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Petition - Request for City to continue paying for maintenance of masons' tools, Sydney, 1844

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Unique IDA-00502933SeriesPetitions to CouncilDate30th September 1844Date qualifierexactFormatVolume - Leather BoundDescriptionPetition number 55. Petition from the undersigned masons in the employ of the Corporation, who, as the customary practice whereby the Corporation pays the expense of re-steeling their picks has lately been discontinued, are now subject to the expense of keeping their tools in proper working order, amounting to, on average, about one shilling and sixpence per week, while the wages they receive are subject to considerable deduction for wet weather, entreating the Corporation to revert to the old system, under which this expense was borne by the Corporation, and to modify the practice of making deductions from wages on account of broken time due to wet weather.

Signed: [Column 1] John Gordon; William Maxwell; Thomas Kearns; John Joice; William Garvie; Henry Montgomery; John Moloney; John Lee; John Hourigan; John Finlay; Garrett Dillon; John Blatchley; William Cosgrove his mark; John Caroll; [Column 2] Thomo Rico [Thomas Rico]; Thomas Roseby; Thomas Hutchinson; Danhel Coners; Jams Nares [James Nares].LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordYesBorn digital itemNo

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Number of pages1Volume number1

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SuburbSydneyPostcode2000StateNew South WalesCountryAustralia

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