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224.
CARE IN ASSEMBLING RIFLES.
With reference to Navy Order No. 462 of 1921, it is notified for information
that the woodwork of rifles manufactured at the Commonwealth Small
Arms Factory, Lithgow, is Queensland maple, which is not so suitable as
walnut, which is the wood used for rifles supplied to ships of the Royal Navy.
If, however, adequate care is exercised in the stripping, assembling, and use
of the rifles, the wood will keep in good condition.
2. If any case occurs of damage to the woodwork of a rifle, a report is to
be furnished stating in detail how the damage occurred.
(N. 227/4/17.)
225.
DEFERRED PAY CLAIMS.
With regard to Finance Authorities issued for payment of Deferred Pay
to personnel serving in H.M.A. Ships, the following action should be taken
if, on the receipt of the authority, the payee has been transferred to another
ship :—
The claim should be forwarded for payment to the ship to which
the rating has been transferred, under cover of a memorandum.
If only one payment is included in the Finance Authority, the
original authority should be sent forward as an enclosure to the
memorandum.
If more than one payment is shown on the Finance Authority, an
extract should be made therefrom, and the extract sent forward with
the memorandum.
In all such cases the Director of Navy Accounts should be
immediately advised of the ship to which the authority is transferred.
2. This procedure does not, however, apply in the case of -personnel
reverting to the United Kingdom. In such instances the claim and Finance
Authority should be returned to the Director of Navy Accounts, who will
arrange for payment to be made in London.
(A. 30/18/3.)
3. Paragraph 10 is omitted.
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4. The following paragraphs are added at the end of the article :—
" 18. In cases where a letter or posted packet (other than registered
matter) on which a charge is levied has to be re-directed,
e.g., on account of the addressee having left the ship or the letter
having been wrongly addressed, an extract of the list received is
to be sent to the proper ship and a suitable note made on the list
received with the mail."
" 19. In the event of an addressee refusing to pay the charge
for insufficiently pre-paid postage, &c, the letter or package is
not to be delivered to him but should be forwarded to the Deputy
P.M.G., Melbourne, accompanied by a report, and a notation
that this has been done is to be made against the entry on the list
relating to the letter or package concerned."
(A. 33/1/24.)
226.
INSUFFICD3NTLY PRE-PAID MATL MATTER.
Article 105 of Consolidated Navy Orders 1911-1920 is amended as follows
:—
1. Paragraph 2, line 4, omit " Williamstown " and insert in lieu
" Westernport."
2. Paragraph 9, lines 6 and 7, omit the words " quarterly, to the
Secretary, General Post Office, Melbourne " and insert in lieu the words
" as early as practicable to the Deputy P.M.G., Melbourne."
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