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Reports of the Finance Committee Volume 35, 1888

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Unique IDA-00434786SeriesReports of the Finance Committee I, 1857-1898 [Municipal Council of Sydney]DateBetween 12th January 1888 and 29th May 1888FormatVolume - Leather BoundDescriptionFinance 1888 Vol 1: Sundry accounts; applications to deviate from City Improvement Act; tenders for yearly contracts; officers’ salaries 1888 [includes letters protesting against reduction in salaries and letters seeking increases]; gratuity to J Ensor for accident at work; illuminating the Town Hall for Centenary of Colony; street alignments; appointment of Comptroller to inspect Departments; issue of plumbers’ and drainers’ licenses 1888; repairs to footpath Randwick Rd; erection of lavatories at Exhibition Building; tender for cement; repairs to Pig Markets Sussex St; repairs to Town Hall Tower; gratuity to Henry Thompson for injuries received; petition to improve drainage near Bourke St Woolloomooloo; ironwork for amended roof Centennial Hall; appointment of Ernest Paton and George Adams as draftsmen; ceiling of Centennial Hall to be zinc instead of plaster, includes correspondence and tender from Wunderlich, and report by Neville Barnett on acoustics of zinc ceilings; permanent levels of Waratah Street; defective water meters; alignment of Harrington Street; petition to rename Sarah Ann Street to Dawson St in honour of John Dawson who owned property there for many years; wood paving Pitt and Elizabeth Streets; petition to Parliament not to pass Sydney Hydraulic Company’s Bill; fire extinguishers to be placed in Town Hall; tenders for fresh assessment of city properties to include numbering of all properties; forage allowance to Inspector of Cattle Sale yards; erection of two spiral iron staircases in the Town Hall Tower; allowance to Mrs Bridget Strutton whose husband was killed on duty while sweeping blocks in Argyle Street; specifications for supply of flagging; continuation of Regent Street across the Rifle Range; adoption of design of domes over annexes to Centennial Hall; draft market By Laws; girders for eastern portion of Centennial Hall be placed in position; acquisition of land to remove encroachments; petition to change name of Rushcutters Bay Road to Roslyn Gardens.LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordNo

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Strutton, John

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Reports of the Finance Committee Volume 35, 1888