(2) That scant courtesy was exte .ded to etoam owners in having a circular sent them without notice and to take eSeot within a few days of its date. (3) That it is necessary no final decision be arrived at until the steamship owners have had au opportunity of conferring to gether and arriving at a joint reply and asking for an extension of time until the steamship owners have had an opportunity of conferring together and an it ing at a joint reply and asking for an extension of time until the maters are disciraed by the steam owners of Sydney. (4) On behalf of the Uoion Company *an prepared to ask the Board of D. rectors to increase the pay of third officeio to £9 per month and fourth to £7 10. (5) That the demands of the association are excessive and the time chosen for making them inopportune. He explains the first demands represent an annual iacrease to expense of the Union Company '



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