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Report on temporary promotions in the City Treasurer's Department, 1884

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Unique IDA-00433800SeriesCommittee Reports (Various committees), 1842-1899DateBetween 1st January 1884 and 31st December 1884Date qualifierexactFormatVolume - Leather BoundDescriptionReport of the Mayor, John Hardie, on temporary promotions in the City Treasurer's Department occasioned by the absence from duty of WA Benson, Clerk; RC Robertson in place of WA Benson, APH Kippax in place of Robertson and R Dougan in place of Kippax. Annotation by Treasurer CH Lines commending their performance and expressing a wish that Breakwell be added to the Officers' List. Appended: Memo from Lines recommending promotions [as made by the Mayor] and also endorsing the performance of the assistant Water Assessors, Scott and Breakwell; Memo from Lines re the absence of WA Benson, expressing regret for 'the loss to the Department, of an exceedingly smart, efficient and in some respects unusually accomplished officer, and to himself and Thomase connected with him irretrievable unhappiness. I can only in justice add that no iota of official blame attaches to him'; Memo from Dougan with signed notes from Robert Dougan Senior of Ashfield and Herbert J Lamb of 'Dobroyde' Ashfield agreeing to be surety for Robert Dougan Junior; printed schedule of the Salaries of the Officers of the Municipal Council for the year 1884 [photocopied into vertical reference file].LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordYesBorn digital itemNo

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Public access statusRestricted original (digital copy available)

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Source system ID21/16/123 [891]

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Authenticity & integrityThese are the original Committee Reports created by Council. The record has been held in the Council’s custody and has a high level of authenticity. Users should be aware that this is an historical record and the language used within the record was the language of the time it was captured, and may not reflect current community values or expectations.

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