PROPERTY STOLEN

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume LXIX, Issue 37, 20 September 1944, Page 686

PROPERTY STOLEN

Auckland. 2sth July last, from the dwelling of WILLIAM SAMUEL CHAMPNESS GRIFFITH, 13 Marsden Avenue, Mount Eden, a dark navy-blue worsted suit with stripes, about size 5, “ Peter Mack, Tailor ” on tag at neck; and a black metal Usalite two-cell torch; total value, £l2 19s. 6d. Identifiable.

Auckland. Between the 25th and 27th July last, from the dwelling of WILLIAM JAMES SEXTON, 14 Ethel Street, Mount Albert, a brown full-length Musquash fur coat, no collar, square shoulders, brown taffeta lining with scroll design thereon, sleeves fully lined with brown crepe do Chine, brown buttons about H in. in diameter ; value, £SO ; a ladies’ 18 ct. gold round Baume wristlet watch, about size of a shilling, “ M.G.B, 1917 ” on back, 9 ct. gold expanding wrist-band; a gold bar booch, about 2Jin. long and § in. wide with Turkish sovereign mounted thereon, gold pin and piece of.fine gold chain at back; an R.N.Z.A.F. officer’s peaked cap with badge, size 61, “ W. J. Sexton” in ink on inside ; a ladies’ brown leather hand-bag of envelope shape with dome-fastener, about 16 in. by 8 in., lined with brown silk taffeta ; a pair of reading glasses with slightly darkened lenses, pale-pink frame, in grey leatherette case with “James Martin, Symonds Street and M. Sexton” on inside; a red and dark mottled Conway Stewart fountainpen with gold band, nib, and lever ; a grey mottled Eversharp pencil with nickel pocket-clip ; and an Army Thrift Club book, issued by Auckland Savings-bank in name of Maureen Sexton, serial No. 425/46, showing a credit balance of £6 10s. ; total value, £67 3s. Identifiable. -

Auckland.— On 31st July last, the dwelling of JULIUS EDWARD POTTKAMPER, 328 Mount Albert Road, was broken into and the following stolen : A gentlemen’s nickelplated oblong Swiss wristlet-watch, luminous dial, secondshand, brown leather wrist-strap ; a gentlemen’s silver round 15-jewel old wristlet watch, brown leather strap ; a gentlemelds gold ohlopu wristlet, with curved sides, round grey dial, Arabic numerals, brown leather wrist-strap ; a ladies’ 9 ct. gold wristlet watch about size of a shilling, German make, white dial, black Arabic numerals, secondshand, repair No. 862 on inside back case, gold expanding wrist-band; a purse from handbag, about 2 in. by 2\ in. containing 10s. in money ; and £5 in money ; total value £27 2s. 6d. Identifiable except money. . . jx&t Atntfefr 'r&Wah /9/6/vi

Auckland. Between the 28th and 31st July last, from a yard in Middleton Road, Newmarket, the property of the NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT (Post and Telegraph Department), a 1939 model 15 cwt. Ford V 8 motor-truck, painted dark-green, steel tray, engine No. P 4352 F, registration plates No. Govt. 14,962, Army No. 6010 in white paint on bonnet, fitted with four Firestone tires, Nos. H 2020755, H 2661335, H 2027215, and H 542182 T, respectively ; value, £3OO. Identifiable.

Auckland. —Between the 2nd and 4th ultimo, from a beqch near the door of the machinery department of the FARMERS’ TRADING CO., LTD., Hobson Street, a 1 h.p. two-stroke motor-cycle engine, Villiers make, painted khaki, No. C.Y.Z. 409 and two other unknown numerals; two carburettors of float type, to fit engine, complete with Bowden wire and hand control, Villiers make; and two engine flywheel covers, about 8 in. in diameter, painted khaki, “ The Villiers Engineering Co.” thereon ; total value, £25. Identifiable. The offence may have been committed by a Youth (name unknown), age about seventeen, height about 4 ft. 8 in., medium build, fair complexion and hair; wearing a long brown raincoat. He was seen near the bench on the 2nd and 3rd ultimo.

