Costello, James M

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Unique IDPE-003798SurnameCostelloGiven namesJames MBiographical abstractDates of employment: 1887-1898Biographical noteDetails from contemporary sources:
1887 House to House Inspector - appointed 20 December 1887 - 8/- per day - City Surveyor list, current April 1891 [ref: 26/249/801]
1889 To carry out numbering houses, lots for City Surveyor- clerical ability & judgement - February [ref: 26/233/314]
1889 Street Traffic Regulator - recommend transfer to Sanitary Inspector [ref: 26/233/330]
1891 Request increase - Seymour commends man but cannot recommend increase - July - employed 4 years [ref: 26/251/1412]
1892 Request increase - Assistant Clerk previously House to House Inspector - special duties - granted 9/- per day [ref: 26/262/2370]
1893 Visit of Seymour, Costello and Collier in response to complaints of stench emanating from south east portion of the Zoological Gardens at Moore Park abutting Cleveland Street and Randwick Road - Most unsanitary condition of slaughter yard, rubbish heaps, butcher's rooms relating to meat for lions etc - Grizzly Bears Pit filled with old excrement - issued summonses to Secretary and Manager - September [ref: 26/268/1756]
1895 Assistant Clerk and Assisting Organist at Recitals - 9/- per day - Report on Salaries of Employees [ref: 22/48/22½ (g)]
1896 8/- per day - moved from Sanitary Branch to House to House Inspector - from 21 July [ref: 26/286/1006]
1898 House to House Inspector - Sanitary Department - 8/- per day - Return of Officers and Servants, January 1898, by the Town Clerk [ref: 22/55/1]
1898 House to House Inspector - Sanitary Department - 8/- per day - Recommendations on working of Corporation Departments - Partial return of employees at July 1898 [ref: 22/55/1]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-000979

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CollectionPeople and PositionsOrganisationSydney City CouncilPositionClerk [Inspector of Nuisances]Clerk [City Surveyor's Department]House to House Inspector [multiple departments]Inspector [Inspector of Nuisances]Traffic Officer [multiple departments]Related itemsMemorandum: RW Richards, City Surveyor - Staff who received wage increase in past 6 monthsMemorandum: City Surveyor - Need for team to number and renumber housesMemorandum: Inspector of Nuisances - Staff retrenchments and transfers26/251/141226/262/2370Memorandum - Complaints about Zoological Garden at Moore Park, 1893Report of the Committee appointed to Inquire into and report upon staff salaries and wages, 189526/286/1006Finance Committee Report - Re adoption of Report of Committee of Inquiry (re fraud)

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Costello, James M