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Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Robt. S. Brain, Government Printer Melbourne, The Acts of the Parliament of Victoria, 1890
... The Acts of the Parliament of Victoria... Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road Book Book The Acts ...Light brown leather bound spine and corners. Gold on spine hi-lighted by red background textured blue/dark brown cloth covered covers. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Robt. S. Brain, Government Printer Melbourne, The Acts of the Parliament of Victoria, 1909
... The Acts of the Parliament of Victoria... Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road Book Book The Acts ...Light brown leather bound spine and corners. Gold on spine hi-lighted by red background textured blue/dark brown cloth covered covers. -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Legal record, Victorian Government, "Act of Parliament", 1974 to 1981
... ACTs of Parliament...Set of four Acts of the Victorian Parliament to vary... Trams tramways MMTB ACTs of Parliament Finances Set of four Acts ...Set of four Acts of the Victorian Parliament to vary the borrowing powers of the MMTB. Printed on special size paper. .1 - No. 8619 - 10/12/1974 .2 - No. 8992 - 10/5/1977 .3 - No. 9598 - 24/11/1981 .4 - No. 9307 - 11/12/1979 Each Act increased the amount that the Board could borrow.trams, tramways, mmtb, acts of parliament, finances -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Folder with papers, Preston Workshops, "Motor Omnibus Acts", 1928 to 1950
... ACTs of Parliament... Omnibus Acts" containing copies of the relevant Acts... Trams tramways Buses Leyland ACTs of Parliament Tenders Preston ...Folder with papers - Manila Folder titled in ink "Motor Omnibus Acts" containing copies of the relevant Acts of Parliaments, memos and type extracts regarding the use of buses in Melbourne. Inside front cover - typed list of four Acts Bound with a brass clip: Act 3742 - "Motor Omnibus Acts" - 1928 with amendments Act 3851 - "An Act relating to Motor Omnibuses" Act 4032 - Amending of Section 35 of the 1928 Act] Act 4352 - "Provision with to the Control of Traffic on Roads" - 1935 - allowed State Govt to set regulations to control traffic in various Melbourne and Geelong Municipalities. Loose sheets "Extract from Victoria Gazette - 21/11/1945 - addition to the Metropolitan Motor Omnibus Regulations - re the interiors - seats and bulkheads. Various letters and memo to the Rolling stock Engineer, including a letter from Leyland's 1950 regarding Motor bus weights. Notes on "Motor Omnibus Acts" 3378 - Points to be observed, UK Metropolitan Stage (Motor) Carriages, Three page copy of a memo (last page loose) dated 26/11/1935 - Tenders for the supply of 10 additional motor buses - Leyland Cub buses - issues with the vehicles. See image i2.pdftrams, tramways, buses, leyland, acts of parliament, tenders, preston workshops -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Folder with papers, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "State Electricity Commission ACTS", c1935
... ACTs of Parliament... Commission ACTS". Folder of the type that would have inside a spring... cover lists the Acts of the Victorian Parliament that were ...Brown manila folder, quarto size titled "State Electricity Commission ACTS". Folder of the type that would have inside a spring backed folder. On inside cover lists the Acts of the Victorian Parliament that were relevant to the SEC or a reference documents. These include Workers Compensation Act, Melbourne Electric Supply Co. Act, Carriages Act, Electric Light and Power Act, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Act, Motor Car Act, Motor Car Act, Motor Omnibus Act, State Electricity Commission Act, Tramways Act and Transport Regulation Act. Has ink additions of up to 1946. Older index sheet underneath. Gives Act Numbers and dates. On front cover in top left hand corner has "Deptl. Tramways Superintendent".trams, tramways, sec, acts of parliament, administration -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Personal Papers, H. S McComb, "Tramway Acts", 1920's
