Significance

Yields information about the Ballarat Tramway losses during the 1940's and for 1954.

Physical description

Page of five newspaper clippings from The Courier, pasted to a single foolscap lined page.



1 - "Ballarat Tramways Run at Loss" - reporting on the SEC Annual Report in 1954, and the loss on the operation of the Ballarat Tramways.



2 - "Tramway Revenue Up" - 1941 - 1842 - reporting on the SEC report to Parliament the previous day - losses in all three systems and track extension in Bendigo to North Bendigo.



3 - "Provincial Tramway Losses Higher" - 1948-1949 - reporting on the SEC losses on the tramways and electricity customer numbers in the Ballarat area.



4 -"SEC Tramways Losses L16,406", undated.



5 - "Ballarat Trams return small surplus" - Geelong and Bendigo lost money, tramway capital now virtually written off.



Contained within Reg Item 5507 - Foolscap binder with green covers, black binding edge and metal clips.