The first all transistor hearing aids appeared in 1953. They were created to replace vacuum tubes; they were small, required less battery power and had less distortion and heat than their predecessor. The vacuum tubes were typically hot and fragile, so the transistor was the ideal replacement. The size of these transistors led to developments in miniature, carbon microphones. These microphones could be mounted on various items. There were body hearing aids where the earpiece was connected to the hearing aid and battery pack worn on the body. Ear level hearing aids consisted of eyeglass, behind the ear (BTE), in the ear (ITE), and in the canal (ITC, CIC) hearing aids. A new aid type, the Calaid V, was introduced featuring a forward facing microphone, and three potentiometers for adjustment of maximum gain, maximum power output, and low frequency roll off. The Calaid V was introduced in the early 1980s and remained the most frequently used aid in NAL's service for the next ten years (From: THE CALAID: AUSTRALIA'S OWN HEARING AID by Laurie Upfold and Ray Piesse Single Behind-the-ear hearing aid. Provided and manufactured by the NAL (National Acoustic Laboratories), part of the Commonwealth Department of Health. "CALAID/V" on bottom face

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

This hand tool would have been used either in the home for making small items of furniture or small building projects or it could have been used by a tradesman working on small jobs in the building industry – window sills, doors, cupboards etc. Planes are still used today to whittle down wood. This tool has no known local provenance but it is a good example of hand tools of the past and will be useful for display. This is a metal plane used for shaving wood. It has a rectangular base curved at the ends and the end of a steel blade is visible near one end of the base. The handle is dome-shaped and attached to the handle by a screw is a ridged metal wheel that rests on the blade which has been inserted on an angle. This wheel can be turned to adjust the blade, keep it in place or remove it for replacement. The plane is much rusted (it may have been painted black) and no manufacturer’s marks are visiblhousehold tools, wood plane

Report of the Works Committee Meeting Kerb & Channel Holehouse Street Sunshine North completed Kerb & Channel McLeod Street commenced Kerb & Channel Mernda Street & Mayne Street Sunshine West complete Kerb & Channel Navigator Street commenced Footpath Yewers Street Sunshine completed Footpath Treloar Crescent commenced Footpath East side of Melon Street to Joyce Street commenced Roadwork Approximately one week was lost general reconstruction works as a result of a Transport Workers' Union strike. Roadwork Boundary Road fixed cilvert Roadwork Gladstone Street area and Station Road general tifying up of the area Drainage Evans Street commenced Lindenow Street commenced Maintenance of Footbridges now completed 2 - 4 Burton Crescent was tidied up Ballarat Road Infant Welfare Centre completed and occupied Depot Amenities Block completed and occupied Highpoint West Infant Welfare Centre & Highpoint West Library & Highpoint West Child Care Centre Parsons Reserve quote for brick shed for Sunshine Amateur Athletic Club Tallintyre Reserve Toilet Block costs for repairs due to vandalism McKechnie Street Reserve second soccer ground ready for seedings Ardeer Reserve investigation for replacement of water service Tree Lopping trees at Parsons Reserve have been completed and Gang to more to Tom O'Brien Reserve and King Edward Avenue before finalising the project Report of the Finance Committee Meeting Report of the Town Clerk Workers' Compensation Payment Extension of Make-Up Payment Fidelity Guarantee Insurance Action Waste Collection Pty Ltd Legal Proceedings Meals on Wheels Tenders Leasing of Plant Rates, Sanitary and Interest Charges Adjustments / Abandonments Report of the City Engineer & Planner Purchase of Two-Way Radios Report of the Agenda & Forward Planning Committee Meeting Report of the Municipal Recreation Officer Priorities for Buildings Development on Reserves Report of the City Engineer & Planner Planning Permit Application Take Away Food Premise and Amusement Parlour Disraeli Street St. Albans Planning Permit Application Caretaker's Dwelling Furlong Road Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Garden and Building Supplies Francis Street Orders of the Day Drainage Sunshine View Estate Stage 2holehouse street, sunshine north, mcleod street, mernda street, mayne street, sunshine west, navigator street, maribyrnong, yewers street, sunshine, treloar crescent, melon street, joyce street, braybrook, boundary road, brooklyn, gladstone street, station road, st. albans, evans street, lindenow street, burton crescent, ballarat road infant welfare centre, ballarat road, deer park, highpoint west infant welfare centre, highpoint west library, highpoint west child care centre, rosamond road, parsons reserve, standford street, tallintyre reserve, kermeen street, mckechnie street reserve, mckechnie street, ardeer reserve, ardeer, sunshine amateur athletic club, tom o'brien reserve, matthews street, king edward avenue, albion, action waste collection, disraeli street, furlong road, francis street

