PROPERTY STOLEN.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume LXVII, Issue 7, 18 February 1942, Page 155

PROPERTY STOLEN.

Auckland. — 10th November last, from a motor-car in Symonds Street, the property of MARGARET LANGSTAEE HASLETT, 455 Remuera Road, a brown fibrecane suit-case with blue lining, about 36 in. by 18 in. ; a pink silk nightdress, short sleeves with round embroidered design on them and on neck; a blue woollen dressing-gown with pocket on right side ; a pair of ladies’ navy-blue shoes with leather buckles, size s|; a pair of ladies’ black leather shoes ; a cream-coloured embroidered linen handkerchief-case containing two dozen handkerchiefs some of which have “ M ” on them ; a navy-blue tapestry bag, 12 in. long, zip-fastener on top, lined with blue silk, containing a brown woollen scarf; a pink woollen hot-water-bag cover; a pair of incomplete hand-knitted navy-blue woollen socks with four white knitting-needles ; a navy-blue floral dress with short sleeves ; a green cardigan with cuffs of lighter shade; a pink woollen dressing-jacket, ribbon on neck and waist ; a pair of buff- coloured kid gloves, embroidered on cuffs; a blue writing-case with blue paper, butterfly design on cover, containing a black fountain-pen; an envelope with complainant’s name and address on it containing a cheque for £lO, drawn on the Union Bank of Australia, Wahroonga, by T. M. Haslett, in favour of M. Haslett ; a cheque for £2 18s. 6d., No. 4176, drawn on the Bank of New Zealand, Auckland, by McKendrick Bros., in favour of M. Haslett, dated 28/10/41, and signed H. G. Hill and R. A. Haggctt ; and an Australian money-order for £1 forwarded from Sydney by T. M. Haslett ; total value, £23 3s. 6d. Identifiable.

Auckland. —Ist December last, from the office of LINDSAY RALPH CULP AN, panel-beater, 96 Albert Street, a dark-fawn leather wallet, about 7 in. by 4 in., domefastener broken, light-green silk lining; a cheque, No. 43385, for £3 155., drawn by the Public Trustee, Auckland, in favour of L. R. Culpan, and endorsed by him ; and £l3 10s. in money ; total value, £l7 15s. Cheque and wallet identifiable. A Man (name unknown), of the following description, was alone in the office and had an opportunity to commit the offence: Age about thirty-nine, height about 5 ft. 7 in., native of Australia or New Zealand, strong build, fair complexion and hair ; had the appearance of a land agent or salesman ; dressed in a ginger-brown sports coat, light trousers, and grey-green felt hat with pressed-in crown.

Auckland. -16th December last, from a cabin on the ship “ Kapiti ” at Northern Wharf, the property of ARTHUR ANDREWS, 17 Crummer Road, a gentlemen’s chromium-plated open-face dress watch, Roman numerals, white dial, “ A.A.” on back case, “In appreciation fromBert ”on inside case ; value, £2. Identifiable.

Auckland. Between the 19th and 24th December last, from the Old Colonists’ Museum, Kitchener Street, the property of the AUCKLAND CITY COUNCIL, a gold medal with Turkish inscription, about the size of half-crown ; a gold medal about size of florin with inscription depicting that it was awarded at the New Zealand International Exhibition, Christchurch, Home Industries Section, about 1907, and a representation of the Exhibition buildings on it; a gold medal about size of a florin with inscription depicting that it was presented to children of the Dominion schools commemorating the Proclamation of New Zealand as a Dominion, 26th September, 1907, and bearing a representation of the King’s head; total value, £2O. Identifiable.

Auckland. Between the 31st December last and 2nd ultimo, from a room in the Royal Hotel, Victoria Street, the property of DR. BASIL OSWALD QUIN, 558 Manukau Road, Epsom, a gentlemen’s green-fawn waterproof . Burberry overcoat, fit man 5 ft. 11 in., small tear near one seam, stains on front ; value, £B. Identifiable.

