Newspaper, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SEC) and The Courier Ballarat, Cities may join for best bargain on trams, Feb. 1962

Significance

Yields information about the views of the Councils, and an editorial from the Council, SEC views.

Physical description

Foolscap sheet of plain paper, with rounded corners, with 2 newspaper cuttings, concerning the mooted closure of the Ballarat Tram system 6 Feb 1962. All from The Courier, unless noted otherwise.



1 - "Cities may join for best bargain on trams" - reporting on City Council meeting the previous evening - quotes Cr. Chisholm, Nicholson, Roff, Mills - all supportive of the trams.

2 - "Retaining the trams" - Editorial - notes that the decision is based on economics, public good and better than buses.

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