PROPERTY STOLEN

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume LXVIII, Issue 21, 2 June 1943, Page 407

PROPERTY STOLEN

Kaeo. —9th or 10th April last, from the slaughterhouse of ALBERT WILLIAM KENNEY, butcher, a -22 calibre single-shot Bayard rifle, No. 80156 ; value, £2 12s. 6d. Identifiable. , (J (Os U-%.

Auckland. —Between 10-50 p.m. and 11.50 p.m. on 21st April last, the dwelling of SUM PAK CHEONG, 38a Pitt Street, was broken into and the following stolen : A suitcase containing clothing (recovered); value £5 ; a gentlemen’s 9 ct. gold Buren pockot watch, open face, fifteen jewels, white dial; a silver wrist-band for a wristlet watch; £135 in £lO, £5, £l, and 10s. notes ; one hundred and twelve dollars in ten, five, and one dollar bills ; four half-sovereigns ; and two sovereigns; total value, £lB5 11s. 4d. Watch only identifiable. The offence may have been committed by a Man, age about thirty-five, height 5 ft. 8 in., probably a Maori, medium build; wearing dark clothes (no hat). He was accompanied by a man of similar description, and a Woman, age about twenty-five, height 5 ft. 5 in., probably a Maori, stout build; wearing a grey frock. At 11.30 p.m. on above date they were seen in tho locality in possession of the stolen suit- which they searched and abandoned.

Gisborne. 26th or 27th February last, from an aircraft at Gisborne or between Gisborne and Nelson, the property of the NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT (Air Department), a. pair of black metal night binoculars, “ Made by H. Hughes and Sons, London ” on bar between eyepieces, “ A.M.” and a crown in gilt on left side, “ 6e/338 ” in gilt on right side, “2017 ” in white paint on base of left barrel, brown leather strap attached ; value, £8 14s. 6d. Identifiable.

Bulls. Between the 11th and 24th April last, from a hangar at the R.N.Z.A.F. Station, Ohakea, tho property of the NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT (Air Department), two black aircraft compasses of P.B type, 4£ in. in diameter, each contained in blue-grey round metal case, black dial with two white lines across it, degrees marked in white and “ N ” in red, “ A.M.” on them, reference No. 6A726 ; total value, £l7. Identifiable.

Lower —Between the 4th and 18th February last, from the laundry of the United States of America Naval Hospital, Silverstream, the property of the NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT (Public Works Department), a fifty cycle single-phase l/12th h.p. electric motor, type No. F.L. 25315, •1350 revolutions per minute, A.C. current, 115/230 volts, fitted with a small fan with four blades ; value, £lO. Identifiable.

Wellington. —3lst March last or Ist April, from outside 193 The Terraco, the property of ELLICE SYMONS TOOGOOD, soldier, a 1938 model dark-blue Morris 8 h.p. twodoor motor-car, pressed-steel wheels, Dunlop tires, chassis No. 52/199498 or No. 99498, engine No. 200964, regis-tration-plate No. 19,572, 1942r-43 license No. 124947; value, £l6O. Identifiable. /(> ?

Christchurch. —Between the 12th and 14th April last, from an office at Southern Group Headquarters, Cashmere, the property of the NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT (Air Department), a -45 calibre Colt automatic pistol, No. W. 105515, rear sight damaged; value, £7 10s. Identifiable.

Bicycles

Queen Street Wharf (Auckland). No. 2147, a gentlemen’s three-quarter size black Leader, the property of the New Zealand Government (Railways Department); value, £lO.

Auckland. —29/1/43, No. V.C. 111, a gentlemen’s navyblue Monarch Special, the property of Ray Edward Hansen; value, £l3.

Auckland. —ll/3/43, No. 1084, a gentlemon’s green Empire De Luxe Special, the property of Donald Trevurza ; value, £5.

Auckland. — lß/3/43, No. K.D. 3736, a gentlemen’s black Monarch Special, the property of Peter Gray; value, £9.

.Auckland. —29/3/43, No. 42927, a ladies’ maroon Empire sports, the property of Beryl Jenkin; value, £B.

Auckland. —5/4/43, No. 1149, a gentlemen’s black Leader sports, the property of John Leslio Wattam; value, £l7.

Auckland. 7/4/43, No. B.Z. 3855, a gentlemen’s black Monarch Special with red lines, tho property of George William Lowther , value, £6. /l Ls, Oneiiunga. —23/4/43, No. A. 48250, a gentlemen’s black, the property of Murray James Stono ; value, £6.