Auckland. —lst December last, from the dining-room of JAMES KEARNS, tea-rooms proprietor, 15 Great North Road, a gentlemen’s silver Swiss open-face pocket watch, No. 664209, Roman numerals, black hands; a silver chain of fancy curb pattern, 12 in. long; total value, £3. Identifiable. The property was missing shortly after Owen Bryne, referred to in Police Gazette, 1942, page 162, and Photographs, 1919,' plage 52, had/left the' dining-room. 'He has been interviewed, but no evidence resulted".

Auckland. —l3th December last, from a bath-room in the St. Clair Private Hotel, Pitt Street, the property of MATARII NICHOLAS, a ladies’ gold round wristlet watch, “ M.N.” on back case, Arabic numerals, gold wrist-band with square links ; value, £3 10s. Identifiable. ‘ ■

Te Kuiti.—Between the 28th and 30th November last, from a room in the Mangapehi Boardinghouse, the property of THOMAS FREDERICK BROUGH, on service overseas, a slaty-black Settimo Sopranio 60 bass piano-accordion with red glass pattern on it, yellow bellows, contained in black fibre case with red lining ; value, £4O. Identifiable.

Eltham. — Between the 28th December last and 9th ultimo, from a shed at the rear of a dwelling in London Street, the property of the EGMONT BOX CO., LTD., and GEORGE DIVER, a .32 rim-fire five- chambered Iver Johnson revolver, No. 50013 ; a Speedec electric solderingiron; a carpenter’s linen apron; some Eveready torch batteries ; a tin of glue ;' and some solder on reel ; total value, £4 Bs. 7d. Portion identifiable. /■* / t

Feilding. 27th ultimo, from the dwelling of LAWRENCE CLAUDE FERGUSSON, Halcombe Hill, four £5 notes. Suspicion is attached to Man (name unknown), age about forty-five, medium height and build, florid complexion, broken nose ; wearing a navy-blue suit coat, brown trousers, and dirty grey hat, and was carrying a small blue suit-case; untidy appearance. He was seen jumping over complainant’s front gate.

Christchurch. — Between the 3rd and 10th April last, from the “ Port Hunter ” at Pipitea Wharf, Wellington, the property of the FEDERAL STEAM NAVIGATION C 0.,. _WELLINGTON, four electric Maimin Rotoshere “L ” x cloth-cutting machines. 230 volts, serial Nos. 3841, 3842, 3843, and 3847 ; total value, £55 7s. 3d. Identifiable. Suspicion is attached to James Frederick Andrews, age thirty-seven, height 5 ft. 5 in., .painter, native of New Zealand, strong build, fresh complexion, light-brown hair, blue eyes ; usually well dressed. He may be identical with a man of the same name referred to in Police Gazette, 1933, page 52, and 1939, page 533, and Photographs, 1933, page 17. Eight of the above-described machines were consigned to H. Mooney and Co., Wellington; six were short-landed, but later two of these were recovered near the Pipitea Wharf shed. About the 30th November last at Christchurch suspect - offered for sale similar machines and one, serial No. 3841 (recovered), he sold to Edward John Heppelthwaite, proprietor of the Lathe and Hardware Import Co. for £l4. It has been ascertained that suspect left Christchurch for Wellington about the 11th December "last taking two of the machines with him. - fC-V-4

Dunedin. Between the 4th and 13th ultimo, from clothing in a room at the Taieri Aerodrome, the property of LESLIE WATSON KEILLER, a £lO note, No. O.F. 138391 or No. O.F. 138396. Identifiable.

Bicycles. Kaitaia. — l2/1/42, No. 1348, a gentlemen’s blue, the property of Charlie Manuel ; value, £9.

Auckland. —l7/11/41, a gentlemen’s black Speedking, the property of Harvey Edwin Borthwick; value, £2.

Auckland.— l3/12/41, a gentlemen’s black Monarch Special, the property of David John Anstis ; value, £3.

