Significance

Yields information about the method of advising the City of Ballarat and the Borough of the planned closure of the tram system and the actual advice provided.

Physical description

Letter - four foolscap sheets, each with rounded corners, addressed to the Town Clerk, City of Ballarat and the Borough of Sebastopol, dated 1/2/1962, signed by the Secretary of the SEC D H Munro, advising Councils that the SEC no longer would support the tramways and that the propose to abandon them. Gives a history of the SEC involvement, finances, poor fare returns, time for the TRB to arrange bus replacement, future of the employees, includes Bendigo and Eaglehawk.



Fourth sheet lists 11 years of finances and losses. With numbers of passengers carried.

Inscriptions & markings

Date stamped 2/2/62 and has file number in the top right hand corner in ink.