One of the things I love about old newspapers is the car ads. While this is not a car ad specifically it does have a picture of a very groovy bus.
I doubt the journey between Warwick and Brisbane would be all that comfortable or swift in this bus. Notice also how short the telephone numbers are!
According to Wikipedia, Grimley's Coach Service was bought out by Skennars in 1952 and the run that would have been the Grimley's run was bought off Skennars by Crisps Coaches in 1992 [1].
This advertisment is from page 3 of the Friday May 6, 1949, edition of the The Warwick Daily News.
[1] Skennars. (2014, December 27). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 04:45, May 31, 2015, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Skennars&oldid=639798679
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