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10. The Rear-Admiral Commanding H.M.A. Fleet will arrange for the
election of the representatives from H.M.A. Ships and Establishments at
Sydney ; H.M.A. Ships and Establishments under the command of the
Commodore Superintendent and Senior Naval Officer, Sydney, and Ships under
the direct command of the Naval Board which may be present at Sydney,
will be included with the Sea-going Fleet for this purpose. The Commanding
Officer, Flinders Naval Depot, will arrange for the election of the representatives
from H.M.A. Ships and Establishments in Victoria.
11. A suitable Senior Officer will be detailed by the Rear-Admiral Commanding
H.M.A. Fleet to preside at each Group Meeting. In addition,
the Rear-Admiral Commanding will, if considered necessary, detail an
experienced Officer of the Group to which the men belong to attend to offer
advice and information, if required. The Presiding Officers and other
Officers in attendance will be guided by the instructions laid down in paragraph
5.
12. The requests of each Group Meeting, when finally drawn up, will be
handed to the Senior Officer present, who will transmit them to the Rear-
Admiral Commanding for his comments. All requests, Class and General,
will then be forwarded to the Naval Board for consideration and decision,
vide paragraph 6.
13. In order to avoid duplication of requests, Group Meetings are to be
particularly careful to formulate purely Class Requests, i.e., requests on
matters which affect the members of their class or branch only.
PROCEDURE FOR GENERAL REQUESTS.
14. The meeting for the drawing up of General Requests will be attended
by the following representatives, who are to be elected from members of the
Group Meetings on the completion of the preparation of Class Requests :—
No. of
Group.
No. forming
Group Meeting.
Representatives to be elected at Group Meetings to attend General
Request Meeting.
Representatives from Representatives from Total No. from
Sydney. Melbourne. each Group.
I. 14 4 2 0
II. 9 3 1 4
III. 5 1 1 2
IV. 5 "i
V. 8 One from each Group to be elected.
VI. 7 May be either Sydney or Melbourne
VII. 4 representative
VIII. 3
IX. 5
J
Total number f orming General Meeting 18
15. The General Request Meeting will be presided over by a Senior
Executive Officer, assisted by other Officers as detailed by the Rear-Admiral
Commanding H.M.A. Fleet. These Officers will be guided by the instructions
laid down in paragraph 5.
16. General Requests, when drawn up, will be handed to the Presiding
Officer for transmission to the Naval Board, through the Rear-Admiral
Commanding, as indicated in paragraph 6.
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17. Group Meetings are to formulate Class Requests only, and the General
Meeting General Requests only. In the event of any doubt as to the category
under which a particular request falls, it should be dealt with as a General
Request. Subject to this, Group Meetings and the General Meeting are
authorized to discuss and put forward representations in respect of :—
Promotions;
Accommodation;
Messing and Canteen Arrangements ;
Uniform and Clothing;
Deferred Pay ;
Term of Engagement;
Pay and Allowances.
The meetings will not be authorized to discuss or put forward representations
as to—
Matters of policy, such as the employment, or distribution, or training
of the Fleet;
Matters of discipline ; or the general arrangement of duties in the
Service;
Individual claims, or individual grievances of any kind ;
Matters affecting individual Ships or Establishments.
18. While it is desired to maintain the object of these meetings, which
is to give recognized opportunities to bring to the notice of the Naval Board
any conditions which, in the opinion of the men, require, and are capable of,
improvement, the Board wish to impress upon the representatives the desirability
of putting forward only requests which can reasonably be adopted.
It is important that it should be realized that, in view of the comparative
high rates of pay and allowances at present in force, and the decreasing cost
of living, requests which involve large additional charges to the public funds
cannot be approved. It should further be borne in mind that requests,
such as changes in accommodation which entail large structural alterations
in Ships and Establishments, or material alterations in Uniform Regulations,
which the Naval Board have recently and definitely indicated their inability
to approve, cannot be expected to meet with success by repetition,
19. The Rear-Admiral Commanding H.M.A. Fleet will detail Junior
Accountant Officers or Writer Ratings to assist each Group Meeting and
the General Request Meeting in the formulation and presentation of requests.
20. Article 25 of the Consolidated Navy Orders 1911-1920, is hereby
cancelled.
(C. 119/6/5.)
(This Order will be reprinted for posting on Notice Boards.)
131.
PROVISION ACCOUNT.—INSERTION OF CASH VOUCHER NUMBERS.
With reference to Navy Order No. 290/1921, section (2), clause (VII.),
it is observed that Accountant Officers of Ships are in some instances omitting
to insert the voucher number of contractors' claims in the Ship's Provision
Account after such information has been forwarded by the Certifying Officer
°f the Shore Establishment concerned.
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