... ACTs of Parliament...Book - brown card cover, stapled with a set of 9 Acts... Trams tramways Tramways ACTs of Parliament MMTB NMETL ...Book - brown card cover, stapled with a set of 9 Acts of the Victorian Parliament that involved the MMTB and other tramways. Contains the following Acts: 1 - Act 3367 - Act to amend the MMTB Act - 15/12/1924 2 - Act 3308 - Act to amend the MMTB Act - 18/12/1923 3 - Act 3247 - relating to the works and undertakings of The North Melbourne Electric Tramways and Lighting Company Limited in the Municipal District of the City of Melbourne and the City of Essendon - 21/12/1922 4 - Act 3023 - to amend the MMTB Act - 16/12/1919 5 - Act 2995 - Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Act 1918 - set up the MMTB - 7/1/1919 - document has been trimmed on the right hand side to enable the various parts to be opened up - has many hand written notes on changes to the Act, underlining. With in the covers are many hand written notes on the various Acts and questions and comments - pencil on plain paper. See Also Reg Item 2108 for these and other Acts bound into a book.The various Acts have "H. S. McComb" written on the top right hand corner in ink or pencil.trams, tramways, tramways, acts of parliament, mmtb, nmetl -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Act of Parliament, University of Ballarat Act, 2010
... acts of parliament.... university of ballarat act acts of parliament university of ballarat ...The Minister's seconding reading speech took place on :- - Legislative Assembly: 25 November 2009 - Legislative Council: 10 December 2009 The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to re-enact with amendments the law relating to the University of Ballarat, to repeal the University of Ballarat Act 1993 and for other purposes." The University of Ballarat Act was assented t on 16 February 2010 and came into operation on 01 July 2010: Government Gazette 24 June 2010 page 1274. University of Ballarat is now Federation University Australia.Green, leather bound, 65 page Act of Parliament.university of ballarat act, acts of parliament, university of ballarat, parliamentary acts -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Act of Parliament, Federation University Australia Act, 2014
... acts of parliament... australia acts of parliament university of ballarat ...Federation University Australia was established on 1 January 2014. Formerly known as the University of Ballarat, its enabling legislation was the University of Ballarat Amendment (Federation University Australia) Act 2013. Although formally created as a University in 1994, the University of Ballarat has a lineage back to 1870 with the establishment of the School of Mines Ballarat, making it the third institution of higher learning to be established in Australia and the first to be established in regional Australia. On 1 January 1994, Ballarat University College became the University of Ballarat and in 1998 the University merged with three TAFE Institutes to become a dual sector institution with multiple campuses. On 1 January 2014, the University of Ballarat amalgamated with the Monash University Gippsland Campus to form Federation University Australia. The Gippsland Campus also had a long lineage dating back to 1928 with the establishment of the Yallourn Technical School which became a predecessor institution to the Gippsland College of Advanced Education formed in 1968. In 1990, it was renamed the Monash University College and in 1993 became the Gippsland Campus of Monash University. In 2016, Federation University Australia announced plans to take possession, over a two-year period, of Monash’s Berwick Campus in the south-east corridor of Melbourne. Federation University Australia, or FedUni, is headquartered in Ballarat and offers programs in Higher Education and Vocational Education and Training to regional Victoria and beyond. The University’s commitment to educational and social equity, teaching excellence, research distinction, environmental sustainability and regional capacity building has enabled it to develop in a way that draws on its proud heritage to inform its future. Its regional character sets a framework for the University’s priorities but does not constrain it from serving wider community interests, nationally and internationally. The name Federation University Australia was chosen to convey the scope and capacity of an expanded regional university with a federated network of campuses. The Federation University Australia Act was assented to on 10 September 2013 and came into operation on 01 January 2014: Government Gazette 24 June 2010 page 1274. Green, leather bound, 76 page Act of Parliament.federation university australia act, federation university australia, acts of parliament, university of ballarat -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, The Law Printer, University of Ballarat Act 1993, 1993
