PROPERTY STOLEN.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume LXVI, Issue 3, 22 January 1941, Page 76

PROPERTY STOLEN.

Auckland. —On the 25th November last, the dwelling of NORMAN CECIL PROCTOR, 274 Great South Road, was broken into and the following stolen : A ladies’ 9 ct. gold open-face wristlet watch with expanding wristlet, brownish dial of two shades, gold-coloured hands, Arabic numerals; value, £4 10s. Identifiable.

Auckland. —During the night of the 23rd November last, from a canteen at Narrow Neck Military Camp, the property of the YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, £63 9s. Id. in money ; and a metal cash-box, value, 15s. Not identifiable. £22 10s. 2d. has been recovered. The cash-box and money were stolen from a cupboard in the canteen, and on the 16th ultimo the cash-box containing £22 10s. 2d. was discovered in the canteen, the offender apparently having placed it where it was found. sd&iMcLew' —Between the 4th and 18th ultimo, from the dwelling of KATHLEEN MAUDE DAVENPORT, West Tamaki Road, a 9 ct. gold locket about size of half-crown, diamond in centre of case in star setting, heavy watch-chain attached which may be ct. gold, and about 18 in. long; and a pair of 9 ct. gold sleeve-links of oval shape, “ N.D.” or “ N.R.D.” engraved on them ; value, £6. Identifiable.

Auckland. — Ist November last, from a motor-car in Queen Street, the property of MARY ANDERSON BALLANTYNE, nurse, Mater Misericord iso Hospital, a brown musquash fur cape of elbow length with brown satin lining, small collar, two small pockets on inside, fastens with elastic brown silk cord ; value, £ls. Identifiable.

Rotorua. 23rd November last, from a boat-shed at Ngongotaha, the property of ALEXANDER JOHN KERR, a brown pigskin wallet, size 6 in. by 4 in., with six parchment and six felt leaves, containing about three hundred river and lake trout flies of various colours; a “ Hardys Contracted Perfect ” fishing-reel; a pair of galvanized rowlocks ; four trout casts; and six trout flics; total value, £l9. Portion identifiable. On the 31st ultimo complainant’s boat-shed was again broken into and the following stolen : a 2£h.p. De Luxe H.D.L. model Johnson Seahorse outboard motor, serial No. 42195 L.; a wooden box containing tools, &c.; total value, £44. Portion identifiable.

Rotorua. —27th ultimo, from a boat-shed, the property of HENRY ROWLAND, Ngongotaha, a silver-coloured 3 h.p. Alto outboard motor, magneto ignition, twin cylinder, enclosed fly-wheel, finger-and-thumb starting system ; value, £4O, Identifiable,

Rotorua. On. the 19th ultimo, the dwelling of JOHN SIDNEY THORNTON LOCKWOOD, Mamaku, was broken into and the following stolen : £49 7s. 6d. in money ; a gold locket with “ S.J.T.L.” on one side, photograph of a man inside; and a greenstone heart with “ Kia Ora ”in gold letters on it total value, £sl 7s. 6d. Identifiable except money.

Rotorua. 3lst ultimo, from a motor-car in Amohau Street, the property of JAMES DAVID MERVYN MILNE, Cullen Street, Pacroa, a Wells Gardiner motor-car radio, brown metal case about 10 in. by 8 in. by 3 in., illuminated rule dial type, four bakelite - covered knobs three of which were broken ; value, £l2. Identifiable.

Napier. 2nd September last, from a motor-car in a lane off Daulton Street, the property of NOEL PATRICK READING, Emerson Street, £52 ss. in money ; a cheque for £1 155., No. 148200, drawn on the Commercial Bank of Australia, Napier, by P. Watson, dated 26th August, 1940 ; and a brown leather bag, about 12 in. by 9 in., with zip-fastener; total value, £54 7s. 6d. Identifiable except money.

Hastings. —About 4th October last, from a hut at Kuripapango, the property of WILLIAM ALLEN STEPHENS, Pakipaki a -303 calibre magazine Lee Enfield rifle, body No. p.b. 4347, bolt and barrel No. A. 36158; thirty -303 calibre cartridges; five blue-grey woollen blankets ; a double-breasted long riding oilskin overcoat, storm-sleeves with leather facings from elbows to cuffs; a pair of heavy tan working boots; a pair of short gum boots ; and a quantity of gentlemen’s underclothing ; total value, £ll 10s. Mostly identifiable. iX /

