PROPERTY STOLEN.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume LXV, Issue 46, 13 November 1940, Page 894

PROPERTY STOLEN.

Newton. 2nd September last, from the shop door of GEORGE CRESS WELL CONNELL, tailor, 519 Karangahape Road, a gentlemen’s black camel-hair double-breasted overcoat, size 4, four buttons on front, loose belt with buckle which is covered with black leather ; value, £7 7s. Identifiable.

Auckland. —19th September last, from Quay Street, the property of SYDNEY ARTHUR REUBEN HASLIP, 59 Cook Street, a 1938 model 2h.p. Coventry Eagle motor-cycle with twin exhausts, red tank with black top, Dunlop tires, engine No. 9524, chassis No. 90574, registration No. 14,947 ; value, £33. Identifiable.

Auckland. 2lst September last, from a lounge-room in Glecson’s Hotel, the property of JACK LINDSAY GRIFFITHS, 14 Wilton Street, Grey Lynn, a leather suitcase about 36 in. by 18 in. by 9 in., with “ Victoria,” “ Vancouver,” and “ Suva ” labels on it; a medium grey tweed suit, made by R. Jaffe, Auckland, fit man about 5 ft. 9 in. ; a navy-blue serge suit, made by Hugh Wright, Auckland ; a royal-blue flannel Auckland Aero Club blazer, wings embroidered on left breast pocket ;• a brown leather wallet with zip-fastener, containing papers in the name Griffiths ; a grey check raincoat; a pair of brown leather shoes, size 8; six shirts; a silver cigarette-case, Fijian coat-of-arms in enamel on front; two pullovers; two sets of blue silk pyjamas ; three singlets; two pairs of short white art silk underpants; and a passport, No. 4568, issued by the New Zealand Government, in name “ Jack Lindsay Griffiths ” ; total value, £23. Mostly identifiable.

Manurewa. 2nd or 3rd August last, from the roadside at Alfriston, the property of CECIL RIPPON WEBSTER, a set of eight-blade Evona Giant discs, painted red and black, adjustable handle bent and spring is missing, greasecups missing, weight about 13 cwt., “ Made by Evans ” on plate on draw-bar ; value, £3O. Identifiable.

Gisborne. —lsth September last, from a compound on Darton Field Aerodrome, the property of the NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT (Meteorological Department), a meteorological thermometer for measuring degrees of frost on grass, round in shape, and about 12 in. long; value, £2. Identifiable.

Wanganui. On the 11th ultimo, the dwelling of GEORGE MURCH, 36 Campbell Street, was broken into and the following stolen : A gentlemen’s rolled-gold Omega wristlet watch, No. 9536744, “D. 269 ” and “ 18/12/39 ” faintly scratched on inside case, “ G. Murch, 19/12/39 ” inscribed on back case; a ladies’ gold ring, claw set with three sapphires in cross setting ; a ladies’ gold ring, set with three small diamonds in claw setting; a ladies’ 18 ct. gold ring, set with an opal in centre surrounded by twenty-two diamonds in marquise setting, larger diamond at each end of opal, one diamond slightly darker than the others; a ladies’ 18 ct. gold solitaire diamond ring, fine platinum setting ; a gold brooch set with pearls and pink and green stones; a pink crystal necklet; an ear-ring with amber drop; and an earring with white pearl drop ; total value, £72 15s. 6d. Identifiable. Suspicion is attached to a Man (name unknown), who was wearing a light-grey tweed suit and dark-grey felt hat. He was seen on the veranda of complainant’s house.

Wanganui. —Between the Bth February last and 7th ultimo, from a dwelling at 86 Niblet Street, the property of HENRY NEAS, 8 Koromiko Road, a -32 calibre Colt revolver, No. 50179 ; value, £l. Identifiable. y^cair'd/. z&—u/'Z>/oO' Masterton.— Between the 6th Tind / 28th September last, from the roadside, the property of JACK CUNNINGHAM, Longbridge, a 1927 model twin-cylinder Red Indian motorcycle, engine No. 50Y493, registration No. 6,451 ; value about £B. Identifiable.

Wellington.— the 6th September last, the warehouse of the EXCELSIOR SUPPLY CO., LTD., was broken into, the safe opened by means of explosives, and £29 12s. Id. stolen. A claw hammer with “ E.” and “ R.W.” on it was found near the safe which had apparently been left by the offender.