... Acts of Parliament... Establishment University of Ballarat Acts of Parliament The Law Printer ...The University of Ballarat is a predecessor institition of Federatioin University Australia. Grey soft covered bookletuniversity of ballarat act, university establishment, university of ballarat, acts of parliament -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Report, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Commission Acts and Regulations", May. 1958
... ACTs of Parliament... tramways SEC ACTs of Parliament Power Supply Tramways State ...Twenty two page document, outlining the Acts and Regulations of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria with an introduction, dated 28 may 1958. Gives background to the Electricity Commissioners Bill of 1918, SEC ACTS, General Powers and responsibilities, SEC ACT of 1929, which allowed for operation of Tramways, and associated provisions and powers, Yallourn Township, Tramways By-Law No. 1, Orders in Council for local councils to supply power and wiring rules etc. Printed by a duplicating process onto paper with rounded corners. Pages held in top left hand corner by a brass split binder. Pages have "sticky tape" repairs on edges.On top of the first sheet in ink "Received from o/m in December 1958"trams, tramways, sec, acts of parliament, power supply, tramways -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Legal Record - Legal Document, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Extract from ACT No. 3776"
... ACTs of Parliament... onto paper with rounded corners. Trams tramways SEC ACTs ...Single page giving an "Extract from ACT No. 3776 - An Act to consolidate the Law relating to the State Electricity Commission of Victoria and the Power and Duties thereof" - 1928. Gives an extract from page 11, "Provisions relating to Councils and Other Undertakers." Carbon copy of the report typed onto paper with rounded corners.trams, tramways, sec, acts of parliament, power supply, councils -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Book - Local Government Act First Report of the Assistant Commissioner of Roads and Bridges
... Acts of Parliament... and Streets Acts of Parliament ...This file contains 1 item: 1/The Local Government Act, First Report of the Assistant Commissioner of Roads and Bridges, printed by order of the Victorian Legislative Assembly on 08/03/1865. The document is the first annual report of John Steavenson, Assistant Commissioner of Roads and Bridges under s330 of the Local Government Act no. 176 (1863), and relates to transactions which took place from 02/09/1863 to 31/12/1864. The report outlines operations carried out by the Department of Roads and Bridges in this period. In the Glen Eira area this includes: separating electoral subdivisions of single districts (Moorabbin), adding detached portions of territory to road districts and shires (Caulfield), appointing of and altering in polling places, appointing of polling places for ridings of shires and subdivisions of road districts (Moorabbin), preparing and transmitting of forms of books also of pro forma accounts for guidance of local bodies in keeping their accounts, appointment of main roads, construction of a main road, ‘Dandenong’, in the Caulfield and Gardiner districts, proclaiming of Common Toll Roads, names of and security given by Managers of Common Toll Roads. The report also gives some information about the Shire of Caulfield, which contained 24 road districts and 340 rate payers in 8¼ square miles, and the Shire of Moorabbin, which contained 62 road districts and 713 rate payers in 30 square miles.local government act, assistant commissioner of roads and bridges, legislative council, caulfield historical soceity, steavenson john, sullivan j. f. the honourable, caulfield, moorabbin, road districts, point nepean road, nepean highway, dandenong road, princes highway, brown edwin, osher joseph, cosgrove john, ferres john, roads and bridges offices, caulfield roads district, moorabbin roads district, road construction and maintenance, roads and streets, acts of parliament -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Prahran & Malvern Tramway Trust (PMTT), "The Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust - Report and Statement of Accounts, Oct. 1911
