Historical information

Newspaper reporting on the opening of the new East Burwood line.
Page 1 - photo of the Premier, Rupert Hamer with a MMTB cap sitting at the controls of a Z class tram. Gives the story behind the extension.
Page 5 part - continuation of the story.
See item 8267 for the previous week's papers and extensive reporting.

Significance

Yields information about the East Burwood tramway extension.

Physical description

Set of two sheets from the Box Hill Gazette - 25/7/1978.