Car show for Games funds
i A car show next month • which the organisers hope 1 will be the biggest staged in 1 Christchurch will raise funds ’ for the Commonwealth > ; Games. i The show will be held in the King Edward Barracks 1 from August 3 to 6 and will s ■ involve 11 franchise holders 1 ' and 10 local car clubs, with ’ displays estimated as being i • worth more than slm. As well as exhibits of the ’ ’ latest production models i • available in New Zealand 1 ■ there will be line-ups of i ■ various prestige marquees 1 ’ through the ages — seven ■ Rolls-Royces from 1922 to < 1972, and models representa- ' • tive of the production of ] 1 Bentley, Daimler, Lanchester, < and M.G. among others. A fashion show will also i be held during the car show, which the organisers expect ; 1 to raise at least $lO,OOO for 1 . the Games. 1
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32967, 13 July 1972, Page 15
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