... ACTs of Parliament... ACTs of Parliament Has the stamp of the Tramway Museum Society ...Photocopy of Report - 14 foolscap pages - titled "The Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust - Report and Statement of Accounts for Twelve Months ending 30th September 1911" Gives listings of Trust Members and Officers, lines opened, Rollingstock, power supply problems, Finance, Operation and General matters, statistics, finance statements, balance sheet and Auditors Report. Appendices includes the Engineers and Manager's Report, Statistics, accounts, funding, auditor reports. Including Amending Act, reconstitution of the trust Audited by Percy P Cook.Has the stamp of the Tramway Museum Society on the rear of the first page.trams, tramways, pmtt, reports, construction, finances, operations, acts of parliament -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Prahran & Malvern Tramway Trust (PMTT), "The Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust - Report and Statement of Accounts for Twelve Months ending 30th September 1912", Oct. 1912
... ACTs of Parliament... ACTs of Parliament Has the stamp of the Tramway Museum Society ...Photocopy of Report - 15 foolscap pages - titled "The Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust - Report and Statement of Accounts for Twelve Months ending 30th September 1912" Gives listings of Trust Members and Officers, lines opened, Rollingstock, power supply problems, Finance, Operation and General matters, statistics, finance statements, balance sheet and Auditors Report. Appendices includes the Engineers and Manager's Report, Statistics, accounts, funding, auditor reports. Including Amending Act, reconstitution of the trust Audited by Percy P Cook.Has the stamp of the Tramway Museum Society on the rear of the first page.trams, tramways, pmtt, reports, construction, finances, operations, acts of parliament -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Research Notes, H. S. McComb, Acts, Regulations, Orders in Council, 1930's to 1954
... ACTs of Parliament... Trams tramways MTO Co Cable Trams Parliament ACTs of Parliament ...Box of hand written double foolscap folio ruled sheets which detail the various Acts, Regulations, Orders in Council and other parliamentary documents that affect the MMTB from 1883 to 1954. Prepared by H. S. McComb. All - Loose in box 73.3 - first two and last two sheets scanned.trams, tramways, mto co, cable trams, parliament, acts of parliament, order in council, regulations, mmtb, tramways -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Research Notes, H. S. McComb, "Acts or Parliament Relating to Tramway Undertakings and Street Railways", 1930 to 1955
... "Acts or Parliament Relating to Tramway Undertakings and... ACTs of Parliament... Trams tramways MTO Co Cable Trams Parliament ACTs of Parliament ...Set of 10 + 4 unused sheets, hand written double foolscap folio (full foolscap sheet) ruled sheets which detail the various Acts, relating to Tramway Undertakings and Street Railways, that affected the MMTB from 1883 to 1956. Sheets have been pinned in to the top left hand corner. Set of 2 sheets - loose - the detail the Country Roads Act of 1928 and 1936. Set of 3 sheets - hand written notes regarding Acts.trams, tramways, mto co, cable trams, parliament, acts of parliament, order in council, regulations, mmtb, tramways -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Research Notes, H. S. McComb, "MMTB Tramways Constructed and/or Operated", authorized by statute" and Authorized but not Constructed", 1930 to 1955
... ACTs of Parliament... Trams tramways MTO Co Cable Trams Parliament ACTs of Parliament ...Handwritten lists of tramways built, or not constructed listed on full foolscap sheets: .1 - "MMTB Tramways Constructed and/or Operated" - 14 sheets giving street, municipality, extent, whether horse, cable, electric or omnibus with authorisation, date opened and notes. .2 - "Tramways Authorized by Statute" - 24 sheets + 6 unused sheets - listing street, municipality, extent, whether horse, cable, electric, reference to the actual Act and remarks. Includes lines for the Williamstown area. .3 - "MMTB Tramways Authorized but not Constructed" - 2 sheets - giving street, municipality, extent, whether horse, cable, electric or omnibus with authorisation, date opened and notes. Includes a plain sheet of paper giving a trial layout for the form.trams, tramways, mto co, cable trams, parliament, acts of parliament, order in council, regulations, mmtb, tramways, railways, buses, horse trams -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Personal Papers, H. S McComb, "Rule or Regulation", c1950?