Auckland. 22nd July last, from the dwelling of MARY ISABELLE NORTH, 17 Albion Road, Otahuhu, a Westminster chiming clock in walnut cabinet, about 12 in. high and 15 in. wide, round top with sloping sides, round white dial about 8 in. in diameter, chromium hands and Arabic numerals, a pink hexagon-shaped hanging mirror about 15 in. wide, three parallel grooves about 6 in. long and . I in. apart on two sides ; a dark-green woollen double blanket, with 3 in. green satin binding ; a white cotton single sheet; a fawn kapok double mattress with pink stripes, small patch in centre ; two pillows to match mattress with white cotton pillow-cases ; a dark-green self-figured moir silk double-bed spread, with niching in shape of oval in centre ; a pair of white linen double sheets ; a pair of cream-coloured double woollen blankets with green and pink stripes in centre, cigarette-burn marks near ends ; a gold-coloured silk double eiderdown quilt with satin backing ; a white silk nightdress, W size ; a bedroom mat, about 54 in. by 30 in. with green and fawn tonings; and a ladies’ red woollen cardigan with red buttons to neck ; total value, £4l Is. fid. Identifiable.

Auckland. lst ultimo, from the gymnasium at Seddon Memorial Technical College, the property of RONALD CHARLES ANDERSON, 47 Bollard Avenue, Avondale, a gentlemen’s gold-filled hexagon-shaped Unicorn Swiss wristlet watch, about size of halfpenny, yellow dial, luminous hands and numerals, seconds-hand missing, blue leather wrist-strap; value, £7. Identifiable.

Mount Eden South. —l2th June last, from an office in the R.N.Z.A.F. Headquarters, Auckland, the property of NORMA HARRIS, typiste, a four-valve H.M.V. Midget radio, 10 in. by 8 in., serial No. 496, in brown polished wooden cabinet; value, £ls. Identifiable.

Tauranga. 2sth or 26th ultimo, from a Chevrolet motorcar in the garage of THOMAS WILLIAM DOCKRAY, Harrington Street, four wheels, fitted with the following tires : Two 600 by 16 Goodyear, serial Nos. E. 64371/961 N. and E. 64716/961 N., a 600 by 16 retread, a 600 by 16 (probably Goodyear); four tubes ; and eighteen gallons of petrol; total value, £4l 14s. Two tires identifiable.

Gisborne. —Between the 3rd and 14th ultimo, from a shed in a yard in Awapuni Road, the property of the NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT (Public Works Department), a 1 h.p. four-cycle air-cooled petrol engine, No. 20142, model A, vertical type, made by Briggs and Stratton, U.S.A. ; value, £25. Identifiable.

Petone.- About 16th June, 1943, the property of TREVOR ATKINSON, 2 Meadows Avenue, Lower Hutt, a -22 calibre Winchester repeating rifle, slide-action, No. 30588113 ; value, £5. Identifiable. On or about above date complainant loaned the rifle to Carl Buck, a member of the United States Marine Corps, who failed to return it before leaving this Dominion on 25th December last.

Wharf (Wellington). —sth or 6th ultimo, the property of Lieutenant LEE R. EMI3REE, United States Armed Forces, a black Bell and Howell, Filmo movie camera, about in. by 31 in. by 2 in., serial No. 374859, 16 mm. magazine load, with the following accessories: A 1 in. lens and sunshade, a 4.1 in. lens, serial No. 285048, and sunshade, a 1 in. objective lens, a 4 J in. objective lens ; a leather carrying-case ; a dark-brown leather jacket, made in New Zealand; and a tan cotton twill coat lined with sheep-skin, “ Towell ” on tag inside; total value, £67 l()s. Identifiable. The property was stolen from a motor-car on the ship “ Wahine ” between Lyttelton and Wellington.

Dunedin. Between the 12th and 14th June last, from a disused cheese-factory at Silverside, the property of ARTHUR JOHN FOWLER, Dukes Road, Mosgiel, a Pumpwell suction and delivery pump, made by A. and T. Burt, Ltd., painted red, l h.p. electric motor set in base of frame, driven with V-shaped belt; value, £25. Identifiable.

Dunedin. —19th or 20th July last, from the service-station of EDWARD JAMES BREWSTER, 124 Main North Road, a -J h.p. single-phase Wagner electric motor, No. 699,373, may have small half-moon-shaped piece of brass on brush-points; value, £lO. Identifiable.

Dunedin. — l9th ultimo, from clothing on a seat in Tho Oval, the property of NYRA FRANCES BUCHANAN, a ladies’ chromium-plated octagon- Swiss wristlet watch, black Arabic numerals, “ N ” scratched on back; value, £3 10s. Identifiable.

