titled "Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board / Gratuities (New Scheme) Long Service Leave (All Employees) Sick Leave, / Medical Examinations and Employees' Register". Dated 1 March 1957 with a reprint date of 2nd May 1977 and a further reprint date of Dec. 1982, following an amendment of 24/4/1981. Signed by W. Aird, Secretary. See items 67 and 741 for other versions.Yields information about the MMTB retirement (gratuitities), medical and sick leave arrangements.Booklet - 28 pages A5 side stapled.tramways, mmtb, personnel, procedures

Provides a story about Richard Augustus, emigrated from India in 1989, joined the tramways as a conductor in 1992. Other members of the family working with the tramways as well. Reports on his job satisfaction and contact with passengers. Works out of Malvern depot. Written by Matilda Marozzi. Has a photo of the driving school group in front of the Hawthorn Tram Depot in 1992.Yields information about a Yarra Trams employee tram driver.ABC News item printed from ABC website - 5 A4 pages - Melbourne tram driver Richard Augustus loves the sense of community his job brings.tramways, employees, yarra trams, richard augustus, community, tram drivers, malvern depot, abc, driving school, hawthorn tram depot

Copy photograph by Keith Kings of an old photo showing a MMTB Driver or Conductor in an early to mid 1920s uniform. Cap has the MMTB logo badge but no employee number. Five button tunic with four pockets with a vest and pocket watch chain, possibly with a Union badge attached to it. At the time Union badges were permitted to be attached to a watch chain.Yields information about early MMTB Uniforms.Black and White Photograph - MMTB Uniform - 1920's photo number 213-18Has details and date written on the rear.tramways, uniforms., tram crews, conductors, tram drivers, mmtb

Used on MMTB caps until the early 1980s, with their operations or their assigned personal employee number or crew number below. Used from the late 1910s.Demonstrates a MMTB cap badge.Badge or cap badge, nickel-plated brass? for MMTB caps - letters TB combined together. Has two metal lugs soldered onto the rear to enable it to be fixed into a cap. In the middle on the rear the manufacturer's name "STOKES" is stamped into the badge. Set of 2. tramways, trams, mmtb, operations, badges, crews, drivers, conductors, personnel, employees

Used by the MMTB to indicate to Inspectors and the public, the driver or conductor traffic number or their personnel number. This number would appear on all reporting documents.Demonstrates a MMTB employee or traffic number badge.Badge number, MMTB style, "1469", plated brass to give a gold finish, with the numbers fixed to a bar top and bottom and two lugs on the rear to clip into a cap. Made by Stokes and Sons Melbourne - has been stamped onto the rear. Has one of the lugs missing. tramways, trams, mmtb, operations, badges, crews, drivers, conductors, personnel, employees

Used by the MMTB to indicate to Inspectors and the public, the driver or conductor traffic number or their personnel number. This number would appear on all reporting documents.Demonstrates a MMTB employee or traffic number badge.Set of two badges - numbered, "2116" and "2119", nickel plated brass to give a silver finish, with the numbers fixed to a bar top and bottom and two lugs on the rear to clip into a cap. Have been mounted onto a card with the clips used in practice. Made by Stokes and Sons Melbourne - has been stamped onto the rear. tramways, trams, mmtb, operations, badges, crews, drivers, conductors, personnel, employees

Photo shows W class tram 301 derailed at the intersection of Coldblo Road, the entry into Malvern Tram Depot, and Glenferrie Road. The tram has struck and partly demolished the verandah of a building in front of it. Many uniformed employees are standing around, an overhead tower truck can be seen at the front of the tram. A towing chain is on the ground. The tram has the destination on the side set to Esplanade. The tram was converted to a W2 class tram during Jan. 1930. Yields information the a derailment at the entry to Malvern tram depot.Black and white copy print on paper.Pencil notes on rear - see image 2.tramways, trams, w class, tram 301, malvern depot, coldblo road, glenferrie road, derailment

One of a pair of posed photographs of Car 7 in Corio Tce. prior to opening day. The tramline curves to the right into the depot whose entrance lies between Blakiston & Co on the right and the MESCo's offices on the corner of Yarra St., to the left. Note its ornamental turret, removed in the 20s. The carefully arranged poseurs are employees of the Company, recognisable from the other photographs. The second photograph (Item No. 8617 - large print on wall in board room) shows the opposite end of the tram with the Geelong Club and Mac's Hotel in the background. The same characters are aboard, differently arranged. Early 1912. Note also the front destination box (mechanism unknown) that was replaced with roller destination blinds with a set of four coloured lights above.Black and white print on paperNoi. 1 inside a circle and 13-9 written on the reverse in ink. GRS710/13/1/9 written on the reverse in pencilgeelong tramway car no. 7, geelong streetscape c.1912

