Walsh, James Bede

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Unique IDPE-000258SurnameWalshGiven namesJames BedeAlternative nameJames B WalshBiographical abstractDates of employment: 1864-1872

Detailed biographyBiography - Walsh, James BedeBiographical noteTown Hall fire: [ref: Illawarra Mercury, 4 January 1870 (from Herald)];

Inquest into the Fire: [ref: Evening News 10 January 1870 p3]; [ef: Empire 11 January 1870 p3]; [ref: Evening News 12 January 1870 p3]

Comment on reinstatement: [ref: Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle Saturday 19 February 1870 p3]

Accounts of the Mutilated and Stolen Documents at the Town Hall:
[ref: Evening News, 13 July 1872]; [ref: SMH 13 July 1872]]; [ref: Empire, 15 July 1872]; [ref: Freeman’s Journal, 20 July 1872]

Suspension: [ref: Evening News 23 July 1872 p3]; [ref: Evening News 6 August 1872]

Details from contemporary sources:
1864 Appointment 1 February 1864 - 68 candidates - Messenger, Town Clerk's Department [ref: 7/12/417]
1864 Finance Committee recommends Salaries for 1865 - request increase [ref: 22/7/52/287]
1865 Request increase - December [ref: 22/8/47/231]
1866 Messenger £75 pa - set 15 December 1865 [ref: SMH 20 February 1866p5]
1866 Woolcott says highly efficient - August [ref: 26/80/753]
1867 Salaries of Officers 1867 - request increase [ref: 22/9/41/215]
1867 Appointed Clerk, City Engineer & Surveyor's Department - February - Finance Committee recommendation [ref: 22/10/12/55]
1867 £100 pa - replaced JP Garvan - reported Empire 19 February 1867 [ref: Council Meeting 18 February 1867]
1867 Staff petition to revert to 4pm close from 5pm - March [ref: P26/84/273]
1868 Salaries of Officers 1868 - request increase [ref: 22/11/8½/71]
1869 Salaries of Officers 1869 - request increase [ref: 22/11/2/293]
1870 Salaries of Officers 1870 - request increase [ref: 22/12/2/15]
1870 Explanation of money in office destroyed in fire - January [ref: 26/101/017]
1870 Re inquest on fire at Town Hall - January - re his handling of money [ref: 26/101/027]
1870 Reports of fire in his office and inquest [ref: Newspapers 4-12 January]
1870 Report of the Mayor Renny on his suspension of Walsh for neglect of duties - January [ref: 21/16/17 [121]]
1870 Re his suspension - re doing Dean's work - February [ref: 26/101/109]
1870 Sureties: Cornelius Canty & Patrick Walsh - March [ref: 26/102/251]
1871 Salaries of Officers 1871 - request increase [ref: 22/13/2/11]
1872 Salaries of Officers 1872 - request increase - Clerk to City Engineer and City Surveyor [ref: 22/13/64/451]
1872 City Surveyor reports Walsh's desk broken into - records gone, vandalised etc - June [ref: 26/115/558]
1872 Town Clerk reports on records destroyed or removed , June to July, from City Engineer and City Surveyor's Departments - anonymous letter from "the Destroying Angel" - Police inquiry finished [ref: 26/116/636]
1872 Reports on break-in, destruction docs etc [ref: Newspapers 13-20 July]
1872 Report by City Surveyor Bradridge on books kept by Dent and Walsh - 3 August [ref: 26/116/717]
1872 Suspension for neglect of duties - report City Surveyor - examination of books - Finance Committee report August [ref: 22/14/34/207]
1872 Suspension, July, by Mayor Chapman- failure to keep books properly - confirmed by Council, August [ref: 21/16/25 [143]]
1872 Suspension 23 July, confirmed at Council Meeting 6 August [ref: 7/15/552]
1872 In reply to his suspension for not keeping books regularly or properly - defends and explains various actions - 6 August [ref: 26/116/748]

GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-004525

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CollectionPeople and PositionsOrganisationSydney City CouncilPositionClerk [City Engineer and City Surveyor's Department I]Clerk [City Surveyor's Department]Messenger [Town Clerk's Department]Messenger [City Engineer and City Surveyor's Department I]Related itemsReport of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1865Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1866Memorandum: Woolcott, Town Clerk to Improvement Committee - Report on efficiency of his departmentPetition: Office staff request end of day at 4pm due to confinement and monotonous nature of workReport of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1868Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1869Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1872

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