6.30 NEWS. 21/12/1985

News, current affairs, sport and weather.
Main stories:
A revamped NZ Steel LTD may have to spend 400 million more dollars to complete the South Auckland expansion site. Government to bail out the company.
A bi-partisan group of US senators has asked that US President Reagan and PM David Lange take a step back from their row over ANZUS.
Court room siege in Nante France ends with no one harmed.
Envoy Terry Waite flies to Beirut in an attempt to solve a different hostage crises.
9 South African political refugees have been murdered in Lesotho.
US Secretary of State George Shultz threatens to resign if Reagan’s desire to have politicians take lie detector test is put into place.
A NZer is jailed in New Caledonia for smuggling cocaine.
Police inquiry into a cheque forgery conspiracy to the value of $640,000.
140 people arrested in Auckland last night on disorderly behaviour charges. Middlemore Hospital rushed off feet as Xmas revelry sees many drink related accidents.