ESCo 17 at the time of the tramway opening, photographed at the depot entry with a driver, conductor and another employee in uniform standing along side. Has a destination sign of Sturt St on the front dash panel of the tram, shows the seating arrangements, uniforms and step arrangements. See also items 3578, 4290, 5104 and 8700 for other prints.Yields information about the ESCo tramcars and uniforms at the time of opening of the tramway in 1906.Glass plate negative, in white paper wrapping."Ballarat 17" in pencil on wrappingtrams, tramways, esco, depot, uniforms, tram 17, crews

Battery trams operated between 1890 and 1892. The Mollison Street depot was the original tram depot and included the facilities for charging large numbers of batteries.Black and white photograph. Four rows of men posed in front of doorway of brick building. Tram tracks leading into doorway. Men dressed in suits, top hats. Man in front row left holding baby. Window to right of group has Bendigo Tramways written (partly revealed). Sign on far left above heads of men says positively No Admittance.Mollison Tram Depot written in blue ink on back of photo. Basil written in pencil.person, individual, basil miller

Mounted black and white photograph of 30 uniformed ESCo Ballarat employees in a room seated or standing in four rows.. Date on rear of photo mounting is 1915. Different image and arrangement of employees to that in Reg Item 708 and 2238. Image 1 of the photograph and part of the mounting. Print 152H x 200W. Mounting is cardboard with a depressed photo mount area, with actual printed surrounded by another sheet of white paper (now off white). Cardboard has a light grey colour finish. On the bottom right hand side is the photographers name "Richards & Co., Ballarat". Image 2 - mounting and photograph showing general condition of the mounting. On rear is a taped sheet of paper (see images 3 and 4), giving some of the names of the people, identified by A. Walker, 1/10/69. Left to Right Back: - Stokoe, - , - , G. O'Hara, C. Ereuson?, Jolly, Powell, - . 2 - C. Johns, - , Davey, -, -, -, -, -. 3 - -, A. Johnston, F. Greenfields, Insp Salthoose, -, -, -, Egan. 4. M. Rawlings, J. Lasey, R. Haines, F. Jarces, P. Corby, -, -, T. O'Donnell (this list has not be audited against employees register at time of cataloguing) trams, tramways, esco, employees, group photo

Annual Report - the 22nd Annual Report of the Bendigo Trust for 1994/95. A 28 page booklet which includes List of Board of Directors and Employees, President's Report (Daryl McClure), Tramways and Central Deborah Mine Reports, Financial Statements. Attached with a paper clip is a Dinner Invitation at the Central Deborah Mine on !0 Oct 1995, guest speaker is Arnold Offenberg, Director of Bendigo Mining. On front cover is a photo of the tram shelter and entrance to Central Deborah Mine with poppet head.Bendigo Trustbendigo trust, bendigo tramways, central deborah mine, daryl mcclure

Magazine - 11 A4 pages stapled in the top left hand corner, titled "Weekly Update", Week 12, 26 March 2004, published by National Express for M>Tram and M>Train employees. Gives staff news, work updates, competitions and a puzzle page. See Key associations for some of the M>Tram staff featured.trams, tramways, m>tram, staff

Used as proof of payment from AT&MOEA of members union dues. Shows the method of collecting union dues or membership fees by the Union.History of a tram employee's transactions with a public transport union of whom they are/were a member. Said public transport union has been superceded by the RTBU since 1993.Three (3) blue receipts (numbers 1752-1754, consecutive) with the phone number and address of the Victoria Branch of the AT&MOEA. All are from 1981, with handwriting indicating a signed date of 7 October of that year. Receipts are originally intended for quarterly tickets, but receipts 1752 and 1753 have handwriting indicating their actual use: "Joining Fee" and "arrears" respectively. Said 2 receipts also have the quarterly ticket price crossed out with actual amounts of their corresponding intended transactions annotated (both are A$1). Receipt 1754 is for a quarterly ticket. All 3 tickets indicate the same payer (R. Budge) and collector (W. Lachlan).public transport, unions, atmoea, tramways