Otahuhu. —16/3/43, No. 1314 T.G., a gentlemen’s black, the property of Reginald Koivu; value, £3.

Hamilton. —6/3/43, No. 11984, a gentlemen’s black Monarch Special, the property of Bruce Easte ; value, £5.

Hamilton. —3/4/43, No. F.O. 1259, a gentlemen’s black Monarch Special, the property of Raymond Wallett Shirley; value, £6.

Hamilton. —l4/4/43, No. 700, a gentlemen’s light-blue Empire, Coat of Arms transfers, the property of Anthony Garth Hall; value, £6.

Rotorua. —7/4/43, No. P.V. 6786, a ladies’ black Monarch Special, the property of Mary Woollacott; value, about £5.

Hastings.— 2/1/43, No. 7706, a gentlemen’s black Vaux, the property of Huta Rawiri; value, £B.

Hastings. —9/1/43, No. A. 13536, a gentlemen’s darkblue Coventry, the property of Owen Stenson ; value, £6.

Hastings. —23/1/43, No. 24701, a gentlemen’s black Argyle, J. A. Thomas Special transfers, the property of Selwyn Thomas Coombes ; value, £9.

Hastings. —26/1/43, No. K.X. 1714, a gentlemen’s black Crown, Claude Cash transfers, the property.of Robert Hanna; value, £6.

Hastings. No. H.A. 417, a ladies’ black Warrior, Stevens and Son transfers, the property of Dardanella O’Connor ; value, £7 15s.

Wanganui.— l9/3/43, Nos. (3) 10046 and C. 1009, a ladies’ black Chainey, the property of Margaret Johnson McMillan; valm ' £8 ' /fawW 4//7A«£ Wanganui. 3/4/43, No. 3793-C. 1253, a gentlemen’s blue 8.5. A., the property of Ivan Holman ; value, £B.

Palmerston North.— 6/4/43, No. A. 68293, a gentlemen’s black, the property of Edward Te Rangi; value, £6 10s.

Palmerston North. — 14/4/43, No. 3118 E.A., a gentlemen’s black, the property of Leonard Alexander Carter; value, £3 6s.

Palmerston North. —22/4/43, No. 135899, a gentlemen’s white 8.5. A., the property of Thomas Hughes; value, £lO.

Upper Hutt. —5/3/43, No. 8627, a ladies’ black Empire, the property of Daphne Maybel Tucker ; value, £lO.

Lower Hutt. —3/3/43, No. K. 114337, a gentlemen’s black B.S.A. sports with gold-coloured lines, Westbury and B.S.A. transfers, the property of Edward Henry Bradford; value, £l2 12s.

Wellington. —lo/4/43, No. W.D. 29717, a gentlemen’s black 8.5. A., the property of R. L. Button and Co.; value, £l2. / 6 A 3. Wellington. —lß/4/43, No. H. 62493, a gentlemen’s black 8.5. A., the property of Albert Arthur Emerson; value, £l3.

Wellington. —4/5/43, No. 8585, a gentlemen’s black Empire, Couehman Cycle Co. transfers, the property of Neil Somerville ; value, £7 10s.

Nelson. —15/4/43, No. A. 42438, a ladies’ black Armstrong, the property of Harriette Reynolds Bcatson; value, £7.

Christchurch.— 6/11/42, No. 377111, a ladies’ black, the property of Hanah Mary McLauchlan ; value, £6.

Christchurch. —3/12/42, No. 2430, a gentlemen’s black Humber sports, the property of Valance Maxwell Holland; value, £B.

Christchurch. —19/12/42, No. B. 1850/J.R. 41002, a gentlemen’s black Butler, tho property of Alan Mather; value, £5.

Christchurch. No. 7056, a gentlemen’s black Hercules, Jones transfers,. tho property of Leslie Granville Wilson ; value, £8 10s.

Christchurch. 26/12/42, No. Z. 52666, a gentlemen’s black Raleigh, the property of Christopher Coombes; value, £5.

Christchurch. 3l/12/42, No. 3710, a gentlemen’s black Bell, Spreydon transfers, the property of Frederick ' Walter Payne; value, £6.

Christchurch. —l/1/43, No. 11599/4669, a ladies’ black Raleigh sports, Butler transfers, the property of Edith BuschJ ; value, £l2 ss.

Christchurch.— l/1/43, No. L. 267, a gentlemen’s black, the property of John Alexander Briden; value, £6.

Christchurch. —2/1/43, No. 25438, a gentlemen’s black Armstrong, the property of Harry Moore ; value, £l2.