PROPERTY STOLEN.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume LXIII, Issue 22, 8 June 1938, Page 407

PROPERTY STOLEN.

Auckland. —19th April last, from a cubicle at the Tepid Bath, Hobson Street, the property of ALFRED GEORGE MONAGHAN, 26 Nolan Road,. Green Lane, a gentlemen’s oblong silver Orphena wristlet-watch, black leather wristband ; value, £2. Identifiable.

Auckland. -30th April last, from a motor-car in Queen Street, the property of GLADYS. MARIE HURLEY, 18 Rodney Road, Northcote, a Canadian fox fur, originally of fawn colour, but has been dyed black, head, legs, and tail complete, fastened at neck with cord chain, end link broken ■; value, £l2 12s. Identifiable.

Auckland. —l4th March last, from a suit-case in a room in Parakai House, Helensville, the property of CHRISTINA DOUGLAS NEWTON, 21 Valley Road, Mount Eden, an 18 et. gold ring, set with seven diamonds in a cluster on each side of which is a larger diamond, platinum setting ; value, £2O. Identifiable.

Auckland. Between the 4th and 6th April last, the property of SIDNEY HOWARD BENNETT, 11 Nelson Street, a navy-blue suit with pin stripes, size 4 ; and a lightgrey worsted suit, size 4, “ Berg, Eastham, London ” on tag at neck: total value, £9. Identifiable. Suspicion is attached to John Graham, referred to in Police Gazette, 1938, page 117, who shared with complainant a room in an apartment house. T .yu ,L. . >, - // /-*/✓

Auckland. lsth January last, from the dwelling of HILDA WOODBURN ADAMS, 2 Glen Road, Remuera, a 9 ct. gold plain band bracelet, “ G.L.A.” in gold monogram fitted to band ; value, £5. Identifiable.

Auckland. —Between the 3rd and 18th January last, from a room at 93 Lome Street, the property of MAIRE ANNA BRADLEY, Coronation Road, Mangere, a ladies’ silver wristlet-watch about size of a shilling piece, white and gold dial, brass winding-stem; value, £1 10s. Identifiable. Suspicion is attached to Esma Punch, age eighteen, height 5 ft. 4 in., waitress, native of New Zealand, stout build, fair complexion, blue eyes, straight nose, no upper teeth, heavy eyebrows, thick lips. Complainant, who shared a room with the suspect, went into hospital on the 3rd January last, and when she returned on the 20th she discovered that her watch has been stolen. Punch left the room on the 19th January.

Petone. —2sth November last, from the foundry at the Railway Workshops, Moera, the property of the NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT (Railways Department), an A. V. DeVelvis spray-gun, Nos. 36 E. and A. 5608, size 7 in. by 6 in., weighs 4 lb., “ N.Z.R.” on it; value, £9 9s. Identifiable.

Petone. On the 23rd February last, the dwelling of STANLEY HERBERT DAWSON, 19 Bracken Street, was broken into and the following, the property of THOMSON, LEWIS, AND CO., stolen: A cheque, No. 156843, for £2 9s. 4d., drawn on the Bank of Australasia, Upper Hutt, by W. J. Goodwin and E. G. Goodwin, dated 18th February, 1938 ; a cheque, No. 682137, for £2 Is. Bd., drawn on the Commercial Bank of Australia by A. Jane O’Shea and Elsie Campbell, dated 3rd February, 1938 ; a cheque for £3 10s. (all cheques in favour of Thomson, Lewis, and Co.) ; and £49 2s. Bd. in money : total value, £57 3s. Bd. Identifiable except money.

Wellington. 3oth April last, from a purse in a pavilion in the Hataitai Reserve, the property of ETHEL MURIEL DODD, 727 High Street, Lower Hutt, a ladies’ gold round open-face 15-jewel Cyma wristlet-watch, No. S. 2631, black Arabic numerals, gold-coloured dial, “ E.M.D. 6-12-37 ” on back, gold narrow mesh bracelet attached and fastens with push clip which is broken ; value, £8 3s. 6d. Identifiable.

