This item is licenced for use under a Creative Commons Non Commercial, No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International) copyright license. It allows users to copy and share the item in any medium or format for non-commercial purposes, provided the item is not changed in any way, it is attributed to the City of Sydney and the author/creator (where known), and a copyright notice is included. Full licence terms are available from Creative Commons. No warranties or other rights are provided by the licence.

Tools

Full size thumbnail Fit to screen Fit to width Fit to height Rotate 90 degrees Zoom to 100%

Show Text / Transcription Show keyword hits Highlight keywords Download Add to My Collection Contact us about this Suggest an edit to this item Citation for this item

Report on temporary appointments upon the death of draftsman, 1884-1885

Description

Unique IDA-00433984SeriesCommittee Reports (Various committees)DateBetween 18th October 1884 and 14th April 1885Date qualifierexactFormatVolume - Leather BoundDescriptionReport of the Mayor, John Hardie, on temporary appointments made by him consequent upon the death of WH Rees, draftsman in the City Surveyor's department viz Ernest Burman to be promoted to draftsman in place of Rees and Samuel Tickle as draftsman with notation by AC Mountain commending the subsequent performance of Tickle and Burman. Appended: Memo from AC Mountain recommending the employment of Tickle and explaining that already employed officers including Mr Richards were insufficiently experienced for the position; Letter of application from Tickle of Petersham with Messrs Ethelo & Courtney of Petersham as references and enclosing copies of testimonials from England of GB Nichols, Roberts & Robinson of Liverpool, England, RS Hudson of Bachs Hall, Chester, A Palmer of Birmingham, JH Shipman of London, and referring to further testimonials from Doulton & Co London, Kings Norton Rural Sanitary Authority and Samuel Keys, Town Councillor of West Bromwich; Memo of AC Mountain recommending the promotion of Ernest Burman. The appointments were eventually negatived.LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordYesBorn digital itemNo

Access

Public access statusRestricted original (digital copy available)

Identification

Source system ID21/17/7 [121]

Data Quality

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.

Relationships

OrganisationSydney City Council

OCR Text Transcription Edit Edit +-Close