Report of Committee Meetings 24th March 1980 Report of Works Committee Meeting Kerb & Channel Lindenow Street 50% of one side completed Kerb & Channel Forrest Street 50% completed Footpath Myamyn Street excavated to be completed on the 25th March 1980 Footpath Elizabeth Street work is progressing Drainage Fisher Street completed Drainage Forrest Street in progress Drainage Hulett Street & Service Road completed Drainage Centre Street R.S.L. Land completed Road Works Forrest Street between Anderson Road & Kororoit Street completed Road Works Navigator Street approximately 70 metres of roadway was excavated and re-laid A Number of Car Bodies were removed from the Sunshine North Area Selwyn Park Tennis Pavilion brick and steel works to commence this week Aycliffe Drive Infant Welfare & Pre-School Centre brick work completed Selwyn Park inspection building occupied by the Albion Rovers Soccer Club I.C.I. Building paint has been issued to the club Scovell Reserve Building is being erected by the club I.C.I. Oval maintenance work has been completed but issue with sprinkler system. A 3" main is to be installed. I.C.I. Oval Post & Rail Fence around perimeter of oval is out for quote Orama Street Child Care Centre One and Half Weeks to complete landscaping works Playground Equipment recommendation for ten grounds Report of the Finance Committee Meeting Report of the Town Clerk Leasing of Semi-Trailer Type Bookmobile Rates, Sanitary and Interest Charges Adjustments / Abandonments Rates, Sanitary and Interest Statements as at 11th February 1980 Project Cost Analysis Report for the Period Ended 10th March 1980 Report of the City Engineer & Planner Protean abattoir Application Special Impact Works Fitment of Power Steering to Tip Trucks Replacement of Vacuum Cleaner Fully Enclosed Canopy on Komatsu Dozer Plant No 80 Report of the Agenda & Forward Planning Committee Meeting Report of the Superintendent of Traffic & By-Laws ANZAC Commemoration March Report of the Municipal Recreation Officer Ground Allocations for the Winter Season 1980 Report of the City Engineer & Planner Town Planning Permit Application Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale and Retail Premise North East Corner Mitchell Street and Hampstead Road Maidstone Town Planning Permit Application Shop & Office Extensions Ballarat Road Deer Park Plan of Subdivision Gladstone Street & Cleveland Street St. Albans Plan of Subdivision Gladstone Street & Grant Street St. Albans Sale of Surplus Mowers Schedule for Authorising of Affixing the Common Seallindenow street, maidstone, forrest street, albion, myamyn street, braybrook, elizabeth street, fisher street, hulett street, sunshine r.s.l., centre street, sunshine, anderson road, kororoit street, navigator street, maribyrnong, selwyn park, selwyn street, albion tennis club, aycliffe drive infant welfare & pre-school centre, aycliffe drive, deer park, i.c.i. oval, ballarat road, scovell reserve, scovell crescent, orama street child care centre, orama street, mitchell street, hampstead road, gladstone street, cleveland street, grant street, st. albans

Report of Committee Meetings 24th February 1981 Report of the Works Committee Meeting Depot Workshop now completed and partially occupied Pennell Reserve Pavilion brickwork anticipated to be completed this week Municipal Offices the anticipated date for the whole project is second week in July but the new building is expected to be completed by the 27th April 1981 Ralph Street Reserve Pavilion concrete strike has delayed progress Cranwell Street Toilets concrete strike has delayed progress Cherry Crescent Child Care Centre slab poured anticipated completion date is the 30th June 1981 Skinner Reserve Pavilion further complaints were received about the electrical work. Investigation indicated that vandals had again damaged the equipment The Strike by Quarry Drive hrsave hampered the progress of works Lily Street Braybrook kerb & channel near completion Andrew Street East side kern & channel commenced Wallace Street Drain is neat completion Wallace Street roadworks excavation to commence Burnewang Street between Adelaide Street and Hutchinson Street footpath completed Braybrook Area two gangs are working in Castley Street and Rennison Street Report of the Finance Committee Meeting Report of the Town Clerk General Rate, Sanitary, Interest Adjustments and Abandonments for months of December 1980 and January 1981 Annual return State Co-Ordinator of Works Report of the City Engineer McIntyre Road Bridge over Railway Line Maintenance by Victorian Railways Municipal Officers' Association of Australia Industrial Relations Course Proposed 1981 Study Tour of Japan, U.S.A. and Canda Statutory Town Planner Recommendations of Forward Planning Committee Meetings 12th February 1981 Authorisation of Time Sheets Replacement of Time Clock Deport 17th February 1981 St. Albans Tennis Club BMX Track St. Albans 19th February 1981 Nil 24th February 1981 Kinder Smith Reserve Redevelopment Tree Watering Ward Boundariesmcintyre road bridge, mcintyre road, sunshine north, st. albans tennis club, kinder smith reserve, lily street, braybrook, pennell reserve, burke street, ralph street reserve, ralph street, sunshine west, cranwell park, cranwell street, cherry crescent child care centre, cherry crescent, skinner reserve, churchill avenue, andrew street, sunshine, wallace street, maidstone, burnewang street, adelaide street, hutchinson street, albion, castley street, rennison street, errington reserve, st. albans

