakhan coat, small size, large collar of same material, belt attached with large brown buckle ; value £3 10s. Identification doubtful. Suspicion is attached to Woman (name unknown), age about twenty-three, height about 5 ft. 6 in., dark complexion, dark short hair; wearing a dark-brown leather overcoat, brown beret, and dark-brown golfing shoes with rubber soles.

Wanganui.— About the Bth ultimo, the office of NORMAN ANNABELL, Rand Chambers, St* Hills Street, was broken into and the following stolen: A plane and hammer (recovered); a Dumpy lever in wooden case, 14 in. long on triangular base, with three bearing screws ; an Abney level 6 in. long, may be marked “ Littlejohn ” ; an Abney level’ Stanley make, about 6 in. long ; a prismatic compass, probably Littlejohn make; a brass parallel ruler, about 18 in. long; a steel straight-edge, about 36 in. long; arid a box of drawing instruments : total value, £39 4s. Identifiable. Suspicion is attached to Fred Langstaff Haslett Taylor, referred to in Police Gazette, 1922, page 194, and Photographs, page 47, who has been convicted for theft of plane, hammer’ and office keys, which were traced to his possession. On the Bth ultimo a fire broke out in complainant’s office, causing damage amounting to £ll6 17s. Bd. to the building and about £35 to the contents. Suspect was employed by complainant, and it is believed that he broke into the office stole the instruments, and set fire to the building. He has been interviewed regarding the balance of the missing property, but no evidence resulted. "

Feilding. —7th instant, from a dwelling at Tokorangi, the property of ARTHUR ALEXANDER BARNETT, schoolboy, a gentlemen’s dark suit with red spots, fit man about 5 ft. 9 in., “ Premier P.D.C. Palmerston North ” on tag ; a white shirt, with “I. A. Barnett on neckband; a blue football jersey with white collar ; a pair of brown gabardine trousers ; and a pair of woollen underpants : total value, £5. Identifiable. Suspicion is attached to Man (name unknown), age about twenty-nine, height about 6 ft., slight build, fair hair, staring eyes; wearing a blue suit and dark overcoat (no hat). He was riding a bicycle, the rear wheel of which was squeaking, and on the handles he carried a bundle.

Wellington.— July last, from a room in the Gresham Hotel, the property of EILEEN MAY BARRY, a ladies 9 ct. gold open-face wristlet-watch, No. 82480, “ E. 8.” engraved on back, with black ribbon wristlet attached ; a 9 ct. gold bangle, silver lined; and £1 2s. in money : total value, £5 7s. Identifiable except money.

Wellington.— the Bth and 10th instant the shop of WHITCOMBE AND TOMBS, LTD., Lambton Quay, was broken into and the following stolen : Six sets of bakelite drinking-cups, each set containing five cups without handles, and contained in circular leather case with two dome fasteners ; eight cigarette-cases, size about 6 J in. by 3§ in., ducoed in’ assorted colours, with nickel T-shape clip inside; two grey mottled Sheaffer Lifetime fountain-pens; a black Sheaffer Lifetime fountain-pen ; a grey Sheaffer fountain-pen and pencil set; two gentlemen’s gold Sheaffer pencils with clips ; two ladies’ gold Sheaffer pencils; seven gentlemen’s nickel Sheaffer pencils with clips ; seven black Onoto fountain-pens, standard models; nine black Waterman fountain-pens, standard models eleven black Kingfisher fountainstandard models, with gold clips ; ten black Swift fountain pens with gold clips; a black Carter pen and pencil set; two gentlemen’s gold-mounted Onoto fountain-pens, one black and one green ; a ladies’ gold-mounted blue Onoto fountain-pen ; a brown bakelite pen-stand ; fourteen cigarettelighters, standard flat pocket models, with coloured ducoed bands around them ; two cigarette-lighters, set in golf balls, desk models; a Briton eight-valve all-wave wireless-set; a Briton five-valve broadcast wireless-set; three pairs of ladies’ brown suede golf shoes, “ Dri-ped ” stamped on soles,

sizes 4 and 5 ; four Exo manicure-sets, each set closes up in book form, size about 7 in. by 5\ in., nickel-plated frame with leather cover ; an Exo manicure-set, with zipp fastener ; two beauty boxes, similar in shape to small attache-case, size about 9-o- in. by 51 in. by 2| in., made of wood and covered with imitation leather, probably contain hair-brushes, comb, and general toilet requisites; a ladies’ leather covered Zipp dressingset, size about 7 in. by 5| in., in book form, containing toilet requisites ; a gentlemen’s dressing-set, in leather case, similar in shape to binocular-case, with zipp fastener, containing toilet requisites', &c. ; about eight gentlemen’s dressing-sets, size about 10 in. by 0 in., in leather book-shape case, with zipp fastener, assorted colours, containing toilet requisites ; a leather covered folding shaving-set, size a bout 7 J in. by 54 in. containing safety-razor, blades, and strop, shaving-soap, &c. ; two Exo leather covered writing-sets, with steel frames, size about 9 in. by 9| in., close up in book form ; a brown imitation leather expanding suit-case, size 28 in. by 16 in. by 6|- in., Revelation brand ; a brown imitation leather expanding suitcase, size 24 in. by 14 in. by 74 in. ; a picnic-set (for four persons), in light fawn leather covered wooded case, size about 20 in. by 10 in. by 6 in., made by Harris Ltd. ; fourteen ladies’ assorted leather handbags, brown and black, with clip fasteners ; twenty-four packs of Waddington playing-cards ; and a blouse-case, similar to attache-case, size 16 in. by 12 in. by 6 in., covered with heavy brown canvas and lined with floral cretonne : total value, £l3l 10s. Identification doubtful.

