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MG Car Club of South Australia PRE-WAR & T - REGISTER From..John Bray Register meeting 5 April 2018 The Garage Down Under, Hawthorndene. here was no gold rush this month to the “down under” garage at the home of David and Joy Pearson who were just marvellous hosts to the Regis- ter troop, but it could have been some- thing else that attracted a very good number into the lower level car barn with lots of Anthony Pearson’s loot and good- ies lying about. Opportune that he and Wenona were away on holiday in India at the time. There has to be something magical in sniffing around MG parts and memora- bilia in members garages, it certainly sets the scene for talking shop and gen- eral business about nothing really. Oil and grease on your hands accounts for very little but a nuisance usually, however the smell of it in the garage creates an atmosphere akin to getting high on gasoline, judging by the enthusi- astic conversations that night where 43 signed in and 14 Register vehicles filled the front driveways. Ronnie Jellet, David Herbert, Tickford Twins Peter & Don. T Visitors : Welcomed persons included the new Secretary of Registers Ken Burke, Robert Varcoe (MGA) Suzanne Bray , and Suzette Cook. Ken Burke is the club’s secretary of the Registers in the cl