Richards, Richard Watkins

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Unique IDPE-000963SurnameRichardsGiven namesRichard WatkinsBiographical abstractDates of employment: 1879-1901Biographical noteBiographical details:
Alderman of City of Sydney 1902-1905; 1912-1915; 1916-1920

Lord Mayor 1914-1915; 1919-1920 [ref: www.sydneyaldermen.com.au]

Appointment as City Surveyor [ref: SMH 18 February 1887 p5]; [ref: SMH 2 March 1887 p6]; [ref: SMH 17 March 1887 p9]; [ref: SMH 10 June 1887 p5 & p7]

Overseas trip: [ref: Truth 10 January 1897 p4]

Town Hall Inquiry [ref: Evening News 17 February 1898 p5]; [ref: Truth, 20 March 1898 p5]

Garbage Committee [ref: Truth 1 April 1900 p8]

Town Clerk and City Engineer, Dunedin, NZ 1905-1911

NSW BDMs Registry: Marriage 1546/1890 RICHARDS RICHARD W & BOOTH MINNIE A registered at SYDNEY

Death 335/1920 RICHARDS RICHARD W [parents] WILLIAM ELIZABETH registered at SYDNEY

Death and Funeral Notices: [ref: Evening News 12 March 1920 p5 & p6]; [ref: SMH 13 March 1920]

Funeral Reports: [ref: SMH 15 March p6]; [ref: The Sun 14 March p4]

Obituaries: [ref: SMH 13 March p13]; [ref: Evening News 12 March p6]; [ref: The Daily Telegraph 13 March p11]; [ref: Newcastle Sun 12 March p5]

Details from contemporary sources:
1879 Appointment Articled Pupil to the City Surveyor, February - letter of application - 25 Buckingham St, Strawberry Hills - passed Civil Service Examination. [ref: 22/18/52/239]
1879 £20 pa - Salary Schedule 1879-80 - Finance Committee recommendation [ref: 22/18/125/689]
1880 Progress Report on working of Corporation - June - £40 pa [ref: 30/001/037]
1881 Salaries of Officers 1881 - Finance Committee recommendation [ref: 22/21/2]
1882 Salaries of Officers 1882 - Schedule of salaries [ref: 22/22/54]
1883 Salary Schedule 1882-83 - Finance Committee recommendation - £80 pa [ref: 22/24/44]
1883 Finance Committee recommend appointment as Draftsman - will finish 5 years articles in February 1884 [ref: 22/27/21]
1883 £100 pa - application for appointment as Draftsman - endorsed by City Surveyor [ref: 22/27/21]
1884 £150 pa - Mayor's Report: Salary Schedule 1884 [ref: 21/16/123 [891]]
1885 Salaries of officers 1885 - Schedule of salaries - £175 [ref: 22/29/11(b)]
1885 £200 pa - List of Officers & Servants - position, salary, duties - ordered by Council 9 September 1885 [ref: 30/001/094]
1886 Salary Schedule 1885-86 - Finance Committee recommendation for 1886 £200 pa [ref: 22/31/6(f)]
1886 Salaries of Officers 1886 - request increase - Schedule of Salaries 1886 [ref: 22/31/6]
1886 Request leave of absence - none taken in 7 years - June [ref: 26/213/1333]
1886 Requests leave of absence 6-18 December for examination for Surveyor's Licence - granted [ref: 26/216/2286]
1887 Finance Committee recommends appointment lieu Dowe, as Acting City Surveyor - Meeting 17 February [ref: SMH 18 February1887]
1887 Appointed acting City Surveyor at present salary for 3 months - reported SMH 2 March 1887 [ref: Council Meeting 1 March 1887]
1887 Appointed City Surveyor 9 June 1887 - to date from 1 March - £500 pa - Meeting 9 June [ref: SMH 10 June 1887]
1888 Acting City Engineer during suspension of Trevor Jones - March [ref: 21/17/10½ [777]]
1889 City Surveyor £600 pa - Salaries of Officers for 1889 - greatly praised [ref: SMH 13 December 1888 p7]
1889 Salary Schedule 1889 -90 - Finance Committee recommendation [ref: 22/38/52]
1890 Reprimanded by Mayor - March - his part in altercation in City Architect's office involving his brother Charles W Richards and JD Pattison [ref: 26/241/603]
1890 Salary Schedule 1890-91 - Finance Committee recommendation to increase from £600 pa to £700 pa - approved [ref: 22/41/1]
1891 4 weeks leave - severe typhoid - medical certificate - June [ref: 26/258/1009]
1893 Salary Schedule 1893-94 - Finance Committee recommendation [ref: 22/46/6]
1894 Salary Schedule 1894-95 - Finance Committee recommendation [ref: 22/47/57]
1895 Report on salaries of employees - £700 plus £50 forage [ref: 22/48/22½ (c)]
1895 Request leave - 1-16 November - none for 5 years - approved [ref: 26/282/1289]
1896 During his absence overseas Gordon to act as City Surveyor- December [ref: 22/51/36]
1897 Report on destructors, lighting, streets etc - sent from Germany - on leave [ref: 26/292/0918]
1897 Returned from overseas leave - will resume 31 August [ref: 26/293/1354]
1898 £700 + £50 forage - Return of Officers and Servants, January 1898, by the Town Clerk [ref: 22/55/1]
1898 £700 + £50 forage - Recommendations on working of Corporation Departments - Partial return of employees at July 1898 [ref: 22/55/1]
1898 Salary Schedule 1898-99 - Finance Committee recommendation [ref: 22/55/65]
1901 Request leave - employed 23 years - December [ref: 1901/2844]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-003818

Item

File - Report on erection of lamp in lane off Miller Street Sydney, 1900

File - Cost of kerbing and guttering of portion of Jones Street Sydney, 1900

File - Report of laxity in City Surveyor's Department, Sydney, 1900

File - Metal supplied to Messrs Fadden & Roberts not according to contract, Sydney, 1900

File - Cost of paving additional sheep yards at Flemington Sale Yards, 1900

File - Request for footway, kerb and gutter footway in Bartley Street Chippendale, 1900

File - Interference by ganger Kennedy with men sanding streets, Sydney, 1900

Relationships

CollectionPeople and PositionsOrganisationSydney City CouncilPositionApprentice [City Surveyor's Department]Articled Pupil [City Surveyor's Department]Assistant City Surveyor [City Surveyor's Department]City Engineer [City Engineer and City Surveyor's Department I]City Surveyor [multiple departments]Draftsman [multiple departments]Surveyor [multiple departments]Related itemsReport of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1880Progress Report on the Working of the Corporation by Finance Sub-CommitteeReport of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1881Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1882Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1883Report of the Mayor, John Hardie, on temporary promotions in the City Treasurer's Department Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1885Officers & Servants of the Sydney Corporation [names, positions, salaries, duties]Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1886Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1890Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 189126/258/1009Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1894Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1895Report of the Committee appointed to Inquire into and report upon staff salaries and wages, 1895Finance Committee Report - Re adoption of Report of Committee of Inquiry (re fraud)Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1899

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Richards, Richard Watkins