February diary
FEBRUARY 1: The Prime Minister, Sir Robert Muldoon, says that the wage freeze will stay until unionists ratify a new wage-fixing procedure. Voluntary unionism begins. Creditors of Berryman Properties, Ltd, agree to a scheme to bind the company’s debts so that the Cranmer Courts development may proceed. Mr W. J. Knox says that he will stay president of the F.O.L. until May, 1989, when he will be 70. FEBRUARY 2: Teletext is officially opened. FEBRUARY 5: Sweetwaters South music festival attracts 15,000 people. FEBRUARY 7: The F.O.L. blames the Government for any delay in securing a wage increase for workers.
FEBRUARY 10: The Soviet President, Mr Yuri Andropov, dies aged 69. FEBRUARY 13: Konstantine Chernenko is elected general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party. FEBRUARY 15: New Zealand beats England in a cricket test series. Miss Beverley Wakem is appointed director-general of Radio New Zealand. FEBRUARY 16: The Christchurch Civic Trust decides to launch an appeal to raise money for the Mount Vernon block on the Port Hills.
FEBRUARY 17: The Right Rev. Maurice Goodall becomes the new Bishop of Christchurch. FEBRUARY 21: Journalists at “The Press” vote in favour of putting a black ban on the work of the Timaru reporter, Mr Doug Hodge. FEBRUARY 29: The F.O.L. and the Combined State Unions demand a general wage order.
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Press, 2 January 1985, Page 4 (Supplement)
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