Mosgiel.— June last, from a dwelling at 23 King Street, the property of MARTHA McCONNELL CRAIGIE, Cambria Park, Puhunui Road, Papatoetoe, a ladies’ gold oblong Hafis wristlet watch with rounded corners, Arabic numerals, engraving on sides, brown leather wrist-strap; value, £lO 10s. Identifiable.

Bicycles Auckland. —Between 25/7/44 and 5/8/44, No. 7371, a light-blue Empire, the property of Jack Sinclair ; value, £2O.

Avondale. —7/7/44, No. 18122, a gentlemen’s black Monarch Special, the property of John Frederick Clendon; value, £5.

Rotorua. —2s/6/44, No. 58200, a gentlemen’s black Royal Standard, the property of Pipi Marunui; value, £7.

Rotorua. —27/7/44, No. WAV. 870, a ladies’ black Rangatira, the property of Constance Hogg; value, £B.

New Plymouth. 3l/5/44, No. 149396, a gentlemen’s black, the property of Eric Cornwall Tanner; value, £B.

Hastings. —2/2/44, No. W. 724297, a gentlemen’s black 8.5. A., the property of Lindsay Horace Jackson; value, £5.

Hastings. — l/3/44, No. X.Z. 8510, a gentlemen’s black Monarch Special, the property -of Cyril Ambrose Heeney; value, £lO.

Hastings. —l6/3/44, No. A. 58673 over 2 35, a gentlemen’s black, the property of Norman Walter Strange ; value, £6.

Hastings. —7/4/44, No. 52768, a gentlemen’s black, the property of Neils Israelsen ; value, £6.

Hastings. — l7/6/44, No. 276442, a gentlemen’s green Triumph, the property of Francis Leonard Walsh ; value, £l2.

Hastings. —23/6/44, No. V. 866, a gentlemen’s black Triumph, the property of Colin Henry Cassin ; value, £7 10s.

Hastings. 4/7/44, No. 6936, a gentlemen’s black, the property of Alfred Amory George-; value, £5.

Palmerston North. —6/7/44, No. A. 79875, a gentlemen’s black Phillips Royal, the property of Maurice Carroll Bailey ; value, £9.

v- • .V s«r F Lower Hutt. —27/5/44, No. W.C. 1584, a ladies’ black and red Hercules, the property of Eustace Jackman Rishworth ; value, £ls.

Wellington. — No. 7535, a gentlemen’s black Couchman, the property of James Henry Biggs ; value, £4.

Wellington. B/7/44, No. 143321, a gentlemen’s black 8.5. A., Clun Cycle Works transfers, the property of Hubert Thomas Wells ; value, £9.

Wellington. — l9/7/44, No. 4273, a gentlemen’s black Monarch Special, the property of Francis Lang; value, “ 10s - famSCsfiyAk.

Greymouth.— 6/8/44, No. A.C. 61249, a gentlemen’s black Raleigh, Kitchingham and Raleigh transfers, the property of Herbert Manuel/Birchfield ; value, £lO. MXJtiXsXWj—Hi/a./j,!,"

Christchurch.— B/4/44, No. S. 876, a gentlemen’s black* Twiss transfers, the property of Cecil James Hodgson; value, £8 ss.

Christchurch.— 27/5/44, No. 169, a gentlemen’s blue, the property of John Hayward Densem ; value, £lO.

Christchurch.— 3l/5/44, No. 77196, a gentlemen’s black, Butler transfers, the property of Douglas Quartermain; value, £5.

Christchurch. —l/6/44, No. 6985, a gentlemen’s black, the property of Charles Hem-y Houlton i value, £5.

Christchurch. —l/6/44, No. A. 22774, a gentlemen’s black, the property of Kenneth Graham ; value, £5.

Christchurch. —s/6/44, No. 315, a gentlemen’s red, Ideal transfers, the property of Percy John McLaren ; value, £5.

Christchurch. —9/6/44, No. 94, a gentlemen’s black, the property of Kevin Gerard Haughey ; value, £5.

Christchurch. lo/6/44, Nos. 8410 and 8277 A., a gentlemen’s black, Butler transfers, the property of Lynn Jellie ; value, £ls.

Dunedin. —15/7/44, No. 394122, a gentlemen’s black 8.5. A., Jones transfers, the property of Alexander Dillon McCambridge ; value, £6.