A Bengal tiger cub and opposition to a women's goal in Tomago were making headlines in the Examiner in 1978.
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The Examiner is opening its library, and each week will post a story that has been published in the paper during its 124 year history.
The front page of the Raymond Terrace-Nelson Bay Examiner, as it was called in 1978, that was published on Wednesday, July 12 featured three stories:
Tiger Sam is saved
Story brief: A Bengal tiger cub named Samson, from the Lion Safari at Raymond Terrace, was saved by a Nelson Bay vet with emergency surgery to remove plastic from his stomach.
Tomago protest on plan for women's goal
Story brief: About a public meeting in Tomago, held to protest a plan to turn the periodic detention centre into a women's goal.
Bay dump to close
Story brief: Port Stephens Shire Council resolved to close the Nelson Bay dump due to it being “full and too costly to operate”.
