PERSONS WANTED

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume LXI, Issue 44, 4 November 1936, Page 678

PERSONS WANTED

, Auckland. —lsth September last, for theft of a gentlemen’s bicycle (recovered), value, £4 18s. 6d., the property of Cecil Healy, 50 Fourth Avenue, Kingsland, Charles Eric Blakey, age about seventeen, height about 5 ft. 4 in., strong build, sallow complexion, sandy hair, thin features ; dressed in grey trousers, light-green coat, and black shoes (no hat) ; untidy appearance. The bicycle was stolen from outside the Ambassadors Hall and sold to a second-hand dealer. No warrant. s£> -(>-3 7.

Auckland. 7th ultimo, on warrant of commitment to Auckland Prison for four days in default of paying £1 ss. balance of fine and costs for having in his . possession an unlicensed wireless-set, Frank Mansfield Baker, age thirtyeight, height 5 ft. 10 in., labourer, native of New Zealand, medium build, dark complexion, black hair, brown eyes.

Auckland. llth July last, that a summons may be served on him for assaulting Leslie Reakes, Alexander Pope, age fifty-one, height 5 ft. 4 in., showman, native of England, medium build, fresh complexion, brown hair, blue eyes, scar on each lip and on left, ring finger. (See Police Gazette, 1928, page 153.) sO&rveC //f /3 b.

Auckland. 29th September last, on two warrants of commitment to Auckland Prison for three days and two days in default of paying £2 10s. fines and costs for allowing cattle to stray on a public road at Henderson, Daniel Robert Smith, age forty-seven, height 6 ft., vendor, native of New Zealand, medium build, fresh complexion, fair hair, blue eyes; an ex New Zealand police constable. ficucO /k//z/M.

Auckland. 27th ultimo, for assaulting Raymond Allan Irwin, taxi-driver, 6 King Street, Arch Hill, Man (name unknown), age about twenty-eight, height about 5 ft. 10 in., medium build, dark complexion, thin dark moustache ; dressed in a dark suit with light stripes and felt hat; nasal speech. A man of above description engaged Irwin to drive him to Great South Road, where he stunned complainant with a severe blow on the head with some instrument. No warrant.

Auckland. — l3th July last, for false pretences, Harry Mercer, age forty, height 5 ft. 9 in., hairdresser, native of Australia, strong build, pale complexion, brown hair and eyes, good teeth ; well dressed in a clerical grey suit, greenish felt hat with small brim and round crown; erect gait. Accused obtained two combs, a Koken razor-strop, and thirty-two Wedge razors, value, £ll 19s. 3d., from Van Stavern Bros., 47 Customs Street, by falsely representing himself to be Harry Mercer, of Napier, a customer of the firm. He left for Australia on the 14th July last. The photograph of Monte Brewster, referred to in Police Gazette, 1928, page 820, and Photographs, 1929, page 6, has been identified as that of accused. No warrant.

Onehunga.- ultimo, on warrant for failing to comply with the terms of a maintenance order for the support of his wife, Hilda Lidia Duff and three children, Findlay Lamont Duff, age fifty-seven, height 5 ft. 9 in., mill hand, native of New Zealand, medium build, dark complexion, dark-brown hair, brown eyes, one finger missing ; fond of drink. Arrears to 30th ultimo, £650. (See Police Gazette, 1931, page 3.) ‘b'f'fr/uy, Hamilton.— 23rcl ultimo, on warrant for failing to comply with the terms of a maintenance order for the support of his two children, Albert Edward Gardiner, age thirty-five, height 5 ft. 6 in., ex railway porter, miner, and insurance agent, native of England, slight build, sallow complexion, dark hair, brown eyes, one gold upper tooth, scar on right shin ; usually dressed in a grey suit, and sometimes wears a blue striped blazer (no hat); erect gait. He may be accompanied by Phyllis Gregory, and he may seek employment at a coalmi" arrested. IZ/l/S?.

Otorohanga. —l7th August last, on warrant of commitment to Auckland Prison for five days in default of paying £2 17s. fine and costs for failing to produce his driver’s license when required, Archie McDonald, age about thirty, height 5 ft. 7 in., native of New Zealand, medium build, dark complexion and hair ; well dressed. _ J ( s~\ —-* /A>7

Rotorua. 29th ultimo, for a breach of his probation (Offenders Probation Act, 1920), Matene Rakatairi, age twenty-one, height 5 ft. 5 in., labourer, Maori, strong build, copper complexion, black hair, brown eyes, two scars on left forefinger, scar on inside of lower lip; dressed in dark clothes. On the Bth January, 1934, he was released on probation for two years, and was ordered to make restitution, vide Police Gazette, 1934, page 634. He has failed to do so, and his arrest is desired. (See Police Gazette, 1935, page 455.)

Palmerston North. —19th ultimo, on warrant for failing to maintain his wife, Sylvia Dorothy Harwood, 28 Seddon Street, Leslie Charles Moore Harwood, age twenty-five, height 6 ft., butcher and freezing-works hand, native of New Zealand, medium build, dark complexion and hair, blue eyes; usually dressed in a navy-blue suit (no hat.)

Eketahuna. — H. W. Snow, alias Howard William Snow, alias Herbert Snow, false pretences (see Police Gazette, 1932, pages 347 and 378), is now serving a sentence of two years in Sydney (Australia) for breaking and entering.

Wellington. 26th ultimo, for a breach of probation (Offenders Probation Act, 1920), James McLean Forbes, referred to in Police Gazette, 1936, page 401, and Photographs, 1935, page 24. He left on the 21st July last as a trimmer on the s.s. “ Piako ” for England, and he is expected to return to this Dominion. He has failed to report to a Probation Officer; has also failed to pay the costs of prosecution, and his arrest is desired. . . Wellington.— James Patrick O’Brien, default of maintenance : He may be released outpayment .of £2O. (See Police Gazette, 1936, page 502.) /'-fj y-J J~7

Wellington. —29th ultimo, on warrant of commitment to Wellington Prison for four days in default of paying £1 ss. fine and costs for driving a motor-car at excessive speed, Keith Ferry, age twenty-eight, height 5 ft. 7 in., taxi-driver, native of New Zealand, strong build, fresh complexion, dark hair, blue eyes. On the 17th ultimo he left Wellington as a member of the crew of the whaling ship “Anglo-Norse ” for Peru. Z,£~£>~3J:

Wellington. — John Lee, alias Hopkins, alias Smith, inquired for (see Police Gazette, 1926, page 304) : It has been ascertained by the Johnsonville police that he is a patient in the Porirua Mental Hospital, having been committed under the name of George William Woods,

Christchurch. 9th ultimo, on warrant for failing to maintain his wife, Barbara Ollis, and three children, 114 Winchester Street, William Edward Ollis, age thirty-three, height 5 ft. 9 in., side-showman, native of Australia, dark complexion and hair, brown eyes, broad shoulders, and slim waist ; dressed in grey trousers and navy-blue coat.

Ophir. 22nd ultimo, on warrant for failing to maintain his wife, Hannah Louisa Margaretta Taylor, John Nicholas Taylor, age thirty-three, height 5 ft. 5 in., labourer, native of New Zealand, strong build, ruddy complexion, fair hair, blue eyes ; usually dressed in a brown suit, brown shoes and brown felt hat; fond of gambling. His photograph is

ffled arrested.