Unique IDPE-002329SurnameLavertyGiven namesThomasBiographical abstractDates of employment: 1887Biographical noteBiographical details:
Newspaper Articles on licensed porters: [ref: SMH 2 September 1887 p4]; [ref: The Daily Telegraph 2 September 1887 p3 and p 4]; letter by Pro Bono Publico [ref: The Daily Telegraph 8 October 1887 p5]
Details from contemporary sources:
1887 Complaint by Jackson of Union SS Co NZ re porter Laverty & his exclusion from their wharf & clash with Company's Special Constable - reports from Seymour, Lynch, Vercoe and Laverty - licensed porter permitted in all places - 8 Margaret Street, signature Laverty - August [ref: 26/222/1862]
1887 Complain from Ferguson, Secretary Steam Ship Owners Association requesting cancellation of licence of Thomas Laverty for misconduct - Report by Lynch: "sober, steady, trustworthy and courteous" - report by Seymour: "conduct uncensurable" - August [ref: 26/222/1840]
1887 Letter from Ferguson, Secretary SSO Association - prosecution for resisting Spec Constable Creagh - 31 August [ref: 26/222/1882]
1887 Letter from Ferguson, Secretary SSO Association -complaining of one-sided investigation by Council - September [ref: 26/222/1933]
1887 Further correspondence including reply by Merriman, City Solicitor referring to "meddlesome", "cowardly letters" intended to damage Laverty before the Court hearing - September [ref: 26/223/2006]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-002452