Masterton.— Bth instant, from the office at the Masterton Park Ladies’ Swimming Baths, the property of the Custodian, MRS. JEANNIE THEOLINE EMILIE BRENKLEY, 14 Renall Street, a shopping-bag containing six £5 notes; three £1 notes ; a 10s. note ; and £2 in small cash ; a diamond ring; a Masonic pendant of gold with bluish ground for inscription, fine gold chain attached; a post-office savingsbank pass-book; and two purses ; total value, £SO 18s. 6d. Identifiable except money. All the property with the exception of the £5 notes, the £1 notes, and the Masonic pendant has been recovered, having apparently been dropped by the offender in Victoria Street. Suspicion is attached to Joyce Thelma Day, alias Sally Mardell, referred .to in Police Gazette, 1940, pages 878 and 880. She was wealing a summer frock, green tweed overcoat with' green .and ornament in lapel, and she was seen in the baths on offence, but she did not bathe. Her suit-case Xnd contents a£e a/ tfOponde -station, having been removed from BerkleyssHouse, Perry Street, where she stayed on the night of the 6tn instant, and left without taking away her effects. She was looking for employment in Masterton, and used the names Day and Mardell. ■4* sw/ cf-t Wellington. —2nd ultimo; the property of MARTHA MURRAY MACK AY, 32 MacDonald Crescent, a ladies’ gold old-fashioned Rotherhams hunting pocket watch, Roman numerals, chased cases, “ J.M.” on centre of front case ; value, £35. Identifiable. Complainant may have lost the watch.

Wellington. —26th October last, from a motor-car, the property of the DROMORNE LINEN CO., Queen Street, Auckland, two suit-cases containing the following: Five tablecloths and five table-napkins in cream, white, and blue-green colours; six towels in white, green, gold, and peach colours; a gold-coloured silk bedspread; a green silk and cotton cloth, 54 in. by 54 in.; a pair of hem-stitched sheets (mostly marked “ Dromorne”); a hand-worked green cloth, 54 in. by 54 in. with six napkins to match; a creamcoloured lace bedspread, 90 in. by 108 in.; and about twelve hand-worked linen cloths of various colours and sizes ; total value, £92. Complainant’s motor-car was unlawfully removed from Willis Street and was recovered at Oriental Bay later the same day, but the above property had been stolen.

Rangiora. — On the 28th or 29th October last, the shop of CHARLES JAMES KEIR, High Street, was broken into and the following stolen: Two suit-cases, one blue and one brown, 24 in. by 26 in.; a small brown suit-case; five Summit shirts of mixed colours, sizes 4,5, and 6 ; three Lochiel sports shirts, mixed colours; two sports shirts of mixed colours, fowling variety; six sets of gentlemen’s cotton pyjamas, M. size; two pairs of gentlemen’s silk pyjama trousers, O.S. size, one blue striped and one grey striped; three pairs of gentlemen’s leather gloves, one light tan, one dark tan, and the other suede; a pair of braces; six white collars, sizes 14£ to 16£; two cream-coloured interlock athletic singlets; two pairs of suspenders; nine pairs of worsted socks; twenty ties; six pairs of jockey shorts; and ss. cash ; total value, £2l Bs. Not identifiable. Some clothing and a window were damaged to the extent of £3 6s. Suspicion is attached to(1) Phillip Daniel Trainor, referred to in Police Gazette, 1940, page 681, and Photographs, 1937, page 64, who has been interviewed, but no evidence resulted ; and (2) John Henry Wilson, referred to in Police Gazette, 1940, page 758, and Photographs, 1934, page 42. They were together about the time the offence was committed.

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Rangiora. Between the 15th October and 27th November last, from the rooms of the Rangiora Miniature Rifle Club, the property of WILLIAM JOHN HENEY, Ivory Street, a -22 calibre B.S.A. target rifle, single shot, Martini action, No. 28172, aperture sight and sling attached, 28 in. barrel; and about two hundred rounds of -22 calibre 1.C.1. ammunition; total value, £l2 7s. Identifiable.

Bicycles.

Auckland.— l9/11/40, No. C.L. 6097, a boy’s black with green lines, the property of D’Arcy Mcrvyn Webster Brown; value, £5.

Auckland.— 26/11/40, No. B.U. 13561, a gentlemen’s black Roadster Special, the property of Douglas Bruce Hart; value, £l2.

Auckland.— No. 50, a gentlemen’s green, English make, the property of Robert John Kofoed; value, £2 10s.

Auckland.— l/12/40, No. P.r. 77, a gentlemen’s black Monarch Special, the property of Francis William Harrington ; value, £2.

Auckland.— 9/12/40, No. 6035, a gentlemen’s green Albion Sports, the property of Rodney William Bradcock; value, £2.

Auckland. lo/12/40, a gentlemen’s black Monarch Special with red lines, the property of Mervyn Frederick Ryan; value, £2.

Auckland.— lo/12/40, No. 98396, a boy’s red, the pro perty of Colin Francis Finlayson ; value, £9 ‘Aj6CoV , £i/%&,

Hamilton.— 2/9/40, No. C.X. 176, a gentlemen’s black Monarch Special, the property of Reginald Claude Cartledge ; value, £5.

