Significance
Yields information through letters to the Editor about the impact of tram fare rises on Ballarat Residents, noting wages at the time.
Physical description
Photocopy, of the Letters to the Editor Column, The Courier, 20/6/1951 titled "Fare Rises". Photocopied onto A3 size sheet of paper.
J. Edmends - suggesting the trams be boycotted, looks at the inflationary impact of costs in 1951.
100 Per Cent Rise - costs or running the services, the doubling of fares for a weeks travel.
Howler - general comment about the fare rises.