Has reference to the MTA (Metropolitan Transport Authority), lists of Union Officers, delegates, Do's and Don't's. Has many advertisements for organisations throughout the book, including Slater and Gordon, BHP steel and Tramways Benefit Society. Gives information on pay rates, awards, gratuity payments and working conditions.Yields information about the ATOMEA and the awards that crews worked under in 1984 and 1985Booklet - blue card covers with an image of an articulated tram and a bus, 36 pages, centre stapled, titled "Handbook of Award, Long Service Leave and & Workers Compensation 1984-85". tramways, melbourne, atomea, awards, unions, workplace conditions, workers compensation, annual leave, the met, mta

Book - orange coloured manila card paper covers, 40 pages + cover centre stapled, titled "Handbook of Award, Long Service Leave and & Workers Compensation - 1980 edition". Has lists of Union Officers, details of gratuities schemes (old and new) - Des Shooter Secretary. Has many advertisements for organisations throughout the book, such as Mercedes-Benz, J.A. Floyd & Co. Ansair, Commonwealth Engineering, Volvo Buses and the Tramways Benefit Society. .1 - as above - 1974 - Secretary R. Edwards - adverts including Ansett Airlines, and Elders GM, Bung and International Harvester.trams, tramways, atmoea, awards, workplace conditions, workers compensation, annual leave, mmtb

Notice or circular - titled "Passengers on St Kilda Road", authorised by J Harper, Secretary of the Australian Tramway & Motor Omnibus Association (ATMOEA), about tram priority at St Kilda Junction, asking tram passengers to write to Tom Roper, Minister for Transport seeking action to improve traffic signals. Tom Roper was Minister for Transport from 1985 to 1987.Demonstrates the Union's work on tram priority.Notice - A4 sheet printed with dark blue ink.tramways, traffic signals, st kilda junction, unions, tom roper, atmoea, j harper

Book - manila card covers, centre stapled, titled "Handbook of Award, Long Service Leave and & Workers Compensation". Has lists of Union Officers, delegates, Do's and Don't's. Has many advertisements for organisations throughout the book, such as Southern Motors, Beehive Hotel Kew, Denis Duncan Meat supplier in Preston. S. Edwards Secretary. Book 56 pages + light weight card covers.trams, tramways, atmoea, awards, workplace conditions, workers compensation, annual leave, mmtb

Book - green card covers with an image of an articulated tram and a bus, 56 pages, centre stapled, titled "Handbook of Award, Long Service Leave and & Workers Compensation". Has reference to the MTA (Metropolitan Transport Authority), lists of Union Officers, delegates, Do's and Don't's. Has many advertisements for organisations throughout the book.trams, tramways, atmoea, awards, workplace conditions, workers compensation, annual leave, mta

Each page of the volume is divided into rows and headed columns. Information appearing in each row includes the name, occupation, rate of pay, days worked and total fortnightly pay. There is provision for each row to contain details for two fortnightly pays. Occupations listed in these entries include driver, conductors and points boys, of various pay rates. See item 9541 for a 1929 to 1934 version. Images of object as follows: .1 - Book - front cover .2 - Book - edge .3 - inside cover and printer's label .4 - inside cover .5 - box .6 - box with cover off .7 - sheet 1 .8 - sheet 1 and 2 .9 - page with supplementary sheets .10 - page showing duty stamps .11 - rear cover .12 - sheet 1 names - 12/8/1919 .13 - sheet 16 - 30/12/1919 .14 - sheet 42 - 27/2/1920 .15 - sheet 62 - 11/1/1921 .16 - sheet 77 - 19/4/1921 .17 - sheet 78 part - 19/4/1921 .18 - sheet 102 - 1/11/1921 .19 - sheet 103 part - 1/11/1921 .20 - sheet 124 - 2/5/1922 .21 - sheet 143 - 3/10/1922 .22 - sheet 144 part - 3/10/1922 .23 - sheet 171 - 1/5/1923 .24 - sheet 172 - 1/5/1923 .25 - sheet 206 - 22/1/1924 .26 - sheet 248 - 23/12/1924 Demonstrates aspects of the Ballarat Tramways in the 1920’s and in an employee’s daily working life – eg their hours, wages, deductions etc. Has a strong association with individuals who worked for ESCo and the organisation itself.Leather bound journal titled ""Tramway Traffic Wages Book" Each sheet numbered 1 - 248 (see note below), wages requisition number, headed "Tramway Traffic Department". Printed by Berry Anderson &co, printers reorder number 16422. Book has sewn sections to cover with lining - crocodile skin style, about 6mm thick heavy cardboard covers, with leather corners and leather central binding, titled "Tramway Traffic Wages Book".trams, tramways, esco, electric supply co of victoria, wages, accounting

