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Assistant in the Town Clerk's Office, was appointed as Rate Clerk, and they
respectively entered on their duties on the 13th day of June, 1892, and the 27th
day of June, 1892.
(d) SURVEYOR'S ASSISTANT.
On the 3rd day of May, 1892, the Vestry, on the recommendation of the
Paving and Sewers Committee, referred to the Officers' Committee the question of
providing the Surveyor with professional assistance to enable him to prepare the
necessary plans, &c., with a view to a scheme being formulated for the reconstruction
of a large part of the Haggerston sewerage system. The Committee
issued advertisements for a competent Surveyor, as a temporary Assistant, at a
salary of £2 2s. per week, and received 19 applications for the appointment, and
after interviewing 4 applicants and considering their qualifications, Mr. H. V.
Broomfield, of Lawton Road, Altegar, was on the 6th September, 1892, appointed
by the Committee in accordance with the terms of the reference, subject to
14 days' notice on either side.
(e) Mb. JOSEPH RILEY (Deceased).
At their meeting held on the 28th June, 1892, I reported to the Yestry that
Mr. Joseph Riley, the Yestry's Senior Rate Collector, had died suddenly on
Friday, the 24th June, whilst engaged on his collection, also, that the Finance
Committee had passed a vote of condolence with his relatives, and had appointed
his son to get in the outstanding rates on his providing a temporary guarantee in
the sum of £300. The Yestry thereupon resolved that a letter of condolence be
written to Mrs. Riley, expressing the Yestry's sympathy with her and her family
in the sad bereavement she had sustained. This was done, and gratefully acknowledged
by the widow. The Yestry's officers also subscribed for a wreath, and
were represented at the funeral.
The question of filling up the vacancy was referred to the Officers' Committee,
who issued an advertisement for a Rate Collector, at the commencing salary of
£160 per annum, who was to devote the whole of his time to the duties; to provide
an office in the ward to which he might be appointed; and to furnish security in an
approved Guarantee Society in the sum of £500.
The Committee reported that 126 applications for the post were received in
reply to the advertisement, and that 10 of this number had been interviewed by
them, and after considering their respective qualifications, they had finally selected
6 candidates for presentation to the Yestry, for the latter to make the appointment.
On the 26th July, 1892, the 6 candidates in question, viz., Messrs. C. W.
Cranston, J. G. Golding, Wm. Hayes, Arthur Hurn (Yestry's Rate Department),
T. G. Rolfe, and Harry Taylor (Rate Collector, Leamington Town Council),
appeared before the Yestry, when it was unanimously resolved that Mr. Harry
Taylor, of Leamington Spa, be appointed a Rate Collector in accordance with the
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