Hamilton. — No. F. 4289, a gentlemen’s black Phillips Special, Phillips and Kirby, cycle-dealers, Cambridge transfers, the property of Oakley Ernest Thompson; value, £6.

Hamilton. —ll/10/40, No. 125591, a gentlemen’s black B.S.A. with red and gold coloured lines, King and B.S.A. transfers, the property of Alfred Edgar Kneebone ; value, £7. Napier. — 23/8/40, No. 66804, a gentlemen’s black, Eric Smith transfers, the property of Roland Edgar Ayres; value, £2.

Napier. —4/9/40, No. D.M. 8916, a gentlemen’s black Hercules, the property of James Walls ; value, £5.

Napier.— £9/10/40, No. 296317, a gentlemen’s black Royal Enfield, the property of Francis Greaney ; value, £4.

Napier. 2B/11/40, No. Y.W. 520, a ladies’ black Hercules, the property of Margaret Edith Golda Austin ; value, £3. . y'/vt Feilding. — ll/12/40, a gentlenen’s black Phillips, /the property of Sidney Parker ; value, £7. <v*? t~. If. j/l/ ntanfJi, ** V / W Palmerston North. —l3/12/40, No. 163310, a gentlemen’s black 8.5. A., Stan Napier and B.S.A. transfers, the property of Albert Douglas Leader ; value,,£9. r - Palmerston North. lo/12/40, No. U.E. 1900, a gentlemen’s black Hercules, Stan Napier and Hercules transfers, the property of Ronald Wilfred Murray ; value, £B. , , sz&anr'cL Masterton. — 12/11/40, No. 4112, a gentlemen’s red Warwick, the property of Thomas McCormack ; value, £B.

Masterton. — 30/11/40, No. A. 3750, a gentlemen’s black Royal Hunter, the property of James Connell; value, £4.

Upper Hutt. —Between 12/10/40 and 16/10/40, No. 3750, a gentlemen’s black 8.5. A., Butler transfers, the property of William Loughlin ; value, £7.

Wellington.— lß/11/40, No. 6429, a gentlemen’s blue 8.5. A., the property of Anthony Simon; value, £B.

Wellington. — l4/12/40, No. E. 88851, a boy’s black, Glosta and Claridges, cycle-dealers, Christchurch, transfers, the property of Maurice Gilbert Cowan ; value, £S .St&C/n/" 'cl/ /

Christchurch. — 6/1/40, No. H.J. 10224, a gentlemen’s black Hercules, Calder Mackay transfers, the property of Ulick Dolan ; value, £5.

Christchurch. —17/7/40, No. A. 26336/135, a gentlemen’s black Gamage, the property of Douglas Farquharson Keith; value, £lO 10s. *

Christchurch. —18/7/40, No. 82042/4708 A., a gentlemen’s black 8.5. A., Butler transfers, the property of William Charles Johnson; value, £B.

Christchurch. — 19/7/40, No. 46212, a gentlemen’s black Raleigh, the property of Alfred Alexander Robertson; value, £ll 10s.

Christchurch. — 19/7/40, No. 619/56504, a ladies’ black Star Superb, the property of Robert Humphrey Hudson; value, £5.

Christchurch. 2s/7/40, No. A.B. 6308, a gentlemen’s black Raleigh, Spreydon transfers, the property of Roy Melvin Pascoe; value, £8 10s.

Christchurch. 26/7/40, No. 7506, a gentlemen’s black Humber, Couchman transfers, the property of Arthur Leslie Toplis ; value, £l2 10s.

Christchurch. —27/7/40, No. 1009, a gentlemen’s black, Spreydon transfers, the property of Verdun James South; value, £4 10s.

Christchurch.- —-27/7/40, No. 3020, a gentlemen’s Bell Olympic Racer, Bell transfers, the property of Kenneth Bernard Turner; value, £1!33 Christchurch. 27/7/40, No. 5518, a gentlemen’s black 8.5. A., Jones transfers, the property of Vivian Trevor Long ; value, £ll 15s.

Christchurch. — No. 1583, a gentlemen’s black, Jones Special transfers, the property of Francis John Matthews ; value, £l4 10s.

Christchurch. — Between 2/8/40 and 5/8/40, No. 2520 A./ 300741, a gentlemen’s black 8.5. A., Butler transfers, the property of Sam F. G. Holmes; value, £lO.

Christchurch. 3/8/40, No. C.F. 376, a gentlemen’s black Hercules, the property of Frank Laredo ; value, £lO.

Christchurch. —4/8/40, No. 27208, a gentlemen’s black John Bull, Swift transfers, the property of James McGlinchy ; value, £B.

Christchurch. —5/8/40, No. B. 68831, a gentlemen’s black, the property of Harold Jackson ; value, £7.

Timaru. — 2/9/40, No. 459243, a gentlemen’s black Knight, the property of Walter Adie Mitchell; value, £5 ss.