SINKING A TEST PILE. The photograph shows port portion of the preliminary work on the construction of the new Adelaide Bridge over the Torrens Lake, A test pilo has been sank to a depth of 30 ft to obtain the accessary information far the designing of the concrete foundations. [?]photo. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 54 wordsSTATE LAYING RECORD BEATEN. The Black Orpington hen shown in the photograph laid 315 eggs in the 5CL Radio Poultry Club competition, which opened on April I, 1927. and closed on Saturday, at the yards of Mr. A. M. Whittenbury. president of the club, who is standing by the hen, which was bred and is owned by Mrs. B. Cooke, of Kanmantoo. The cup was presented by the Hon. J. Gunn. The Radio Club has a membership Of 1,200. The previous State record for a Black Orpington hen was 312 eggs. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 99 wordsCAR-BOAT-AEROPLANE. A remarkable English invention which is capable of being used as a motor car. motor boat, and aeroplane, has two prepellers, wings which fold back, tail-fin, and rudder. it is now on exhibition in London, and shows the possibilities a the future. The photograph shows the front view of the machine, with wings folded for use as a car. —Express Photo., Ltd. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 67 wordsThe "bigger and better Chevrolet" will be placed on the South Australian market to-day. The new model embodies many improvements, both to the engine and the car. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 30 wordsPRESENTATION OF THE CUPS. The inter-State polo tournament was concluded at Birkalla on Saturday, and a miniature of the Australasian gold cap was presented to each member of winning team. New South Wales No. I (Harden), by Lady Somers. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 44 wordsMANY LIVES LOST. An aerial photograph of the Russian training ship Tovaristch making for port after her disastrous collision off Dungeness with the Italian steamer Alcantara, which sank with the loss of all. save one or her crew. Prolonged search was made by the Bye and Dungeness lifeboats, and later by fishing boats and aeroplanes,' but no survivors were found. —Central News photo. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 68 wordsTHE DAMAGED BOWS OF THE SOVIET SHIP. The bows of the Soviet ship Tovarlstch, damaged in a collision off Dunqeness with the Italian steamer Alcantara, which ?s sunk, with the loss of twenty-two men ail the crew but one. The bodies of several of the drowned men were recovered. —Central News Photo. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 58 wordsWORK NEAR THE ADELAIDE GAOL. The steel tube carrying sewerage across the railway bridge over the River Torrens, near the Adelaide Gaol, having proved too small, a syphon, com prising two concrete pipes, set in concrete, one 2 ft. G in. wide and the other 3 ft. wide, is being laid down by the Sewerage Department. This is the third and largest of three which have been built under the new scheme. Krischock, photo. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 61 wordsThe now model Chevrolet for 1928 which will be placed on placed on the South Australian market to-day, was tested for 3,000,000 miles on the famous proving ground of ...
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Article : 90 wordsCAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY DEFEATS OXFORD. The historic boat race between Oxford and Cambridge Universities was rowed on the River Thames on Friday morning, and was won by Cambridge by [?] lengths. The Cambridge crew art shown in the photograph. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931), Mon 2 Apr 1928, Page 14
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