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Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21052, 2 March 1940, Page 4

PLANNED FIRE EVIDENCE IN CITY CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday A planned find determined effort to set fire to a bin building m the city sometime last night had a sequel this morning when an arrest was made by detectives, following the discovbundles of kerosene-soaked paper strewn over the office floors of the building. STEAMER TORPEDOED WASHINGTON, March 1 A submarine attacked the British steamer Southgate, which sent out distress signals that, its position was 300 miles north of Puerto Rico and 1000 miles south-east of Miami, AIR LINER MISSING DISTRESS SIGNALS SENT CALCUTTA, March 1 An Imperial Airways liner which left Jiwani for Sharjah at 5.30 a.m. radioed at 10.10 a.m. that it was trying to contact Sharjah, after which it could not be traced. The plane carried four passengers and a crew of four and was over tho most inhospitable mountains on the whole route. RAID ON ENGLAND GERMAN DRIVEN BACK RUGBY, March 1 Anti-aircraft guns on the Thames Estuary firod an enemy plane this evening. Fifty shells burst around the retreating speck at a great height. PUKEKOHE RACES Tuakau Stakes: 9—lo Chain Acre, 7.5 (V, Gallop), 1; 2—2 Paymaster, 7.1 (B. Markwick), 2; 7—7 Horeke, 7.2 (R. Stockley) 3. Scr.; Auburn Lad. Half-a-length each way. Time, 1.2 2-5. The winner paid nearly a third of a century straight out. BANK’S PENINSULA RACES Motukarara Juvenile Handicap: First division: I—l Lord Lynn, 1; 3—4 Schoolgirl, 2; 4—3 Baldoon, 3. Scr.: Evologist. Second division: TO—ls Night Glass, 1; 2—2 Dop’t Forget, 2; 14—14 Rye Town, 3. All started. Terawera High-weight: I—l Cymric, 1; 2—3 Alcatraz, 2; 10—11 Prudent Prince, 3. All started.