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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20424, 1 October 1934, Page 14

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RISE IN WAIMAKABXBI, The Waimakariri River was rising this afternoon and by 9 o’clock tonight it is expected that it will be 7ft above normal at the main traffic bridge. Early this afternoon water was flowing through Wright’s Cut. AUCKLAND EXCHANGE. * AUCKLAND, October 1. Sales—Reserve Bank, £6 9s; Sanford (pref.). 11s 3d; Mahakipawa, 101 d; Bank of New Zealand, 4Ss 9df A.P.A., 10s Cd; Dominion Investment and Banking Co., 17s; Traders’ Finance (con.), 2s lOd; Renown Collieries (pref.), Is 9d; Auckland Gas, 26s 7d; Broken Hill, 51s 7d; Government Stock (1949), fill 2s 6d; (1955), £ll2 17s 6d. MISS THOMPSON'S PLIGHT. BRINDISI, September 30. Miss Freda Thompson, the Australian airwoman who is endeavouring to beat Miss Jean Batten’s record flight from England to Australia. Arrived here at 12.15 p.m. to-day. thain service interrupted. WELLINGTON, October 1. The Railway Department has lost touch with Wairarapa and railway stations between Featherston and Mauriceville owing to the telephone lines* being down. Nothing is known about the state of the lines or where the .trains are. TAUMARUNUI RACES. In the Handicap Hurdles the order was: 7-7 Imperial Prince, 4-4 Glenade, 2-1 Luminary. Hack Handicap—lo-10 On Approval 1. 2-3 Dark Marble 2. 5-2 First Lap 3. The winner was the outsider of the field and paid a verybig dividend.