Significance

Yields information about the Ballarat Tramway services and timetables and the restriction to 20 mins services in 1947 and a coal strike in 1949.

Physical description

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



1 - "Tramway Service Restrictions" - Public Notice, for 15/4/1947, about the restrictions in Services, due to industrial disputes in the electricity generation, 30 min services between 9am and 4pm, Monday to Friday.



2 - Photo of No. 32, loading passengers in Sturt St at Lydiard St, dated 16/4/1947 about the power restrictions.



3 - Public Notice - July 1949, about the tramways not operating on Saturday 2/7/149 and Sunday 3/6/1949. Wal has written "Coal Strike" in red ink underneath.



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