PROPERTY STOLEN.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume LXV, Issue 21, 22 May 1940, Page 421

PROPERTY STOLEN.

+ Tauranga. —2lst ultimo, the dwelling of NORMAN CECIL PAWLEY, Willow Street, was broken into and the following stolen: A pair of black field glasses in blue lined brown leather case,- about 6 in. long, case branded “ 8X ” ; a gilt-coloured two-cell torch ; a small link gold chain about 24 in. long ; a £ in. chromium wrist strap ; and £2 in money; total value, £6 2s. 6d. Portion identifiable.

Whakatane.— Between April, 1939, and 15th March last, from the office of the WHAKATANE PAPER MILLS, a •32 calibre six-chambered Iver Johnson revolver, No. 81976 ; value, £2. Identifiable./?^,^. ‘ " Zbf VM / |

Palmerston North. —14th March last, from a bedroom at 6 Pascal Street, the property of ERIC ROBERTS, a gentlemen’s chromium Rotary wristlet watch, No. 107336, repair No. 3050 V, round dial tapered slightly towards strap at each end, chromium expanding wristlet; value, £3. Identifiable.

Palmerston North.— 3rd instant, from - a room at Fearnley Private Hotel, Andrew Young Street, the property of JOHN CORBETT, 597 b Colombo Street, Christchurch, a tan composition suit-ease, about 33 in. by 20 in. by 10 in., twin nickel fasteners; seventy-two tubes of Windsor and Newton’s oil colours (small tubes in boxes of twelve); a light-grey cotton shirt; a blue shirt; a green shirt; a black and white striped shirt (all shirts size 15); a Valet shaving outfit in case about 9 in. by 4 in., with zip fastener ; some handkerchiefs ; and a singlet and underpants ; total value, £lO 9s. lOd. Identifiable. Suspicion is attached to Charles James Devine, alias Brady, referred to in Police Gazette, 1940, page 331, and Photographs, 1939, page 69. He was seen leaving the boardinghouse carrying a suit-case about the time the offence was committed. (See following parag"ph,) XL ?

Palmerston North. 3rd instant, from a room at Fearnley Private Hotel, Andrew Young Street, the property of JOHN STEWART CARSWELL, a speckled-grey single-breasted tweed overcoat, tag on inside of breast pocket branded “ London Tailoring Company, Dunedin ; a dark-blue tweed sports coat, size 5 ; and a brown mottled Onoto foun-tain-pen, engraved “ J.5.C.,” gold band at top ; total value, £6 ss. Identifiable. Suspicion is attached to Charles James Devine, alias Brady, referred to in the preceding paragraph, fg. Wellington. —During the night of 23rd March last, from a motor-car, the property of JULIUS ZUCKER, 47 Roseneath Crescent, a five-valve R.C.A. motor-car radio ; value, £l2 10s. Identifiable. Complainant’s motor-car was unlawfully removed from Roseneath Crescent, and when recovered in Oriental Parade it was discovered that the wireless had been stolen.

Wellington. Between sth and 14th December last, from Playlands Office, Centennial Exhibition, the property of GREEN AND COOPER, LTD., 42 Taranaki Street, two permanent magnet Rola loud speakers, type 10/21, special composition cone, bluish-black colour, 10 in. diameter; total value, £3. Identification doubtful. These speakers, together with the articles referred to in the two following paragraphs, comprise a complete sound system.

Wellington. — ultimo, from the “ Crazy House,” Centennial Exhibition, the property of the DOUBLE GRIP TUBULAR STEEL DEVICES CO., a four-valve ten-watt amplifier in pressed-stcel case, 14 in. by 10 in. by 3-2- in., with extra resistance valve, grill on front with two volume and one tone control, pick-up and microphone jacks at one end, main power-supply plug at other end, fuse-plate with voltage markings at back, “ Public Address Equipment, Grampian, Kew, Surrey, Type No. and Inst. No.” on plate at front; value, £ls. Identifiable. (See preceding and following paragraphs.)

Wellington.— instant, from Playlands Office, .Centennial Exhibition, the property of the DOUBLE GRIP TUBULAR STEEL DEVICES CO., an Astatic table model microphone, type T. 3, No. 159, 18 in. high, 8 in. base, eggshaped microphone head about 7 in. long, fitting into “ U ” shaped bracket, grill at broad end of microphone; value, £ls. Identifiable. (See two preceding paragraphs.)

