Tag Archives: 1917

1917 Council Staff Wages

From the minutes of the Mitcham Urban District council
Volume III – 1917 to 1918
Finance and General Purposes
15th May 1917
Page 27

Salaries of Officers per month

Name Position £ s. d.
S. Chart (per R. M. Chart) Clerk 23 6 8
C. H. Parslow Accountant 11 5 0
E. I. Buckland Shorthand Typist 6 12 4
B. Bullock Surveyor 23 6 8
C. R. Brown Surveyor's Assistant 6 19 6
E. Mulford Junior Clerk 3 14 6
C. G. Babbetts Sanitary Inspector 16 13 4
E. S. Rogers Health Visitor 9 2 4
C. M. Pagan M.O. Health 6 15 7
S. E. Crisp M.O. Health's Clerk 3 7 2
H. W. White Rate Collector 16 13 4
L. H. Munday Rate Collector 7 1 8
B. Slater (per F. Slater) Caretaker 4 6 8
F. Slater Caretaker 2 2 4

Minutes of meetings held by the Mitcham Urban District Council are available on request from the Merton Heritage and Local Studies Centre at Morden Library.

Az Nu Engineering Co Ltd

261 Church Road

Aircraft component manufacturer.

From:
Flight Magazine
29th November, 1917
Page 1268

New Companies Registered

AZ-NU Engineering Co. Ltd.
261 Church Road, Mitcham

Capital £12,000, in 10,000 preference and 2,000 ordinary shares of £1 each. Metal workers, manufacturers of aircraft and component parts, &c. First directors: C. Baynes, A. E. Heath, C. I. S. Fouracres and A. Greenless.

In the 1918 Directory of Manufacturers in Engineering and Allied Trades on Grace’s Guide, Baynes & Partners, Ltd. is listed as (late Aznu Engineering Co.), at 261, Church Road, Mitcham, Surrey. Phone : 1551. T /A : Radsparks, Mitcham.


In a Mitcham Urban District Council meeting of 27th November, 1917, the company’s application to keep its petroleum licence was approved. The company was referred to as previously London Sheet Metal Works.


Minutes of meetings held by the Mitcham Urban District Council are available on request from the Merton Heritage and Local Studies Centre at Morden Library.