Auckland. — l6/12/41, No. 2818, a gentlemen’s maroon Empire Sports, the property of Eric Cowling; value, £7. AM/ fZ/g/LTA ■ Auckland.— 42B/12/41, a gentlemen’s reddish-brown Saltley with yellow lines, No. 167 or 176 on crank spindle, the property of Harold Eogden ; value, £lO.

Auckland. 4/12/41, No. F. 11654, a gentlemen’s black, the property of Raymond Colin Weaver ; value, £4.

Auckland. —s/12/41, a gentlemen’s black Monarch Special, the property of Harry Holland Gunthorp ; value, £5.

Auckland. 22/10/41, No. 42283, a ladies’ blue Colonial Club, the property of Ethma Glass; value, £l2 10s.

Auckland. —31/12/41, a gentlemen’s black with Monarch Special parts, the property of Bruce Pitkethley Stuart; value, £6.

, Otahuhu. — l6/1/42, No. L.O. 9155, a gentlemen’s blue Monarch Special, the property of Daniel Robert Richmond; value, £lO.

Papatoetoe.— l7/1/42, No. D.O. 7652, a gentlemen’s black Monarch Special, the property of David Johns; value, £B.

Rotorua. — 25/10/41, No. A. 6834, a gentlemen’s black Armstrong, the property of Sophie Wiringi; value, £9 15s.

Otorohanga. —6/1/42, No. T.X. 1676, a gentlemen’s black Monarch Special, the property of Wana Miliaka ; value, £lO.

New Plymouth.— l4/12/41, No. J.G. 7572, a ladies’ black Hercules, Arnold George transfers, the property of Georgina Horo ; value, £3.

New Plymouth. 2o/12/41, No. 3663, a gentlemen’s black Torpedo, Monty Julian transfers, the property of Darrell Gush ; value, £9.

New Plymouth. —3/1/42, No. 12386, a gentlemen’s black Armstrong, the property of Peter Kaye ; value, £5.

Palmerston North. — 3o/12/41, No. B. 8847, a gentlemen’s black Ideal, the property of Lewis Thomas Eglington; value, £9.

Palmerston North. —7/1/42, a gentlemen’s black 8.5. A., the property of Hugh Farqujjiar

Palmerston North. —8/1/42, No. 95442, a gentlemen’s black James Sports, the property of Henry Arthur Wilheim Peters ; value, £B.

Palmerston North.—9/1/42, No. A. 44111, a ladies’ black, probably Raleigh make, Stan Napier transfers, the property of Joan Watchorn ; value, £5.

Palmerston North. — 10/1/42, No. 7513, a gentlemen’s black B.S.A. Sports, the property of Alfred Hannett; value ' £l °- is]7fa. Palmerston North.— lo/1/42, No. A. 2881 over 10-36, a gentlemen’s black Phillips, three-speed gears, the property of Maurice Douglas Southee ; value, £5.

Palmerston North. —lo/1/42, No. C.B. 7918, a ladies’ black Hercules with red lines, Cooksleys and Hercules transfers, the property of Flora Highfield ; value, £5.

Palmerston North. —12/1/42, No. A. 16144, a ladies’ black Cooksleys, the property of Gladys Johns ; value, £5 ss.

Palmerston North. — 14/1/42, No. 4582, a gentlemen’s green Raleigh Sports, the property of Frank Fox ; value, £B.

Palmerston North. —lß/1/42, No. 6059, a gentlemen’s black Pattern, Fred Bailey transfers, the property of John Henry Read ; value, £6.

Lower Hutt. — 5/12/41, No. 6521, a ladies’ black Empire Popular Sports, the property of Ivy Evelyn Lawrence; value, £lO.

Petone.— l/12/41, No. 68899, a gentlemen’s black 8.5. A., the property of George James Jamieson ; value, £3 10s.

Wellington. — l2/12/41, No. 29634, a gentlemen’s black 8.5. A., the property of John William Thomas Channings; value, £5.

