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New Zealand Police :£100 reward ... Whereas on the night of the 1st instant, some person or persons did feloniously enter the Museum, Thorndon Flat, and did steal therefrom certain valuable property, notice is hereby given that the above reward will be paid to any person who shall give such information as shall lead to the conviction of the offender, or offenders. Frederick Atchison, Inspector of Police. February 2, 1866. By authority, G Didsbury, Governmment Printer
- Date
- 1866
- By
- Didsbury, George, 1839-1893
- Reference
- Eph-D-MUSEUM-1866-01
- Description
An arrangement of text offering a reward of £100. The poster contains a list of the articles stolen, including chronometers, binoculars, jewellery, medals, coins, pounamu, jewellery and even a ring purported to contain a lock of Napoleon's hair.
Wellington Independent, 3 March 1866, page 5 recounts how the culprit "a short elderly man named James Young" in prison for another misdemeanour, confided his part in the museum robbery to a fellow prisoner who was able to lead police to the swag concealed in a nearby house.
Other Titles - £100 ; First
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Letterpress on poster, 588 x 430 mm.
Transfers: Removed from Mantell papers..
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Scanned from original
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s), Ephemera, Letterpress works, Posters, Letterpress on poster, 588 x 430 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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Didsbury, George, 1839-1893. New Zealand Police :£100 reward ... Whereas on the night of the 1st instant, some person or persons did feloniously enter the Museum, Thorndon Flat, and did steal therefrom certain valuable property, notice is hereby given that the above reward will be paid to any person who shall give such information as shall lead to the conviction of the offender, or offenders. Frederick Atchison, Inspector of Police. February 2, 1866. By authority, G Didsbury, Governmment Printer. Ref: Eph-D-MUSEUM-1866-01. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/31983119More information can be found in our terms of use.