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04/12/2022

Star Weekly looks back through the pages of our predecessors.

35 years ago

December 8, 1987

The Sunbury Jewellery Store in Evans Street was this week the target of a robbery which netted thieves over $10,000 worth of gold and silver chains, bracelets and diamond set rings.

30 years ago

December 8, 1992

The Minister for Recreation and Sport, Gisborne MP Tom Reynolds, and Tullamarine MP Bernie Finn have both reacted swiftly to concern that recent cuts in education spending would abolish inter-secondary school sport.

25 years ago

December 9, 1997

Gisborne is renowned for its annual festival which attracts visitors from far and wide.

20 years ago

December 10, 2002

Federal Burke MP Brendan O’Connor has called for the return of The Ashes urn “in the interests of the spirit of cricket”.

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