Christchurch. — Between the 14th and 15th July last, from 65 Gloucester Street, the property of EVA BOULTON, a ladies’ fawn Pahmi fur coat, fit a woman about 5 ft. 2 in., shot-silk lining, no lining in collar ; value £3O. Identifiable.

Christchurch. —On the 4th July last, the dwelling of JOHN HAROLD KEARNEY, 100 Malvern Street, was broken into and the following stolen : A Gulbransen wirelessset, floor model, equipped with seven Radiotron valves, which are numbered as follows : 5343, 5344, 5345, 5346, 5347, 5349, and 4440; value, £2O. Identifiable. The cabinet containing the wireless-set was not stolen. Bicycles. Auckland. 7/6/34, the property of William Osborne, a gentlemen’s dark-blue Farmers’ Trading Co. Monarch Special, No. Y.B. 284 ; value, £5.

Auckland. —7/6/34, the property of Robert Brokenshire. a gentlemen’s black Albion, Nos. 30022 and 12 over 32, Pansy transfer ; value, £l3.

Auckland. 7/6/34, the property of Harriett Mills, a ladies’ black ; value, £l2.

Auckland. — the property of Victor Richard Hutchinson, a gentlemen’s Leader Special, yellow with blue transfers ; value, £4 10s.

Auckland. —9/7/34, the property of Trevor Wallace Ardern, a gentlemen’s Farmers’ Roadster, No. O.L. 1087, Farmers’ Union transfer ; value, £5.

Auckland. -23/7/34, the property of Carl Oldershaw, a gentlemen’s black Farmers’ Trading Co., No. B.N. 8163; value, £5 7s.

Auckland. —11/7/34, the property of Archibald Frederick Button, a gentlemen’s black Bowden, No. B. 6575; value, £2 10s.

Auckland. —14/7/34, the property of Terrence George Molloy, a gentlemen’s Monarch Special, No. P.V. 7732, black with red lines ; value, £7.

Te Aroha. —4/8/34, the property of James Shanley, a gentlemen’s black ; value, £1 15s.

New Plymouth. —6/8/34, the property of Lawrence Edward Smith, a gentlemen’s blue-green Reliable, L. E. Smith transfers ; value, £B. /tAC**. £ 6/f/S V-

Wanganui. 23/8/34, the property of lona McNicol, a ladies’ black Regal, No. E.A. 4881 ; value, £5.

Wanganui.27/8/34, the property of Wilfred Arundel, a gentlemen’s black ; value, £5.

Wanganui. 3l/8/34, the property of Jessie Gibb, a ladies’ black, No. 679 ; value, £3.

Palmerston North. —l4/8/34, the property of Joan D Berry, a ladies’ black Ideal, No. C. 28766 ; value, £2 10s.

Masterton. 2o/8/34, the property of Clarence Admiral Whiteman, a gentlemen’s dark-blue B.S.A. , value, £8 10s.

Lower Hutt. —l7/8/34, the property of Bernard McCabe, a gentlemen’s Couchman, black with gold lines, No. 4987 ; value, £B.

Lower Hutt. 7/8/34, the property of Frederick Gray, a entlemen’s black Couchman, No. 681 ; value, £3.

Christchurch. —l4/7/34, the property of William John Gallagher, a gentlemen’s Butler, No. 2175 ; value, £5.

Christchurch. —12/7/34, the property of Arthur Walsh, a gentlemen’s light-blue Jones Special, No. 482 ; value, £3.

Christchurch. 2l/7/34, the property of Douglas Mott, a gentlemen’s black Jones, No. 3320 ; value, £4.

Christchurch.— 23/7/34, the property of Leonard Goold, a gentlemen’s black, No. 71198, Spreydon transfer ; value, £4.

Christchurch. the property of Boyce Alfred Bacon, a gentlemen’s black, Nos. 4443 K. and 7502 : value, £7 15s.

Christchurch. 24/7/34, the property of Henrietta Moore, a ladies’ black Butler, Nos. 83572 and 7200; value, £6.

Christchurch. —28/7/34, the property of Alfred Gillard, a gentlemen’s blue Gamage, No. 68930 ; value, £4.

Christchurch. — 23/7/34, the property of Eileen Foster, a ladies’ black Jones, No. 3022 ; value, £5.

Christchurch. l4/7/34, the property of Florence Parker, a ladies’ black Bell, No. 6227 ; value, £6 10s.

Christchurch. —18/7/34, the property of Alfred Lance Dunn, a gentlemen’s black Kent, No. 3127 : value, £4.

Christchurch.— the property of William John Deans, a gentlemen’s pink, 8.5. A., No. 1569, Butler transfer ; value, £4.

Temuka. ll/8/34, the property of Thomas Edwards, a gentlemen’s green 8.5. A.; value, £5.

Temuka. —3/7/34, the property of Alan Walker, a gentle men’s Dandy, No. M. 37050 over 832 ; value, £5.

Temuka.— lß/7/34, the property of Clifford Ned by Manson, a gentlemen’s Raleigh, No. L. 26834 ; value, £l4.

Dunedin. —ll/8/34, the property of lan Lomas Gare, a gentlemen’s black, No. G.R. 8411 ; value, £4 10s. sjf / gy 5 LB

Gore. 2o/6/34, the property of George Frederick Toogood, a gentlemen’s black and green Silver Bell, No. K. 1116, Campbell Gore transfer ; value, £4.

Invercargill. —lß/6/34, the property of Robert Crawford Haywood, a gentlemen’s Hopper, black with red and green lines, No. 779393 ; value, £lO 10s.