Report of the Works Committee Meeting Because of Wet Weather on concrete work was untaken on 15th August 1980 Kerb & Channel Fisher Street Maidstone North side completed, South side 40% complete Kerb & Channel Duke Street Sunshine bus bays completed and kerb & channel complete to Carlton Street Footpath Cordite Avenue completed Footpath Ballarat Road (Omar Street) commenced Footpath Braybrook Area gang moving to area south of Ballarat Road and West of Ashley Street Footpath Billingham Road Deer Park access to Ballarat Road commenced Footpath Hampshire Road work has been delayed as Telecom requires to lay conduits Drainage Sunshine Road Tottenham rock slowing progress Road Work Duke Street Sunshine West side, Hertford Road to Staughton Street in progress Road Work Forrest Street Albion to Kororoit Creek 50% complete Downing Street Sunshine North small drain constructed to relieve flooding 45 Warmington Road Sunshine West slab poured Sassella Park inspection has indicated that water is a result of the closeness of rock to the surface Munro Street / Ralston Avenue Sunshine North Drain completed Ralph Street Reserve ready for top dressing, soil on site Kinder Smith Reserve to be top dressed, soil on site Ainsworth Reserve to be top dressed Dempster Park synthetic surface for practice wickets has been ordered I.C.I. Ground Deer Park Cricket Club is prepared to use another site while the area is being reconstructed Tree Planting work progressing in Central Sunshine, E. Shepherd Gardens & Highpoint West Child Care Centre Tree Pruning 75% complete, excluding jobs which require a travel tower and the list from the S.E.C.V. Railway Estate Tottenham a further 280 trees required to replant this area Albion Tennis Pavilion constructed estimated to be complete this week Aycliffe Avenue Infant Welfare & Pre-School Centre construction estimated to be completed this week Depot Workshop work stopped due to weather conditions Municipal Offices sub grade laid. Plan to be modified to include a shower Scovell Reserve Building $3,000 worth of work to be completed Castley Hall renovations are in progress Sunshine Croquet Club extension to the W.C. facilities is in progress Sunshine Bowling Club replacement floor has commenced Report of the Finance Committee Meeting Report of the Town Clerk Sanitary & Interest Adjustments / Abandonments National Wage Decision Variations to M.E.U. Award Payment of Increase Rates, Sanitary & Interest Statements as at 28th July 1980 Swimming Disable Report of the City Engineer & Planner 1980/81 Estimates Priorities for Staff Expenditures Harrison Street / Miles Street Deer Park Private Street Scheme Proposed Purchase of Land Traffic Route Lighting (Various Locations) Albion Tennis Club Pavilion Dempster Park Canteen Sunshine Football Club Loan The Hunt Club Hotel Buildings 1980/81 Building Repair Budgetfisher street, maidstone, duke street, carlton street, sunshine, cordite avenue, maribyrnong, ballarat road, omar street, billingham road, deer park, hampshire road, sunshine road, tottenham, hertford road, staughton street, forrest street, kororoit creek, albion, downing street, sunshine north, warmington road, sunshine west, sassella park, station road, munro street, ralston avenue, ralph street reserve, ralph street, kinder smith reserve, lily street, braybrook, ainsworth reserve, vernon crescent, dempster park, phoenix street, i.c.i. ground, deer park cricket club, shepherd gardens, yardley street, highpoint west child care centre, rosamond road, selwyn park, selwyn street, aycliffe avenue, aycliffe avenue infant welfare & pre-school centre, scovell reserve, scovell crescent, castley hall, simmie street, sunshine croquet club, sunshine bowling club, anderson road, stanford street, harrison street, miles street, albion tennis club, sunshine football club, the hunt club hotel

Notice of Finance Committee Meeting 24th March 1980 Report of the Town Clerk Leasing Semi-Trailer Type Bookmobile Statement of Rates, Sanitary and Interest Adjustments / Abandonments for the Mouth of February 1980 Statement of Rates, Sanitary and Interest Charges as at 11th February 1980 Project Cost Analysis Report as at 10th March 1980 Report of the City Engineer & Planner Protean Abattoir Application Special Impact Works Station Road Widening Boundary Road to Tilburn Road Deer Park Fitment of Power Steering to Trucks with a load capacity if 5 cubic metres and over Replacement of Vacuum Cleaner Truck Fully Enclosed Canopy on Komatsu Dozer Plant No 80station road, boundary road, tilburn road, deer park

Brass coloured fuel lamp, oil tank on circular base. Glass lamp (replacement)(On adjusting knob) Mantle Lamp Co. Model 12 Aladdin Patented and Pat's Pending Chicago ILL Made in USAemerald, victoria, australia, lamps, charman