6.30 NEWS AND TOP HALF. 01/10/1985

News Sport and Weather.

Complaints to the Select Committee on the Homosexual Law Reform Bill from Norman Jones as he petitions against it.
National Party Leader, Jim McClay, states his party would not back antinuclear legislation if put into power.
A Salvation Army ship sinks off Waiheke Island in a storm.
The price of computers drops by 40%, as with the price of wine.
Retail industry hit by pre GST market gitters.
New Criminal Justice Act comes into place with the aim of reducing the numbers in prison.
Keri Hulme is on the short list for the Booker Prize for her novel, The Bone People.
Emergency supply of beer flown to the Chatham Islands by Lion as the possibility of an ale drought looms.