Wellington. —Between 10th and 12th ultimo, from a bedroom at 23 Pirie Street, the property of ANNIE CHRISTINA CRAWSHAW, a swagger style Southern Musquash fur coat, women’s size, length 42 in., narrow darkbrown skins, dark-brown floral art silk lining, button at neck; value, £42; and a swagger style Southern Musquash fur coat, women’s size, length 41 in., wide dark-brown skins, dark-brown floral art-silk lining, button at neck ; total value, £79. Identifiable.

Wellington. —l3th ultimo, from a motor-car in Willis Street, the property of WILLIAM HALL RAINE, a Graflex quarter-plate camera with Ross f 4-5 lens, twelve-plate magazine fitted to camera, handle on top broken at one end, mirror inside lens broken ; value, £25. Identifiable.

Wellington. Between 4th and 6th instant, the shop of SCHAMROTH BROTHERS, 127 Willis Street, was broken into and the following stolen: A medium brown Southern Musquash fur coat, swagger style with small roll collar, flared on front, size 34, length 42 in., plain sleeves, fully lined with dark-brown floral brocade, two slanting outside pockets, large bone button and small fur button on front, fit small woman, value, £37 ; a dark-brown Canadian squirrel fur coat, size 34 (small women’s), length 42 in., collar with rever, swagger style, slightly worn on right cuff, fully lined with blue and gold brocade satin, two large bone buttons on front, small fur button at neck, one inside pocket, value, £36 ; a fawn and brown striped marmot fur coat, swagger style, length 42 in., peter pan collar, fully lined with fawn satin, fastens at front with hooks and eyelets, two slanting pockets on front; a dark full size beaver coney fur coat, length 48 in., large roll collar, fully lined with dark material, van dyked with split skinyfevo bone buttons and one fur button on front; a dark-brown full size marmot fur coat, skunk roll collar, fully lined with dark-brown satin, two inside pockets one of which has a number sewn inside; a darkbrown small peschaniki fur coat, length 22 in., roll collar, fully lined with brown material; a light beige-coloured .beaver coney fur cape, length 20 in., unfinished, no lining; a brown striped marmot fur cape, length 20 in., fully lined with brown satin; a large light-grey cape of hair material, length 25 in., grey satin lining ; a brown marmot fur cape, fully lined with' fawn satin, length 21 in.; a silver fox fur, length 31 in., three-quarters silver and one-quarter mixed brown and silver, white tip on tail; a silver fox fur, length 33 in., half black and half silver with large white-tipped tail a light-brown fur, length 32 in., no lining; a ginger fox fur, length 31 in., lined with brown silk; a dark-brown opossum stole with eight one-fold tails, length 46 in., darkbrown satin lining; and two or three light-brown skunk stoles, length 42 in.; total value, £l7B 15s. Identifiable.

Islington. Between the 2nd and 16th ultimo, the property of the SPRINGS-ELLESMERE ELECTRIC POWER BOARD, Main South Road, a £ h.p. G.E.C. a.c. induction motor, double-ended spindle; value, £lO. Identifiable. The motor was removed from a concrete-mixer in the Power Board’s yard.

Timaru. Between the Ist January and 6th February last, from a farm at Beautiful Valley, the property of KATHARINE TURNBULL, 25 Wai-iti Road, about ninety Romney-cross ewe and wether lambs, arrowhead piece out of front of left ear of ewe lambs and similar piece out of front of right ear of wether lambs, branded “ TX ” in red on middle of back on same side as ear-mark ; value, £76 10s. Identifiable.

Timaru. 2oth ultimo, from the shop of ERNEST ELI FIRKIN, tobacconist, 128 b Wai-iti Road, £SO in money, made up of £5, £l, and 10s. notes. Not identifiable.

Oamaru.— 23rd December last, from a motor-ear in Kibble Street, the property of RICHARD EDWARD HILL, 19 Granville Terrace, Dunedin, a leather attache-case, 16 in. by 10 in.; r two bottles of whisky ; a bottle of sherry ; a quantity of cigarettes; a light-grey Crean hat, size 7§ in., black band; a ladies’ half-length musquash fur coat, with 2 in. triangular pieces of fur on sides, fit tall woman; an ivory mah jong set with four playing boards, 12 in. by 4 in., tiles 1£ in. by § in., white faces with black backs ; and two books ; total value, £22 10s. Identifiable.

Dunedin. Between the 2nd and 7th instant, a £SO Reserve Bank note, No. T. 016783, the property of the OTAGO FINANCE AND AGENCY CO., LTD., was given in change in mistake for a 10s. note. Any information regarding this bank-note is to be sent to the Superintendent of Police, Dunedin.

Dunedin. During the night of 6th ultimo, the garage of GUSTAVE NEILSON, 766 Princes Street, was broken into and £47 18s. 7£d. in money stolen from the office safe.