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8 JUNE, 1892.
Moved by Mr. Furness—That Mr. Churchwarden Loftus
do take the Chair.
Moved by Mr. Brown—That Mr. Cushen do take the Chair.
The Clerk submitted the names to a show of hands and
there were
In favour of Mr. Cushen 24 votes.
„ Loftus 11 „
Mr. Cushen then took the Chair.
I. Moved by Mr. Hirst seconded by Mr. T. J. Smith and
resolved—That the Minutes be taken as read.
Moved by Mr. J. J. Musto seconded by Mr. Upton and
resolved—That the Minutes are correctly recorded and be
confirmed.
II. The Report of Special Committee Re Petition of Dustmen,
Sweepers, See., was brought up as follows:
To the Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town.
Report of Special Committee,
Re
Petition of Dustmen, Sweepers, &c.
Wednesday, 13th April, 1892.
Your Committee beg to report—
(1) That they have met on a number of occasions to consider
the matters referred to.
(2) That the petition of the dustmen, slopmen, sweepers,
fillerinmen, lurnacemen and sifters, may be considered fairly
under two heads. The one dealing with the nature of the
employment and details of management, and the other with
the wages of the work-people.
(3) Dealing first with the more general subject, your Committee
beg to report that they have caused the whole of the persons
referred to in the petition to come before them, each class
separately, and invited each class to fully state any grievance
which any one might have, at the same time promising that
nothing which was said should interfere detrimentally with
the interest of the person making it.
(4) That with regard to the request that the persons should be
placed upon weekly work, your Committee do not recommend
that such should be done.
(5) Your Committee after carefully examining the men on the
subject, do not find that the statement in the petition "that
the men have been put off on account of the weather” has
in any way been substantiated.