Wellington. 24/12/41, No. A. 72592, a gentlemen’s green, Direct Cycle Supply, Miramar, transfers, the property of Leonard Oswald Gyde ; value, £6.. / „ / . Sus&r-'ol/ u ! 2 r*' Nelson.— l/6/41, No. 149781 or 149978, a gentlemen’s black Triumph, Doel and Co., Nelson, transfers, the property of Allan Maxwell Flemming ; value, £4 10s.

Nelson. 27/11/41, No. 1047, a ladies’ black Superb* with gold-coloured lines, Doel and Co., Nelson, transfers, the property of Allan Maxwell Flemming ; value, £4 10s.

Nelson. —5/12/41, No. G. 15177, a gentlemen’s black Phillips, Shuttleworths, Nelson, transfers, the property of Stephen James Chapman ; value, £3 10s. StJbUh&t&i/ if2. . Nelson. — 19/12/41, No. A. 3204, a gentlemen’s red Master, Win Brothers, Nelson, transfers, the property of John Monopoli; value, £5.

Christchurch. —11/9/41, No. 872, a ladies’ black Bell, the property of Irene Hall; value, £8 Bs.

Christchurch. —13/9/41, No. F.H. 9621, a gentlemen’s black Simplex Special, the property of Roy Thomas Murphy ; value, £7 10s.

Christchurch. — l4/9/41, No. 24301, a gentlemen’s black Victor Sports, three-speed gears, the property of Brian Dolan; value, £9.

Christchurch. —l7/9/41, No. 4762/A.F. 74679, a gentlemen’s black Humber, the property of George Alfred Russell Greene ; value, £l6 12s. 6d.

Christchurch. —lß/9/41, No. 72517, a gentlemen’s black 8.5. A., Major transfers, the property of Rowland Thomas Bailey ; value, £7 10s.

Christchurch. —20/9/41, No. 4293 A./36119, a gentlemen’s black Raleigh, the property of Herbert Kendall; value, £5 10s.

Christchurch. — 15/9/41, No. 3341, a gentlemen’s black Humber, three-speed gears, the property of Denzel Glue ; value, £l4 10s.

Christchurch. —20/9/41, Nos. 5616 A. and 25606, a gentlemen’s black Butler, the property of Norman Prangnell; value, £B.

Christchurch. —20/9/41, No. 92728, a ladies’ blue Lion, the property of Mignon Seabourn; value, £ll.

Christchurch.— Nos. 5099 A. and 390343, a gentlemen’s black Royal Enfield, the property of Douglas Fraser ; value, £lO 10s.

Christchurch. —24/9/41, Nos. 14693 and 206 and 692, a gentlemen’s black Bell, the property of Andrew Grippelaan ; value, £7 ss.

Christchurch. —2s/9/41, Nos. 3146 A. and H. 10523, a ladies’ black 8.5. A., Butler transfers, the property of Moina Sutherland; value, £5.

Christchurch. —26/9/41, Nos. B. 3050 and 02510, a ladies’ black Butler, the property of June Bunting ; value, £4.

Christchurch.— 27/9/41, No. 15623, a gentlemen’s black Sterling, the property of Norman Blain; value, £5.

Christchurch. — 30/9/41, Nos. 5370 A. and 19322, a gentlemen’s black Butler, the property of Michael Collins O’Neill; value, £7.

Christchurch. —3/10/41, Nos. 7519 A. and 59719, a gentlemen’s green Butler, the property of Ronald Arthur Allen ; value, £ls 15s.

Christchurch. 6/10/41, No. D. 821, a ladies’ black Butler, the property of Mary Hughes; value, £5.

Christchurch.— lo/10/41, Nos. 2034 and 12520, a ladies’ black Butler, Victory transfers, the property of Laura Burns ; value, £6.

Christchurch. —l7/10/41, Nos. 6651 A. and 21191, a gentlemen’s black Butler, the property of Robert Campbell; value, £l2 15s.

Christchurch. — 20/10/41, No. 1383, a ladies’ black Bell, the property of Douglas Cotton; value, £4.

Dunedin. — 25/12/41, No. G.D. 10776, a gentlemen’s black Simplex Special, the property of Laurence Stanley Roy; value, £6.