Opening of £1,000,000 Motor Show
Evening News · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 1
Cars and cycles to suit all tastes and purses, commercial vehicles, and a great array of accessories on view at the Motor Show, are valued by the M.T.A. at £[?],000,000. A view at the official opening…
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Evening News · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 6
PERHAPS the first thing that will imprest visitors to the Motor Show will he the almost amazing variety of color schemes on most of the cars exhibited. Some of the new color schemes are good, but many are not,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Conference Railway Concessions (To the Editor, "The Methodist.")
The Methodist · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 2
Dear Sir,—The Chief Traffic Manager, N.S.W. Government Railways, has authorised me to issue certificates for railway concessions at single fare and one-third for return journey to…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 14
The council decided at its last meeting to co-operate with the Canterbury Council in seeking a reduction in railway fares. "Mr. Fraser is a wonderful engineer, but…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Country News. Tweed River Railway. Murwillumbah
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 18
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works heard further evidence at Murwillumbah regarding the proposal to construct a railway along the southern side of the Tweed…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 18
Alfred Dunn, a middle-aged man, residing at Forest-road, Bexley, was seriously injured last night, when a motor car collided with a horse and cart which he was driving in…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 11
The most comprehensive exhibit at the show is, in all probability, that of General Motors (Australia) Proprietary, Ltd. In connection with Boyd Edkins, Ltd., and John McGrath,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Opening Day of the Motor Show Exhibits Worth £1,000,000. Australia's Greatest Collection of Cars
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 11
Automobiles and accessories to the value of approximately £1,000,000 are exhibited at the show organised by the Motor Traders' Association of New South Wales…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 19
The Bankstown Council has been informed that it will apparently be impossible to make provision on the current year's Estimates for the construction of the Temple…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 20
THE ACTING PREMIER, MR. E. A. BUTTENSHAW, PERFORMING THE CEREMONY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Motor Speed. Attack on Records. Pending Struggle in Florida. London, Jan. 12
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 17
Malcolm Campbell's car, with which he will defend the British speed record against America in Florida during February, has a 450 horse-power engine. It has taken three…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Electrical Display. Excitement in Melbourne. Tramway Traffic Disorganised. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 17
Serious disorganisation of tramway services occurred this afternoon, when a contact wire broke, and the end falling on to the steel ra[?]l, caused'a short circuit. This…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Motor Show. Splendid Exhibition. Opened by Acting Premier
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 17
The Motor Traders' Association of New South Wales has more than justified itself in organising the fifth annual motor show, which was opened yesterdny. The exhibits are…
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The Sun · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 1
The high point in Ford car production will not be reached before September. Meanwhile, employment in the motor car plants in this city has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Do Not Touch" Collecting Fingerprints Motor Show Sidelight Polishers Busy
The Sun · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 7
Cotton waste, polish, and chamois leather were the outstanding features of the motor show at the Exhibition Grounds…
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The Sun · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 8
Mrs. Mabel Chapman, of Dangarstreet, Randwick, was robbed last night on a tram in clovelly-road, Randwick, of a kit bag containing…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Only Framework Left Rail Motor Burned Adelaide
The Sun · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 8
A rail motor car which left Adelaide this morning for Angaston with about 40 passengers, caught fire at Gawler…
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Smith's Weekly · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 23
My milkman has a dandy car. A flivver takes my baker out; And for a journey near or far My butcher has a runabout…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Do Animals Think ? Why does the dog go after motor cars and the cat chase the wind-blown leaf?
Smith's Weekly · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 11
A DOG, BARKING with excitement, rushes at a passing horseman. Does he reason out his action? is it blind instinct or conscious play?…
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The Labor Daily · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 6
Sir,--Amongst other reasons given for the [?]ner protracted counting of the above ballot-papers, is that the result is decided [?] preferential…
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