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Letter: W Johnson, Athlone Place to Mayor. As a ratepayer draw attention to John Holt who leaves

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Unique IDA-00324014SeriesLetters Received, 1843-1899 [Municipal Council of Sydney]DateBetween 22nd August 1892 and 29th August 1892Date qualifierexactFormatVolume - HardcoverDescriptionLetter: W Johnson, Athlone Place to Mayor. As a ratepayer draw attention to John Holt who leaves his home at 11pm and returns 2am having finished his work at sweeping the streets with his horse and machine. With retrenchment the order of the day in the Colonies, I think where Holt has his family all grown up and doing for themselves and property in Howard st, receiving rents, whilst poor widow women with horse and cart are unable to obtain Council work. Your Worship should provide for the weak as well as the strong. Notes: HJD: for Insp of Nuisances. RS: upon strict enquiry, he has one house in Howard street as a freehold and another heavily mortgaged. The only time absent was on 22 Aug the machine broke down, and wrench to fix was at his home. He went to repair it for about 20 minutes and returned to work until 5am. This statement corroborated by Labourers McMahon and Darby who were working with him. HJD: file.LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordYes

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Letter: W Johnson, Athlone Place to Mayor. As a ratepayer draw attention to John Holt who leaves

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