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322.
CLEANING WEBBING EQUIPMENT.
1. The supply of Mills Cleaner Powder and Sprinklers for use in cleaning
Webbing Equipment has been approved for issue to H.M.A. Ships and
Establishments.
2. The following quantities have been approved for issue as a first supply,
without demand :—
H.M.A. Ships and Establishments. Packets. SprinJ
Light Cruisers (each) 24 . . 8
Anzac 6 . . 2
Stalwart 3 . 1
Tasmania 3 . 1
Geranium 6 . 2
Platypus 14 . 5
Gunnery School, Flinders Naval Depot 30 . . 10
R.A.N. Armament Depot, Spectacle Island 100 . . 34
R.E.V. Yard, Sydney 25 . . 8
3. First supplies will be issued by the Naval Store Officer, Sydney, forthwith.
4. Reports in regard to the suitability of Mills Cleaner Powder and Sprinklers
are to be forwarded to Navy Office by H.M.A. Ships and Establishments
after six months' trial, in order that the question of their further use may be
decided on. The estimated future requirements should be stated in each
report.
5. Special attention is invited to Admiralty Fleet Order 1735/21, paragraph
5, relative to care and preservation of web leggings.
(S.423/2/6.)
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RECREATION LEAVE.—(CIVIL STAFF).
1. It has been decided that from 1st September, 1922, Officers and
Employees of the Civil Staff who are eligible for Recreation Leave, shall be
granted such leave under the following conditions :—
(a) Where Recreation Leave for any year is taken in one period,
leave shall be granted by days, and Saturday is to be counted as
one day.
(6) Where Recreation Leave for any year is granted in two or more
periods, the whole period of leave should be dealt with on an
hourly basis.
Thus, under the provisions of (b), leave in the case of a clerk who is eligible
for 18 days' Recreation Leave annually and whose ordinary hours of duty are
9 to 4.30 p.m. (less three-quarters of an hour for lunch) on Monday to
Friday, and 9 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturday, i.e , 36| hours per week,
would amount to 110]; hours.
2. When submitting application for Recreation Leave, Officers are in
future to state the exact time from which it is desired leave should commence,
e.g., an officer desiring leave from 11 a.m. or 2.15 p.m. should state this on
his application.
325.
ADDENDUM TO NAVY ORDER NO. 312 OF 1922.
(C.142/1/22.)
The following clause is to be added to paragraph 2 of Navy Order No.
312 of 1922:—
" Appropriation Authorities should be applied for on forms ' B' in
the usual manner except in the case of H.M.A. Ships, when necessary
action will be taken in Navy Office."
(A.43/3/453.)
NAVAL STORE AND NAVAL ORDNANCE SHIPS'
ACCOUNTS.
Paragraph 2 of Article 100 of Consolidated Navy Orders 1911-1920 is
cancelled and the following substituted :—
" A letter of advice (Form 558), enumerating the accounts, &c,
forwarded, is invariably to be sent to the above under separate cover.
This is necessary to enable steps to be taken to trace accounts, &c,
forwarded, which may be unduly delayed in transit."
(S.468/1/6.)
By Authority : ALBERT J. MUIXETT, Government Printer, Melbourne.
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