Wellington. On the 17th April last, the dwelling of ALFRED ARTHUR TRUEMAN, 4 Clunny Road, Kelburn, was broken into and the following stolen: A gentlemen’s nickel keyless Omega pocket watch, case No. 6100887, movement No. 4780637, Arabic numerals, second-hand missing; two small post-office, money-boxes, pillar type, containing 5Jd.; and a small nickel torch : total value, £3 17s. 5Jd. Watch only identifiable.

Christchurch. 6th ultimo, from Manchester Street, the property of HERBERT ERNEST GREEN, care of F. J. Andrew, Tepirita, Rakaia, a 1931 model 3| h.p. O.H.V. B.S.A. motor-cycle, chromium-plated and green tank, electric light, “ 8.5. A.” on crankcase, engine No. Y. 101875, 1937-38 registration No. 22,246 ; value, £45. Identifiable.

Bicycles.

Auckland. —7/2/38, No. 65656, a gentlemen’s black Albion, with gold-coloured lines, Albion transfers, the property of James Hamblin ; value, £8 15s.

Auckland. — 10/3/38, No. A. 61304/36, a ladies’ black Albion, the property of Helen Dixon ; value, £7.

Auckland. —27/3/38, No. L.V. 4115, a gentlemen’s black Monarch Special, the property of Keith Hallam Holloway ; value, £3.

Auckland. —29/3/38, No. X. M. 4243, a gentlemen’s black Hercules, the property of Donald Fraser; value, £3.

Auckland. —l9/2/38, No. lA. 30, a gentlemen’s black Monarch Special, with red and silver-coloured lines, the property of Leslie Derrick Ranken ; value, £5.

Auckland.— 2/3/38, No. J.E. 3012, a gentlemen’s black Crown, Auckland City Council No. 32,754, the property of Leslie James Slade ; value, £2.

Auckland. —6/3/38, No. 44376, a gentlemen’s light-blue, the property of Douglas Pickett; value, £5.

Auckland. s/3/38, No. V.S. 1800, a gentlemen’s black Hercules, “Jackson” on front bar, Auckland City Council No. 36027, the property of Edward Andrew Thomas ; value, £7. A/Wv* rt/a/zt?

Auckland. —16/3/38, No. P.Z. 8248, a gentlemen’s black Royal Star, the property of Frederick John Gibson ; value, £5.

Auckland. 29/3/38, No. 36152, a gentlemen’s black Royal Hunter Roadster, the property of Roy Frederick Pasley; value, £5.

Auckland. —12/2/38, No. O.U. 9318, a gentlemen’s black Monarch Special, Auckland City Council No. 30,842, the property of John William Johnson ; value, £5.

Auckland. —27/3/38, No. L.A. 3128, a gentlemen’s black Leader, the property of Arnold Scott Foster; value, £3.

Auckland. 6/3/38, No. E. 7752, a gentlemen’s Leader, black with green stripes, Devonport Council No. D. 1043, the property of Phillip Harold Williams ; value, £8 15s.

Hamilton. —23/4/38, No. A. 36397 over 7 33, a gentlemen’s black Vickery, the property of Charles James Winder ; value, £2 10s.

Gisboßne. —18/4/38, No. 66013, a gentlemen’s black, the property of Arthur Turtley Webb ; value, £4.

Gisborne. —26/4/38, No. 124896, a gentlemen’s black 8.5. A., the property of James Hodgson ; value, £B.

Napier. s/4/38, No. 23238, a gentlemen’s red and cream, “ Currins Cycles” on rear mudguard, the property of John Stewart Baxter ; value, £7 10s. *

Napier. —-22/3/38, No. A. 19312 over 6-33, a gentlemen’s black 8.5. A., Jim Etheridge transfers, the property of John Maxwell West; value, £4.

Wanganui. —9/4/38, No. 5160-C. 1379, a gentlemen’s black Bluebird, the property of Alfred Histed ; value, £8 17s. 6d. Z7/'}/3%.

Wanganui. —l4/4/38, a gentlemen’s black Chainey Bros., the property of Kawana Hunia ; value, £5.