Wages record book for each ESCo employee from 2/7/1929 to 30/6/1933 on a fortnightly basis. For the first-year employees are given as a list, with the following years broken down into Lighting Department, Traffic Department, and Depot. Gives the surname and the person's initials and the amounts earned, deductions, and Workers' Compensation amounts. Has summary sheets at the end of each financial year. See item 3400 for 1919 to 1924.Demonstrates record keeping of wages, income tax and has a close association with those individuals who worked for ESCo and the organisation itself.Printed as a Minute book - 184 ruled pages + heavy card cover, five sections, bound, with additional red ink columns. Contains entry for pay fortnights against each employee and summed at the end of the year.electric supply co of victoria, tramways, esco, wages, accounting

Newspaper clipping. Clipping possibly from 1958. Policemen On Eaglehawk Trams. In the Good Old Days. A man who retired yesterday after almost half a century connected with the Bendigo's trams, recalled the time when a policeman had to travel on the last tram to Eaglehawk to maintain order. He was Mr Evans, began in 1910 as a conductor, became a motorman, then traffic inspector, appointed tramways superintendent in May, 1928. When he retires he will be in his 48th year of service.. Received callers wishing him well in his retirement, was besieged with telephone calls and telegrams in his office the S.E.C. buildings, received a presentation of a framed photograph of himself at work from the tramway inspectors and a presentation from the staff and employees. Complimentary dinner at the Hotel Shamrock. Wages for conductors in 1910, 1 pound 2/6 for 60 hours, Motormen received 1 pound 10. No windscreen in trams. No sick pay.Tram drivers had to attend broken trolley wires, repairs or replacements in controllers and general equipment, to rerail trams when derailed, adjust brakes. Welsh, Cornish and Irish miners often sang on the trams. Policemen had to travel on the last tram at night to maintain order. Tram ticket obtained from conductors. 'Passengers could travel between Eaglehawk and Quarry Hill, a distance of almost 11 miles, at a charge of sixpence return,' said Mr Evans. Combination tickets included return tram fares and admission to the theatre. The prices varied according to the theatre seats.bendigo trams, ram, policeman, conductor, superintendent 1928, motorman, began 1910, telegrams, sec buildings, repairs, ticket prices, singing miners, tram prices, sick pay

Notice - duplicated foolscap sheet titled "Notice to Employees - Staff Signalman and Ticket Examiner Relief Depot Starter", calling for applications for the positions, gives salary range, conditions, closure date for applications. Dated 30/6/1977. Signed by W. Aird Secretary.trams, tramways, signalmen, mmtb, inspectors, officers, wages

Pamphlet - single side A5 size - titled "Trammies Willing to work - Government shuts down system", about the tram blockade of Jan. 1990, gives the background to the dispute, what events occurred and about the dispute, elimination of tram conductors, station staff and introduction of Met ticket.trams, tramways, tram blockade, strike, unions, conductors

Letters - Notice - printed onto yellow paper titled "Notice to Passengers", with the ATMOEA apologising to the travelling public for a current dispute - dated July 1984. Concerned with the threat to terminate the employment of the union delegates for the Melbourne - Brighton Bus Company if a stop work meeting was held. Gives the reasons behind the dispute, involvement of the Bus Proprietors' Association. On the rear has a response by the Jim Harper State Secretary to The Age about an editorial dated 19/7/1984.trams, tramways, unions, public transport, disputes, buses, atmoea

