1United States Secretary of State George Shultz arrives in Wellington this evening for tomorrow's Australia, New Zealand, United States Security Treaty (ANZUS) Council meeting. Sir Robert Muldoon will lead the New Zealand delegation, as the talks were arranged before the snap election was called. The incoming Labour Government will have observers at the meeting.

2The Soviet news agency TASS has reported on the New Zealand elections, stressing the Labour Party's promise to make warships declare whether they are carrying nuclear weapons.

3Britain's world trade has virtually ground to a standstill as the dockers' strike continues to spread.

4 At least 36 people were killed when a freight train collided with a passenger train at a small Yugoslavian railway station.