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Main stories:
Auckland Police are appealing for information about an iron bar used during the hold up of the Mangare Bridge Post Office. Speakers: Peter Williams (Otahuhu CIB).
Other Stories:
David Lange is arriving at Auckland Airport after talks in New Caledonia with five separate groups who have an interest in independence for the French territory.
Three opponents of the South African government are continuing their sit-in at the British consulate in Durban, but three others who have been protesting with them have now been arrested.
In Czechoslovakia Police have thrown a cordon around the West German embassy in Prague to try to stop any more East Germans seeking asylum there.
The United States space shuttle Challenger flew over New Zealand about ten minutes ago, but couldn’t be seen without special equipment. Meanwhile the astronauts on board have spent most of the day trying to restore communication links with Earth.
Norway scrambled two F-16 fighter jets today to head off an American airliner which had drifted to within fifteen minutes of the Soviet Union. Just over a year ago a South Korean airliner was shot down after entering Soviet airspace.
Customs Officers don’t like looking at “blue movies” according to a departmental report to the Minister of Customs. They have to judge whether movies are indecent or not, and officers don’t relish their role as defenders of public morals and want someone else to do the job.
A full scale replica of Stonehenge may be built to save the monument from further damage.
Sports News:
Tusk Cup rugby league scores and highlights.
English First Division football scores and highlights.
Rothmans Soccer League scores.
The Young New Zealand cricket team are playing Zimbabwe.
Other sports headlines.