... ACTs of Parliament... Trams tramways MMTB Tramways Parliament ACTs of Parliament Rules ...Set of personal papers - handwritten - notes or references to in the MMTB Act in relation to Rules or Regulations, By Laws, Governor in Council, Order in Council, Government Gazette, the Minister, Parliament, Municipal Councils. Possibly prepared for work on the MMTB Consolidation Act.trams, tramways, mmtb, tramways, parliament, acts of parliament, rules, regulations, order in council -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Personal Papers, H. S McComb, "Consolidation of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board Acts", c1955
... ACTs of Parliament... Trams tramways MMTB Tramways Parliament ACTs of Parliament Set ...Set of personal papers - typed carbon copies - various drafts for the fifth and sixth schedules for "Consolidation of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board Acts", references to original documents. Includes a comparative table of electric tramways described in part II of the sixth schedule of Act 3732 with the same in the draft of part II of the sixth scheduled for the new consolidation. Proposed alteration to other portions of the MMTB Act of 1928 during consolidation. See Reg Item 2120 for a copy of the Act - 1954 reprint.trams, tramways, mmtb, tramways, parliament, acts of parliament -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Personal Papers, Victorian Parliament, "West Brunswick Act 1922", 1922
... ACTs of Parliament... Trams tramways Tramways ACTs of Parliament MMTB East Coburg ...Folder - brown card cover, stapled with a copy of the Victorian Act of Parliament No. 3243 that authorised the construction of the Electric tramway to West Brunswick (East Coburg line). Dated 21/12/1922."H. S. McComb" written on the top right hand corner in ink, underlining of various words in red ink and two sets of hand written notes on the right hand side of page 3.trams, tramways, tramways, acts of parliament, mmtb, east coburg, construction -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Personal Papers, Victorian Parliament, "Grant of certain Lands etc.", 1959
... ACTs of Parliament... Trams tramways Tramways ACTs of Parliament MMTB Buses Depot ...Act of Victorian Parliament, 8 pages, No. 6594 - "An Act to provide for the Grant of certain Lands to the After Care Hospital, the Melbourne District Nursing Service, the Victorian Civil Ambulance Service, St Georges Hospital, the Royal Talbot Colony for Epileptics, the Ballarat Orphanage and the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board respectively. Page 4 and 7 detail a block of land that the Board could have purchased for a major bus depot in Footscray Road for 60,175 pounds.trams, tramways, tramways, acts of parliament, mmtb, buses, depot, footscray rd, construction -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Personal Papers, Victorian Parliament, "An Act to consolidate the Law relating to Metropolitan Tramways", 1958
... ACTs of Parliament... Trams tramways Tramways ACTs of Parliament MMTB Construction Act ...Act of Victorian Parliament, 94 pages (was printed as 96), 3 sections, stapled on the left hand side , No. 6311 - "An Act to consolidate the Law relating to Metropolitan Tramways", dated 30/9/1958. Consolidates the various MMTB Acts to 1958. Mr. McComb has kept the document up to date, and made changes to the document in red ink with notes and crossed out those sections which have been repealed in green pencil. See Reg Item 2120 for the 1929 reprint.trams, tramways, tramways, acts of parliament, mmtb, construction -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Personal Papers, H. S McComb, "M&MT Act - Sections", 1958 onwards
... ACTs of Parliament... Trams tramways Tramways ACTs of Parliament MMTB Lists Index Book ...Book - 6 sections sewn into heavy light brown card covers with full end papers with a red coloured cloth edge strip with ruled pages and an A to Z index on the right hand side - The Pencraft Faint Indexed Account Book", with the title "M&MT Act - Sections" written on the front cover. Provides a full list or index of every word in the MMTB Act and the section it is used in. Has been maintained for changes in red ink and green coloured pencil.trams, tramways, tramways, acts of parliament, mmtb, lists, index -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Personal Papers, H. S McComb, "M&MT Act - Schedules", 1958 onwards