Wanganui. 2o/4/38, No. E. 22510, a gentlemen’s black Chainey’s N.Z., the property of John Dale; value, £3 10s.

Wanganui. 2o/4/38, No. 3517, a ladies’ black Bluebird, the property of Gwen Thomas ; value, £5. sWMdrf/. 2,/f '*73^ Wanganui.— Nos. 5390 and 860-510 over 8/36, a gentlemen’s green Crown, with red lines, the property of Ronald Norman Hutton Stafford ; value, £ll.

Wanganui. —23/4/38, a gentlemen’s red Chainey’s, with white top bar, the property of Michael Edward Kenny; value, £l3.

Wanganui.— 26/4/38, a ladies’ navy-blue Bluebird, the property of Leonie King ; value, £5.

Palmerston North. s/3/38, No. M.B. 5971, a gentlemen’s black Hercules, with green facings, Hercules and Napier transfers, the property of Frederick Keith Robbie; value, £9 10s.

Palmerston North. —31/3/38, No. 92457, a gentlemen’s black 8.5. A., Ideal and B.S.A. transfers, the property of Arthur William Paterson ; value, £9 15s.

• Palmerston North. —23/4/38, No. 101663, a ladies’ black 8.5. A., with red facings, B.S.A. transfers, the property of Dora Neyland ; value, £lO 15s.

Peto ne. Farmers’, Farmers’ transfers, the property of Victor Edhouse ; value, £3.

Wellington. —l4/3/38, No. 6174, a gentlemen’s black Empire, with red facings, the property of J. A. McKay and Co.; value, £4.

Wellington.— 3o/3/38, No. A. 3115, a gentlemen’s green Phillips, the property of Raymond Falleni; value, £B.

Wellington. —3/4/38, No. V. 23092, a gentlemen’s black 8.5. A., the property of Alexander Carstairs Donaldson; value, £4.

Wellington.— lß/4/38, No. 7155, a gentlemen’s black Couchman, with red lines, Couchman transfers, the property of lan Edward Hastings ; value, £9 17s. 6d. ■*' RECOVERED. iM/W

Nelson. —6/5/38, No. 14945, a gentlemen’s black, the property of Alan Frederick Hargreaves ; value, £2.

Nelson. l3/5/38, No. 257726, a gentlemen’s black Raleigh Golden Arrow, “ Super Sports Model ” on bottom bar, the property of Arthur lan Hamilton Boyes ; value, £lO.

Richmond. Between 16/4/38 and 25/4/38, No. 17379, a * ladies’ black 8.5. A., the property of Charles Neimann ; j value, £6. j

Runanga. —l/5/38, No. W.E. over 110374, a gentlemen’s black 8.5. A,, K transfers, the property of Archibald Thomas Richards; value, f 8 Iss. HAVERED.' Ibfl /j£

Christchurch. —25/2/38, No. 16177, a gentlemen’s black ; Civic, Civic transfers, the property of John Mitchell; i value, £6 15s. !

Christchurch. s/3/38, Nos. 3089 A. and 153376, a gentlemen’s black Butler, Butler transfers, the property of Clera Ragg ; value, £l2 10s.

Christchurch. 6/3/38, Nos. A. 88259 and 1641 A., a ladies’ black Butler, Butler transfers, the property of Joan Butcher ; value, £8 10s.

Christchurch. —l7/3/38, No. U.S. 765, a gentlemen’s black Hercules, Hercules transfers, the property of Noel White; value, £9.

Christchurch. — 23/3/38, Nos. B. 2900 and 5415, a ladies’ black, the property of Ruth Benstead ; value, £4 10s.

Invercargill. 29/1/38, No. A. 6517, a ladies’ black Phillips, the property of Francis Samuel Mackie ; value, £lO.

Invercargill.— lo/3/38, No. 75552, a gentlemen’s black Standard, the property of Reginald Horace Allan Woodham ; value, £5.

Invercargill. —ll/3/38, No. 7925, a gentlemen’s black Phillips, the property of Frederick Charles Cunningham ; value, £7.

Invercargill. —lß/3/38, No. G. 2133, a gentlemen’s black Simplex, the property of George Robert Gutsell; value, £6.