Caraher, John Edwin

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Unique IDPE-004115SurnameCaraherGiven namesJohn EdwinBiographical abstractDates of employment: 1869-1888Biographical noteBiographical details:
Suspension of Meyers and Caraher and dismissal of Thompson by the Mayor [ref: The Daily Telegraph 13 August 1879 p4]

Report of Council debate and dismissal of Meyers and Caraher [ref: Evening News 26 August 1879 p2]

Son of Owen J Caraher, Alderman 1851-1879; nephew of Patrick Hogan of Hogan & Caraher, soap and candle makers, Gloucester St; Born 1851; died 1930; name also appears in some records as John Edward but Trust Property Notice for father’s estate 1879, Divorce decree 1894, Death & Funeral Notices 1930 have John Edwin. Custody dispute re his daughter [ref: SMH 11 January 1895]; [ref: Evening News 24 January 1895]; [ref: Evening News 31 January 1895]

Details from contemporary sources:
1869 Appointment, Article Pupil to City Engineer, term 5 years - February 1870 - has served 2½ months already [ref: 22/12/10/73]
1875 Articled pupil to City Surveyor - employment necessary to carry out various Acts - Corporation Financial Crisis [ref: SMH 15 January 1875]
1875 Apprenticeship finished - Finance Committee recommend appointment as Draftsman - June 1875 [ref: 22/17/125]
1876 Salaries of Officers 1876 [ref: 22/17/189]
1877 Salaries of Officers 1877 - £200 pa - increase recommended [ref: 22/17/413]
1878 Salaries of Officers: 1878 - request increase [ref: 22/17/711]
1879 Complaint by Dowe - insolence - March - explanation not satisfactory - warned [ref: 26/156/277]
1879 Suspension by the Mayor - misconduct - gambling in office - August 1879 [ref: 21/16/41 [243]]
1879 Mountain asks for replacement for him - dismissed, September 1879 [ref: 22/18/113/623]
1880 Appointed Draftsman - £4 per week - August [ref: 26/168/1448]
1881 Salaries of Officers 1881 - recommended salary [ref: 22/21/2]
1881 Suspension by the Mayor - Resignation August 1881 [ref: 22/22/22]
1881 Suspended by Mayor - report August 1881 - incompetence, neglect of duty [ref: 22/22/23]
1881 Resignation, 30 August 1881 [ref: 26/178/1533]
1881 Request month's salary to end August [ref: 26/178/1656]
1881 Gratuity paid - Accounts 11 October 1881 [ref: 22/22/30]
1887 Applies for appointment, 20 September 1887 - Assistant Clerk of Works, temporary [ref: 26/223/2100]
1887 Requests permanent appointment - 25 October [ref: 26/224/2424]
1888 Mayor’s recommendation: discharge or reduce salary - salary reduction £4/4/- to £3 - January [ref: 21/17/6 [731]]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-000663

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CollectionPeople and PositionsOrganisationSydney City CouncilPositionArticled Pupil [City Engineer and City Surveyor's Department I]Articled Pupil [City Surveyor's Department]Assistant Clerk of Works [City Surveyor's Department]Draftsman [multiple departments]Related itemsReport of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1876Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1877Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1878Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1881Report of the Mayor, John Harris, on the retrenchments effected by him in the various departments

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Caraher, John Edwin