... ACTs of Parliament... Trams tramways Tramways ACTs of Parliament MMTB Lists Index Book ...Book - 6 sections sewn into heavy grey card covers with full end papers with a blue coloured cloth tape edge strip with ruled pages and an A to Z index on the right hand side - printed by "Feint", with the title "M&MT Act - Schedules" written on the front cover. Provides a full list or index of every word in the Schedules to MMTB 1958 Act and the section it is used in. Has been maintained for changes in red ink and green coloured pencil. Has a supplementary sheet taped and glued inside of the front cover.trams, tramways, tramways, acts of parliament, mmtb, lists, index -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Personal Papers, H. S McComb, "Index to Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Act 1958 No. 6311 as amended by MMTB, 1959 onwards
... ACTs of Parliament... Trams tramways Tramways ACTs of Parliament MMTB Lists Index Book ...Book - 6 sections sewn into heavy grey card covers with full end papers with a blue coloured cloth tape edge strip with ruled pages and an A to Z index on the right hand side - printed by "Feint", with the title "Index to Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Act 1958 No. 6311 as amended by MMTB (Amendment) Act 1959, No. 6555. Compiled by H. S. McComb LS" Provides a full list or index of every word, except for words like, a, an, and, as etc in the MMTB 1958 Act and the 1959 amending Act. and the section it is used in. Some changes or corrections made in blue ink.. Inside the front cover is a type alphabetical list of the major headings or principal parts of the Act and the Schedules - 6 pages. Also within the book (which has resulted in some damage) are many half quarto sheets with hand written notes.trams, tramways, tramways, acts of parliament, mmtb, lists, index -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Personal Papers, Victorian Parliament, "An Act to consolidate the Law relating to Metropolitan Tramways", 1954
... ACTs of Parliament... Trams tramways Tramways ACTs of Parliament MMTB Construction Act ...Act of Victorian Parliament, 76 pages (was printed as 96), 6 sections, stapled on the left hand side , No. 3732 - "An Act to consolidate the Law relating to Metropolitan Tramways", dated 12 Feb. 1929. Reprint version 7237/54. Consolidates the various MMTB Acts to 1929. See Reg Item 2112 for the 1958 Consolidation. Two copies held.trams, tramways, tramways, acts of parliament, mmtb, construction -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Personal Papers, H. S McComb, "List of Orders-In-Council & Acts", May. 1923
... ACTs of Parliament... Trams tramways Tramways ACTs of Parliament Plans Order ...Set of six folio or double foolscap sheets, typed with ruled lines in red, titled "List of Orders-In-Council & Acts", listing electric lines authorised to be built as at 8/5/1923. Provides information on the Act, Schedule, date of Order in Council, Grantee, Routes and whether built.trams, tramways, tramways, acts of parliament, plans, order in council -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Personal Papers, H. S McComb, listing various Acts through to Act 2921 and the tramways authorised, 1920's
... ACTs of Parliament... Trams tramways Tramways ACTs of Parliament Plans Cable Trams Set ...Set of Quarto and Foolscap hand made papers, listing various Acts through to Act 2921 and the tramways authorised. Set of hand made sketches and notes of cable tram junctions and terminals, with reference to plans and their dates.trams, tramways, tramways, acts of parliament, plans, cable trams -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Personal Papers, Government Printer?, "Index to Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Act, 1928 - No. 3732", c1929
... ACTs of Parliament... Trams tramways ACTs of Parliament MMTB Legal Agreements Has "H ...Printed document - 3 sheets - stapled and partly glued on left hand side, titled "Index to Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Act, 1928 - No. 3732".. Gives a detailed index to the various sections of the MMTB 1928 Consolidate Act. Has been well used.Has "H. S. McComb" in pencil in the top left hand ctrams, tramways, acts of parliament, mmtb, legal agreements -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Personal Papers, Victorian Parliament, "A Bill to authorize the Construction of an Electric Tramway from South Melbourne to Melbourne.", 1943
... ACTs of Parliament... St Queens Bridge St ACTs of Parliament Printed document ...Printed document - headed "Legislative Assembly", first reading dated 16/11/1943, titled "A Bill to authorize the Construction by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board of an Electric Tramway from South Melbourne to Melbourne.". Details the route: Sturt and Hanna Streets to William St via Queens Bridge St and Little Flinders Street - notes can be of open ballast construction and which authority responsible for costs. Notes part is cable tram conversion.trams, tramways, mmtb, south melbourne, hanna st, conversion, william st, queens bridge st, acts of parliament