Seymour, Richard (Junior)

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Unique IDPE-000735SurnameSeymourGiven namesRichard (Junior)Biographical abstractDates of employment: 1883-1932Biographical noteBiographical details:
Employed by the City for 49 years.
NSW BDMs Registry: Birth 1900/1866: SEYMOUR RICHARD J A [parents] RICHARD & ALICE registered at SYDNEY

NSW BDMs Registry: Death 23703/1940: SEYMOUR RICHARD JOSEPH A [parents] RICHARD & ALICE registered at RANDWICK

Newspaper articles: Erection of a petrol pump in Flinders St: [ref: The Australian Worker (Sydney) 12 November 1924 p18]

Served more than 40 years with Council [ref: Sunday Times 7 October 1923]

Retirement: [ref: The Sydney Morning Herald 1 July 1932 p8]; [ref: The Labor Daily (Sydney) 2 July 1932 p 4]

Funeral Notices [ref: The Sydney Morning Herald 7 December 1940 p13]

NSW BDMs Registry: Birth 33389/1898 SEYMOUR ERIC L [parents] RICHARD & ELIZABETH M registered at PADDINGTON

see Seymour EL Recruited 23/8/1915 [ref: Staff Record Cards (CRS81)]

Details from contemporary sources:
1883 Mayor's appointment articled pupil - July - Sapsford expresses satisfaction with performance - October [ref: 21/16/100 [699]]
1883 City Solicitor to prepare articles of apprenticeship - October [ref: 877/2/066-1]
1884 £40 pa - Mayor's Report - Salary Schedule 1884 [ref: 21/16/123 [891]]
1885 Salaries of officers 1885 - Schedule of salaries - £40 pa [ref: 22/29/11(b)]
1885 £60 pa - List of Officers & Servants - position, salary, duties - ordered by Council 9 September 1885 [ref: 30/001/094]
1886 £60 pa - Recommendations Finance Committee Meeting 12 November - Duties described [ref: SMH 13 November 1885 p5]
1886 Salaries of officers 1886 - Schedule of Salaries 1886 [ref: 22/31/6(e)]
1888 Schedule of Salaries 1887-88 - Finance Committee recommendation [ref: 22/35/5(b)]
1888 Finance Committee recommends appointment as Draftsman, 14 August 1888 [ref: 22/36/12]
1889 Fifth Draftsman City Architect's Department- £150 pa - Salaries of Officers for 1889 - [ref: SMH 13 Dec 1888, p7]
1889 Given one month’s notice from 1 May [ref: 26/234/713]
1889 Internal report to City Surveyor on rubbish placed at the bottom of Druitt St - December [ref: 26/238/2045]
1890 Internal report to City Surveyor on notice placed on pole on Council land - March [ref: 26/240/537]
1890 Inspector of Hoardings - request increase, October [ref: 26/245/1963]
1891 Request increase - appointed over 18 months ago as inspector of Hoardings per Sydney Corporation Act - fines imposed to date exceed salary paid - City Surveyor recommends increase - energetic and trustworthy employee - approved increase of 10/- per week - March [ref: 26/248/515]
1891 Inspector of Hoardings - £3/10/- per week from 31 March 1891 - City Surveyor’s list [ref: 26/249/801]
1892 Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board requests on site meeting re state of Campbell St and Devonshire St - October [ref: 26/261/1985]
1893 Memo re road collapse in Upper William Street - January [ref: 26/262/2401]
1894 Report on accident to Rossich caused by sand thrown over horse's head by Council worker - December [ref: 22/48/3]
1895 Salary £3/10/- per week - Report on salaries of employees [ref: 22/48/22½ (c)]
1895 Condemned building report - March [ref: 26/280/667]
1896 Request leave of absence - marriage - June - approved [ref: 26/285/827]
1898 Memo re Balmain steamers making fast at Corporation Wharf - January [ref: 26/296/0044]
1898 £3/10/- per week - Return of Officers and Servants, January 1898, by the Town Clerk [ref: 22/55/1]
1898 Medical certificate - February [ref: 26/297/0328]
1898 Report demolition in Kent St with no protective hoarding - warning ignored - prosecuted successfully - March [ref: 26/297/565]
1898 £3/10/- per week - Recommendations on working of Corporation Departments - Partial return of employees at July 1898 [ref: 22/55/1]
1899 Report on 6 feet wall erected without permission - January [ref: 26/306/864]
1900 Requests leave - October [ref: 1900/3731]
1916 Appointed General Inspector [ref: Staff Record Cards (CRS81)]
1932 Retired June 1932 [ref: SMH 1 July 1932]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-004046

Relationships

CollectionPeople and PositionsOrganisationSydney City CouncilPositionArticled Pupil [City Architect and Building Surveyor's Department I]Draftsman [multiple departments]Inspector [City Surveyor's Department]Inspector of Hoardings [multiple departments]Related items21/16/100 [699]877/2/066-1Report of the Mayor, John Hardie, on temporary promotions in the City Treasurer's Department Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1885Officers & Servants of the Sydney Corporation [names, positions, salaries, duties]Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1886Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 188822/36/1226/234/71326/238/204526/240/53726/245/196326/248/515Memorandum: RW Richards, City Surveyor - Staff who received wage increase in past 6 months26/261/198526/262/240122/48/3Report of the Committee appointed to Inquire into and report upon staff salaries and wages26/280/66726/285/82726/296/0044Finance Committee Report - Re adoption of Report of Committee of Inquiry (re fraud)26/297/032826/297/56526/306/8641900/3731Source systemDatabase of 19th Century Staff

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