EXHIBITION TRAIN.
AUSTRALIAN - MADE
A TRAVELLING SHOW
■SYDNEY. Nov. 28. An exhibition train loaded with Australian-made goods is to tour New South Wales for 12 months, beginnm;; in March next, under the control of the “Australian - made’’ Preference League.
The scheme, details of which -re being arranged by the league with the [Railway Commissioners, is for the train ta visit 100 towns. The train wiLl be painted white, and will be fitted out attractively and illuminated in spectacular style. Exhibitors will 'rave! with the train, and wherever it stops the train will hold a shopping- -eek of Australian-made commodities. The train will he fitted with wireps's as an additional attraction, and s.-hcol eiii’.dren and local governing a.niioi dies are to be entertained wherever it foes. The league hopes to meAe arrai" ements with Mi - Chaffey (Minuter inr Agriculture) to combine.vitli the manufacturers’ train a * ‘betcer-f iinning’ ’ train on which to demonv. oite the latest developments in cotton, v 001, wheat, tobacco, fruit packing, ami so on. It is net proposed to make, a profit out cf the train, but ihe league expects, to make it pay for itself by the sale of exhibiting space to manufacturers.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 10 December 1924, Page 11
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196EXHIBITION TRAIN. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 10 December 1924, Page 11
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