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- Memorandum: City Treasurer. Applying for an increase in salary for clerks in office (Croker, Noake,
- Report of the Mayor, John Harris, on the retrenchments effected by him in the various departments
- Memorandum: City employees requesting to be put on the list of permanent Staff Officials
- Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1890
- Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1891
- Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1892
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Pidcock, Ernest A
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Unique IDPE-001134SurnamePidcockGiven namesErnest ABiographical abstractDates of employment: 1887-1892Biographical noteBiographical details:
Son of William Pidcock, Water Assessor, Clerk, Chief Clerk Inspector of Nuisances Department 1881-1898.
NSW BDMs Registry: Birth: 16306/1864 PIDCOCK ERNEST A [parents] WILLIAM & ELEANOR registered at WINDSOR
Death: 1313/1939: PIDCOCK ERNEST ARTHUR [parents] WILLIAM & MARTHA registered at DRUMMOYNE
Death & Funeral Notices (late of Burns Philp & Co, aged 75 years): [ref: SMH 23 January 1939 p10]
Haines v Council: [ref: The Sydney Morning Herald 24 June 1890 p 3]; [ref: Evening News 24 June 1890 p 5]; [ref: National Advocate (Bathurst) Tuesday 24 June 1890 p 3]
Embezzlement of Council funds and dismissal: [ref: Evening News 22 January 1892 p6; 26 January 1892 p6; 29 January 1892 p6; 4 February 1892 p 6; 2 March 1898 p 7]; [ref: Sydney Morning Herald 29 January 1892 p6]; [ref: Freeman’s Journal (Sydney) 30 January 1892 p19]; [ref: The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser 6 February 1892]; [ref: Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal 29 January 1892 p 3]; [ref: National Advocate (Bathurst) Friday 29 January 1892 p3]; [ref: The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) Friday 29 January 1892 p 3]
Participation in Cricket and playing the organ: [ref: Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer 9 June 1894 p 3]; [ref: Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer 13 August 1898 p2]
Details from contemporary sources:
1887 Junior Clerk 40/- week - City Treasurer requests increase to 50/- - approved 31 August [ref: 26/222/1884]
1888 Mayor's report on retrenchment and salary reductions made in January - reduction £2/10/- to £2/2/- per week [ref: 21/17/6 [731]]
1888 Requests permanent appointment, October - recommended by CH Lines December [ref: 26/231/1947½]
1889 Application to be Assistant Cashier, 8 May [ref: 26/234/769]
1889 Request increase - December [ref: 26/238/2055]
1890 Salary Schedule 1889-90 - Finance Committee recommendation - Clerk [ref: 22/38/52]
1890 Merriman report on Pidcock's testimony, Haines v Council - July [ref: 26/243/1234]
1890 Request increase, December [ref: 26/246/2258]
1891 Salary Schedule 1890-91 - Finance Committee recommendation - increase from £150 pa to £175 pa - approved [ref: 22/41/1]
1891 Salaries of officers 1892 - requests increase for 1892 [ref: 22/42/50]
1892 Auditor James Robertson confirms discrepancy of £422/6/4 and criticises lack of systems to check receipts - January [ref: 26/255/164]
1892 Suspended by Mayor - money embezzled had been repaid [ref: Council Meeting 15 January]
1892 Dismissed by Council [ref: Council Meeting 28 January]
1892 Embezzlement referred to by Auditor, February [ref: 26/255/256½]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-003648
Son of William Pidcock, Water Assessor, Clerk, Chief Clerk Inspector of Nuisances Department 1881-1898.
NSW BDMs Registry: Birth: 16306/1864 PIDCOCK ERNEST A [parents] WILLIAM & ELEANOR registered at WINDSOR
Death: 1313/1939: PIDCOCK ERNEST ARTHUR [parents] WILLIAM & MARTHA registered at DRUMMOYNE
Death & Funeral Notices (late of Burns Philp & Co, aged 75 years): [ref: SMH 23 January 1939 p10]
Haines v Council: [ref: The Sydney Morning Herald 24 June 1890 p 3]; [ref: Evening News 24 June 1890 p 5]; [ref: National Advocate (Bathurst) Tuesday 24 June 1890 p 3]
Embezzlement of Council funds and dismissal: [ref: Evening News 22 January 1892 p6; 26 January 1892 p6; 29 January 1892 p6; 4 February 1892 p 6; 2 March 1898 p 7]; [ref: Sydney Morning Herald 29 January 1892 p6]; [ref: Freeman’s Journal (Sydney) 30 January 1892 p19]; [ref: The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser 6 February 1892]; [ref: Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal 29 January 1892 p 3]; [ref: National Advocate (Bathurst) Friday 29 January 1892 p3]; [ref: The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) Friday 29 January 1892 p 3]
Participation in Cricket and playing the organ: [ref: Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer 9 June 1894 p 3]; [ref: Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer 13 August 1898 p2]
Details from contemporary sources:
1887 Junior Clerk 40/- week - City Treasurer requests increase to 50/- - approved 31 August [ref: 26/222/1884]
1888 Mayor's report on retrenchment and salary reductions made in January - reduction £2/10/- to £2/2/- per week [ref: 21/17/6 [731]]
1888 Requests permanent appointment, October - recommended by CH Lines December [ref: 26/231/1947½]
1889 Application to be Assistant Cashier, 8 May [ref: 26/234/769]
1889 Request increase - December [ref: 26/238/2055]
1890 Salary Schedule 1889-90 - Finance Committee recommendation - Clerk [ref: 22/38/52]
1890 Merriman report on Pidcock's testimony, Haines v Council - July [ref: 26/243/1234]
1890 Request increase, December [ref: 26/246/2258]
1891 Salary Schedule 1890-91 - Finance Committee recommendation - increase from £150 pa to £175 pa - approved [ref: 22/41/1]
1891 Salaries of officers 1892 - requests increase for 1892 [ref: 22/42/50]
1892 Auditor James Robertson confirms discrepancy of £422/6/4 and criticises lack of systems to check receipts - January [ref: 26/255/164]
1892 Suspended by Mayor - money embezzled had been repaid [ref: Council Meeting 15 January]
1892 Dismissed by Council [ref: Council Meeting 28 January]
1892 Embezzlement referred to by Auditor, February [ref: 26/255/256½]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-003648
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CollectionPeople and PositionsOrganisationSydney City CouncilPositionClerk [City Treasury Department I]Related itemsMemorandum: City Treasurer. Applying for an increase in salary for clerks in office (Croker, Noake, Report of the Mayor, John Harris, on the retrenchments effected by him in the various departments Memorandum: City employees requesting to be put on the list of permanent Staff OfficialsReport of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1890Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1891Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1892
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Pidcock, Ernest A [PE-001134]. City of Sydney Archives, accessed 27 Apr 2025, https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/1870504