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129.
SUPPLY OP UNSWEETENED CONDENSED MILK TO H M A
AND ESTABLISHMENTS IN VICTORIA.
SHIPS
With reference to Navy Order No. 15/1922, a contract has now been
i T T g *i W T t the rt 5 J, estles and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co. (Australasia)
Ltd 597 Little Collins-street, Melbourne, for the supply of Unsweetened
Condensed Milk to—
(a) H.M.A. Ships at Port Melbourne.
(b) Flinders Naval Depot.
(c) H.M.A. Submarine Depot, " Osborne House," Geelong.
at the rate of £1 17s. per case of 48 tins.
2. Requirements of the above ships and establishments are, therefore
to be obtained direct from the above-mentioned Company as necessary.
130.
(S. 443/15/8.)
LOWER DECK WELFARE MACHINERY. PROCEDURE FOR 1922.
After careful consideration of the procedure adopted in 1919-20-21 for
the drawing up and transmitting of representations regarding matters afiectinothe
well-being of the Petty Officers and Men, the Naval Board have decided
to make certain changes in the Welfare Machinery for 1922 and subsequent
years It is considered that the changes will render the procedure better
adapted to the conditions and requirements of the Royal Australian Navy.
2. The Board have also decided that the Welfare Machinery shall in
luture be put into operation biennially instead of annually.
3. The system whereby the representatives of the men constituted an
Advisory Committee to a committee of Officers, known as the Welfare Committee,
has been abolished and is replaced by—
(a) Group Meetings, to be attended by representatives of groups of
classes or branches, to deal with requests which affect only
particular classes or branches, and
(6) A General Meeting, to be attended by representatives elected from
the Group Meetings, to deal with general requests.
4 The first meetings under the new procedure will take place in Sydney
about the second week in May. The date, place, and time of all meetings
will be decided by the Rear-Admiral Commanding H.M.A. Fleet.
5. Each Group Meeting and the General Meeting will be attended by
Officers detailed by the Rear-Admiral Commanding H.M.A. Fleet These
Ulhcers will not take part in the discussions of the men, but may give advice
to the men if asked to do so. The Senior Officer present is to insure that the
proceedings are conducted in a good Service spirit, and that the matters
discussed are confined within the limits laid down in paragraph 17 ; subject
to this, he is to permit freedom of discussion by all present. He will not be
responsible for the decisions arrived at, which are to be determined by majority
6 On the completion of the deliberations of each Group Meeting and
of the General Meeting the requests formulated will be forwarded to the
Rear-Admiral Commanding H.M.A. Fleet, who will make his observations
thereon before forwarding them to the Naval Board for consideration and
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PROCEDURE FOR CLASS REQUESTS.
7. The meetings by which Class Requests are to be formulated will consist
of representatives of Groups or Ratings as follows :—
No. of
Group.
Ratings.
I. Seamen
Signal Ratings
Telegraphist Ratings
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
Mechanicians
Stoker Ratings ..
E.R.A.'s
E.A.'B
O.A.'s
Armourers
Shipwrights
Joiners .. . . .
Blacksmiths
Painters
Plumbers
Coopers
Writers
Victualling Ratings •
Regulating Ratings
Ship's Cook Ratings
Butchers
Sick Berth Ratings
Officers' Stewards and Cooks
Band Ratings
To be elected
from H.M.A.
Ships and
Establishments
at Sydney.
8
1
1
2
1
1
1
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To be elected
from H.M.A.
Ships and
Establishments
at Melbourne.
2
1
1
No. to attend
Group Meetings.
10 4 14
1
6 2
7 2 9
4 5
2
1
1 } •
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4 5
1 1
)
1 ,
1
* *
6 8
2
2
1
5 7
2
1 } '
3 4
2 3
3
1
4 5
8. Ratings below Able Seaman or the equivalent relative rating will not
be eligible to attend Group Meetings or to take part in the election of representatives
for these meetings.
9. The grouping or ratings and the number of representatives to attend
the Group and General Meetings have been computed, as far as possible,
according to the number of the various ratings borne, having in view the
necessity of forming competent but not unwieldy meetings, and giving fair
representation to the men at the two main bases—Sydney and Melbourne.