NO TRIP TO MELBOURNE WOULD BE COMPLETE unless the visitor experienced the novelty of a ride on the Bourke Street cable tram: Most of Melbourne's cars are now electrified, but it is not many years since the Victorian capital relied solely on cable cars for public transport.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 189, 12 August 1938, Page 5
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47NO TRIP TO MELBOURNE WOULD BE COMPLETE unless the visitor experienced the novelty of a ride on the Bourke Street cable tram: Most of Melbourne's cars are now electrified, but it is not many years since the Victorian capital relied solely on cable cars for public transport. Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 189, 12 August 1938, Page 5
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