Harold Richardson's Diary
Richardson's Diary - August 1934
Harold picks a cold day for relief workers to count traffic movements
The work diary of Harold Richardson, County Clerk, Rangitikei County Council:
Harold Hastings Richardson, 1872-1944 was appointed County Clerk in 1893, and he continued in that role until his death, 51 years later.
Monday, 20 August 1934
Quiet day in office – busy with orders and invoices, then finished preliminary work [on General Balance Sheet?]
Dukeson* in during the afternoon.
Ring from one of Webb & Stokes workmen at Turakina re wages.
Mair* with Government Engineer in connection with Main Highways works.
Tuesday, 21 August 1934
Sale day in Marton.
Wednesday, 22 August 1934
Committee meeting of the Council all day.
1. Machinery purchase
2. Motor regulations
3. Bylaws re pigs
4. Salaries
The Chairman [Dalrymple*} and Councillors Coleman, Dalziell, Hammond and Lilburn in attendance.
Mair and Fowler* in attendance.
Dukeson in office. Arrangements made re taking tallies of traffic on Highways.
Office in the evening, at correspondence etc.
Thursday, 23 August 1934
[No entry]
Friday, 24 August 1934
[No entry]
Saturday, 25 August 1934
Tallies on the Main Highways by the Relief workers commenced at 6 am in 6 places.
Extremely cold day – a blizzard from the south.
Very busy day in the morning with unemployed etc.
Drafted the replies to proposed amendment to Motor Regulations and Motor Vehicles Act.
Sunday, 26 August 1934
[No entry]
*Sydney Mair was County Engineer, retiring 1947. He began his employment with the County in 1899.
*F J Fowler was the County’s Traffic Inspector
*Leslie Jones, Clerk
W J Taylor, Engineer’s Assistant
*A V Brown was Assistant County Clerk
C F Marshall-Smith was Assistant Engineer
*Olive Oldfield was Office Typist
*Frank Nicol, Accountant
*Rod McKenzie was Assistant Accountant
*Richard Dukeson was the County’s Overseer in the Southern part of the District
*Ken Waring Dalrymple was County Chairman 1929-1950. He was first elected to the County in 1917.
20 August 2007
