1862.
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LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.
NEW SOUTH WALES.
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GOVERNMENT BOATMEN.
(PETITION OF.)
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Received by the Legislative Assembly, 16 July 1862, and Printed under the Sessional Order of 4 June, 1862.
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To the Honorable the Members of the Legislative Assembly, in Parliament assembled.
The humble Petition of the undersigned Boatmen, in the employ of Government, -
SHEWETH:-
That your Petitioners are employed by the Government of New South Wales as Boatmen.
That your Petitioners' duties are to take the various Officers of the Government, that is to say, the Harbour Master, the Custom House Officers, the Health Officer, and various other officials, about the harbour.
That your Petitioneers are expected to keep themselves clean and tidy, and well and respectably clothed.
That for some time past your Petitioners have had cast upon them duties for which they were not engaged, and have been compelled to perform menial offices for nearly all the Government departments using boats - such as scraping, cleaning, and painting boats, and other employments which your Petitioners never contemplated, and which are totally inconsistent with their duties as Boatmen.
That there are daily four of your Petitioners on duty thirty-six hours consecutively, with barely sufficient time allowed for meals.
That fourteen of your Petitioners are required to be on duty every Sunday.
That your Petitioners find that, owing to the various duties imposed on them, they are unable to maintain that decent and respectable appearance which is expected of them. (Editor's emphasis)
Your Petitioners, therefore, humbly pray that your Petitioners' grievances may be taken into the consideration of your Honorable House, and that such redress may be afforded to your Petitioners, and that their Petition may be so dealt with, as to your Honorable House may seem meet.
And your Petitioners will ever pray &c.
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