Historical information

Document titled "Tramway Maintenance Minutes of Conference - May 1 and May 2", attended by SEC Head Office Officers, representatives from Bendigo and Geelong. Topics covered - tyres and wheel centres, truck maintenance, suspension bearings, bearing metal (white metal), motor armatures, carbon brushes, air receivers, overhead equipment, tracks, car renovation - painting, gold lining, roof, floor treatment and covering, trolley wheels, purchase requisitions, spare parts, supplies, brake shoes, timber, castings, tramway drawings, patterns and a summary of action. Also includes notes on tramway statistics, employee's duties, one man operation, track drains, interchange of ideas and experiences and discussions of a general nature and notes on scrapping trams in badly damaged condition.
Each item where relevant looks back at the actions from the previous conference. Has a list of attendees.

Significance

Yields information and demonstrates SEC Meeting minutes about discussions between the three Provincial operators about tramcars and operations.

Physical description

Minutes - 53 duplicated foolscap sheets pinned with a folding clip in top left hand corner.