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Shows & fairs, 1930

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Far West Boys Who Have Not Seen Sea Motorists Could Show Them

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 2

Drawn from Bourke, Wilcannia, Ivanhoe, Broken Hill, Mossgiel, and Mungindi, 74 boys are in camp at Pennant Hills, under Scout…

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Sydney's Annual Motor Show. a Million Pounds' Worth of Cars and Trucks

The Land · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 12

To-day (Friday) one of the greatest motor shows yet held in Australia, will be opened at the Agricultural Ground, Sydney. when cars. motor…

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New Eights Show British and American Ideas Money to Burn Huge Light Bill

The Sun · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 18

Spread throughout the Motor Transport Show are 10,000 lamps, and innumerable leads go to supply power to the exhibitors who are showing…

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Car Exhibits Show New Styles Eye Caught Flash of Color Details of Stands

Evening News · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 14

BIG and little cars, sportsters and sedate sedans, are check by jowl on the stands. General Motors (Aus.) Ltd.—23…

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CRICKET [?] Service Speed Thrift The Modern Motor Greatest Yet Show's Vast Range Optimistic Gesture

The Sun · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 15

The £1,000,000 mark in value easily is passed by the massed exhibits at the Seventh Annual Motor Transport Show at the…

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Motor Show of New South Wales Exhibits Worth £1,000,000 Greatest Display Yet Made

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 9

At 3 o'clock this afternoon the Governor (Sir Dudley de Chair)will formally open the International Motor Show of 1930—described by the Motor Traders' Association as "bigger and better" than any of the six similar exhibitions which have preceded it…

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Willys Knight in Black and Milky Jade Motor Aristrocrat That Will Attract Many Admirers at the Show

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 17

A great Willys Knight six roadster, finished in black and milky jade, occupies pride of place in Overland (Sydney) Ltd., it will…

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Seventh—and Greatest—Motor Transport Show is Open To-Day Made Here Much of Car Convincing Proof

Evening News · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 13

THE extent to which local industries have been developed by the ever-increasing use of motor vehicles effectively is demonstrated to visitors…

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MOTORS for Every Taste & Purse Glittering Display at This Year's Show Last Words of Motor Designers in Power, Elegance, and Utility Exhibits Worth £1,000,000

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 15

Motor individuality has been reborn! A car is no longer a machine, or a vehicle, but something warm and personal; something almost vivaciously fright and colorfully expressive; something that "lives."…

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A Million Pound Worth of Motorists' Delight Motor Show of 1930 Has Record Exhibits Should Attract Great Interest Enterprising Firms Combine in Presenting Brilliant Pageant Triumph of Australian Body Work a Feature Official Opening To-day

The Labor Daily · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 8

AT the annual Motor Show which opens to-day at the Royal Agricultural' Grounds, Moore Park, the value of the exhibits will be something like [?]1,000,000 worth of cars, motor cycles, and accessories of every description, which will be displayed before a more or less critical crowd for 10 days. In its kind this enterprise is unprecedented in scale and variety, and year by year will continue to…

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Country Carnival

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 19

During tho week the annual contests between men's and women's country tennis teams have been held in Sydney, beginning on Tuesday, Tamworth,…

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Braved Rain Watson's Bay Carnival

The Sun · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 6

A fair crowd braved the elements at Watson's Bay this afternoon, when the first annual Vaucluse regatta was held under the auspices of the local…

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Capitol—"on with the Show."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 10

The Warner Brothers' talking film. "On With the Show," which has been photographed entirely in colour and includes some spectacular revue scenes, continues as the principal attraction at the…

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Eve Reappears As Amateur State Swimming Carnival Attractions

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 27

Former Olympic champion, R. Eve, will make his first public appearance at Domain Baths today, following his recent…

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The Moving Picture Show Clingers Wanted

The Sun · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 4

Dr. Demarquette thinks that the "clinging vine" type of woman is going out of existence. Somebody should speak to Dr…

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Dodge Bros. Products at the Motor Show

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 15

With a line of motor cars comprising the New Dodge Brothers Six, and the luxurious New Senior, Messrs, Harden and Johnston Limited, ar fortunate in being…

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Car Wonders Motor Show Attracts Three Sessions

The Sun · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 5

Record crowds are expected to-day at the three sessions of the Annual Motor Transport Show as the R.A.S Showground--the most comprehensive…

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Power Mowers Westcott, Hazell's Exhibit at the Motor Show

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 15

The firm of Westcott, Hazell and Co. is exhibiting many useful motor accessories and lines of general interest at the Sydney Motor Show this week…

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Spectacular Blaze Surfers Save Their Necks Motor Show Luncheon

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 14

"AND IT IS GRATIFYING TO NOTE--" Sir Dudley de Chair, speaking at the Motor Show luncheon yesterday, when he officially, opened the exhibition. At right, Federal Treasurer, Mr. Theodore, strikes a balance. A LONG INNINGS.--Well-known figures at the Sydney Cricket Ground, who…

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First Show of the Season Dapto Still Going Strong

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 17

DAPTO, Friday.--Dairy cattle held pride of place at the 73rd annual Dapto Show, which was commenced auspiciously to-day, in ideal weather…

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