Wellington. sth ultimo, from a motor-car at the Wellington Club, the property of Captain EDWIN GRAVE MORRIS, Hinemoa Street, a gentlemen’s single-breasted light-grey tweed Raglan overcoat with light-grey lining, “ Henry Milbourne and Son, 38 Sackville Street, London ” on inside, “ E. G. Morris ” probably in one pocket or inside one sleeve; a tournament model Banshee tennis-racquet, “ Bow ” brand, made in England by F. P. Baker and Co., Goldon Square, London W. 1,12 J oz. weight; a Hercules tennis-racquet with handle of variegated colours; and a Wimbledon racquet - press marked “F. H. Ayers, Ltd., London ” ; total value, £lB. Identifiable.

Wellington.— 2nd September last, from a house in the course of construction in Blakey Avenue, Karori, the property of JOHN SCOTT BLAIR, a 7 in. portable electric handsaw (known as a “ skilsaw ”), No. 148814, model 77, plate on top of handle has been repaired ; and 100 ft. of | in. black insulated flexible cord ; total value, £35. Identifiable.

Wellington. 2nd ultimo, from a washroom at Fort Dorset, the property of PETER HASTINGS MUSCROFT TAYLOR, a gentlemen’s open-face chromium-plated Omega wristlet watch, No. 244775, 15 jewel movement, Arabic numerals, chromium mesh strap ; value, £lO. Identifiable,

Bicycles. Auckland. —l3/8/40, a gentlemen’s black Hercules, the property of Leslie Arnold ; value, £3.

Auckland. 2l/9/40, No. A. 20373, a gentlemen’s blue, “ Chevalier ” painted on frame, the property of Gordon Leo O’Shea; value, £4.

Auckland. —23/9/40, No. 1888, a ladies’ blue Empire Sports, the property of Mary MoWhirter ; value, £ll.

Auckland.— l2/9/40, No. O.N. 7292, a gentlemen’s black Leader Special with red lines, the property of Albert William Finnemore ; value, £9 10s.

Otahuhu. —23/10/40, a gentlemen’s white Surrey Special, the property of Norman Mark Vitali; value, £5. Otahuhu. —24/10/40, No. G.D. 3108, a gentlemen’s black Monarch Special with red lines, the property of Bruce Gordon Hardie; value, £6.

Rotorua. — 13/8/40, a gentlemen’s black Phillips, the property of John Howard Geddes ; value, £6.

Rotorua. —22/8/40, No. 33854, a gentlemen’s dark-blue Phillips, the property of William Mikaere; value, £7 10s.

—25/8/40, No. A. 67175 over 735, a gentlemen’s black Phillips, Suttons transfers, the property of Roger Corcoran; value, £4.

New Plymouth. 24/9/40, No. 0974, a gentlemen’s black Phillips Comfort, the property of Stanley Salesman ; value, £B.

Stratford. —7/9/40, No. J.D. 2892, a gentlemen’s black Hercules, the property of Owen Berg ; value, £5 10s.

Carterton. —9/9/40, No. 35866, a gentlemen’s black 8.5. A., the property of Malcolm Leonard Joseph Boden; value, £6.

Wellington. —4/10/40, No. H. 155187, a gentlemen’s black 8.5. A., the property of Athol Edgar Saunders; value, £3.

Dunedin. —l7/9/40, No. A. 1493 over 2-37, a gentlemen’s black Victor Nelson’s Ace, Otago Sports Depot transfers, the property of Edward Griffin ; value, £6.

Dunedin. 2l/9/40, No. 15138, a gentlemen’s black Royal Enfield, the property of Albert Edward Smith ; value, £5.

Dunedin. 24/9/40, No. 35302, a gentlemen’s black Coventry Eagle Sports, the property of William Jackson Stuart; value, £lO. _/U&o(hf'a/ If /W Q-

Dunedin. —20/9/40, No. A. 91538, a gentlemen’s black Rudge-Whitworth Sports, three-speed gears, the property of Arthur Grainger ; value, £l6 10s.

Dunedin. —22/9/40, No. 81799, a gentlemen’s black Norman, the property of John Graham Glcndinning; value, £B.