Eight issues of "MMTB News" - The Magazine of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board. Two copies of each issue held. All issues printed with an cream colour paper cover with the rest of the magazine white glass paper. 1723.1 - Vol. 3, No. 1 - 16 pages, January 1966, with a photo of the Mark VI bus No. 702 on the front cover, notes on Traffic Congestion, motor cars and supermarkets, depot masters, engineering, bus maintenance, sports and social club news. On rear cover includes a photo of a Christmas function with past senior employees - left to right - H. R. Steains (architect), H. S. McComb (Chief Surveyor), Mr. Aird, Mr. P. M. Ireland (Rolling stock engineer), J Fisher (Civil Engineer) and H. A. Warner (Secretary) 1723.2 - Vol. 3, No. 2 - 16 pages, February 1966, with a photo of counting decimal coins, Tribute to the W2 class tram written by Norm Cross, (with photo), Hawthorn Clothing Depot, retirement of Harry Munroe, introduction of decimal currency, donation of 1B bogies to SPER, tramways band, death of Neil Olsen, sports and social club news. See btm2720i9.jpg for image of the Norm Cross photograph. 1723.3 - Vol. 3, No. 3 - 12 pages, March - April 1966, with a photo of Tramways Bowl Tournament presentation on the front cover, Recent developments in public transport in North America, Vera Cruz Mexico, cable cars at Rushworth, sports and social club news and photo of the Melbourne bogies under Sydney tram. 1723.4 - Vol. 3, No. 4 - 16 pages, May 1966, with a photo of W2 321being overhauled at Preston Workshops, change over to decimal currency for accounting machines, "Tram Driver Salutes the L class tram" - written by A. Bailey, Melbourne's New Trams, retirement of Gordon Wilson, sports and social club news. 1723.5 - Vol. 3, No. 5 - 16 pages, June 1966, with a photo of the track relaying in Camberwell Rd with Camberwell fire station in background, Melbourne cable tram routes, opening and closing dates, retirement of G. H. Box, visit of SPER members to Melbourne, memories of Malvern Depot, sports and social club news. Death of A L Robertson, rostering, sports, Sydney trams, Safety and excuses for accidents. Full pdf copy added 28/8/2019 1723.6 - Vol. 3, No. 6 - 16 pages, July - August 1966 with a photo of the view from the St Kilda Junction signal box, more trams for Russia, retirements of 31 Employees, a contest to win an old W2, St Kilda Road Junction box - and how it works - signalling and interlocking, closure of Port Melbourne bus depot, sports and social club news. 1723.7 - Vol. 3, No. 7 - 16 pages, September - October 1966 with a photo of 610 on the Maribyrnong River Bridge, during the SPER tour, "Public Transport in Big Cities" - R. Risson - with photo - see image i10, MMTB Ambulance division, new trams, trams or buses, death of Harry Hood, Chas Samuels, retirement of Jack Ferguson, Reg Maxwell, manufacture of trackwork, cable tram working, sports and social club news. 1723.8 - Vol. 3, No. 8 - 16 pages, November - December 1966 with a photo of a wedding party on a tram (Richards / Fuller), apprenticeship training, Christmas message from the Chairman, tramway canteens, art of rostering by R. Drummond, Wattle Park Chalet, clock and instrument shop at North Fitzroy, tramways band, sports and social club news.trams, tramways, mmtb, carlton control, buses, pcc 980, ballarat, new trams, are, tmsv

Report - 10 pages - stapled in the top left hand corner, titled "MetTicket Tram Operations Employee Information (No. 2)", giving a update on the details of the new scratch system, implementation, redeployment and retraining, operating procedures for one person trams and details of the new tickets and fares. Not dated, late 1989.trams, tramways, tickets, scratch tickets, the met, reports, tram drivers, drivers, one man trams

Newspaper clipping - titled "A place the '90's forgot", The Age 23/8/2000 about Preston Workshops, a living museum, the workers, appearance, culture, its future, possible closure, historical significance. Has a photo of Roberto D'Andrea, Brian Carter, Norm Cross and Ben Commandeur standing in from the of the gates and other photos of parts of the interiors of the buildings and signs. Item written by Kevin Murray, photos by Neil Newitt.trams, tramways, preston workshops, closure, employees, history

Newspaper clipping - from The Age, 17/12/1999 with an article on tramway workers and video documentary - Tram People (1999 Norris Media Productions), a 160 minute by Paul Norris. Includes quotes from Graham Jones, Norm Cross, Mario Sirianni. Includes a photo of the front of W7 1008 along with other tramway images.trams, tramways, trams, melbourne, preston workshops, employees, mmtb, tram 1008

Set of three documents concerned with track works. .1 - Notice - three A4 stapled sheets - titled "Notice to Employees - Lunar Festival and Riversdale Trackwork at Victoria and Hoddle Streets - 2010", outlining bus replacement arrangements and staff supervision and CSE arrangements - lists names of people involved. .2 - Notice - three A4 stapled sheets - "Notice to Employees - St Kilda Road Track Works Phase 2 - 2010", outlining bus arrangements. .3 - List of Officers and locations for the above works on 14 June and tram services affected..1 - has "Hugh" in ink along the top of the first page. .3 - has "Hugh" in red ink along the top of the first page.trams, tramways, yarra trams, road works, victoria st, kew depot, st kilda rd, bus replacement