Newspaper, Herald Sun, "Tug-of-war over a veteran tram", 24/10/1972

Historical information

At the time this caused great concern amongst tramway museums. The problem was later resolved by the Bendigo Trust rebuilding a former scrapped Bendigo Birney tramcar No. 27, partly paid for by the Government for the Adelaide Museum. This tram, Adelaide MTT 1924 G-Type No. 303 is operational at the St Kilda Tramway Museum, Adelaide. Other museums did not receive their promised tramcars. Published by The Sun, Melbourne, 24-10-1972. See item 9126 for the Bendigo Advertiser report of the same date.

Significance

Provides information about an event following the closure of the SEC operated Bendigo tram system.

Physical description

Newspaper clipping torn from a newspaper.

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