John Steavenson

To the Right Worshipful the Mayor of Melbourne... [from] the undersigned Inhabitants of Melbourne considering the Unsettled State of a portion of the Diggings, and the necessity measures for the Better PROTECTION OF THE CITY, and upholding the cause of Law and Order, hereby request your Worship to convene A PUBLIC MEETING... John Ferres, Government Printer, 05 December 1854. State Library of Victoria Collection (H141396).

Background

The friends of Mr. John Steavenson, the Assistant Commissioner of Roads and Bridges and Secretary of Railways, who spent a portion of last summer in Hobart Town, will doubtless be glad to hear that he has so far recovered from the combined effects of a long and serious illness and a subsequent buggy accident, as to be able once more to resume his ordinary duties at Spencer-street.