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FILE NAME: ZW^W^ DATE: DOC#: W^ DOCUMENT DESCRIPTIONDZ^ZZ dZ . , From Turner~ Asbestos Cf!ment Co. Ltd. TRAFFORD PARK, MANCHESTER Your llef. Our llef. RMB/JMW Dear Mr. Collins, To J'. L. Collins Esq. , Turner & Newall Ltd. , Asbestos House, 77/79, Fountain Street, Manchester 2. 3rd December, 1958 ii -': ~.c n 1- . . . J T... ;.. ,,., l.:,: ). Draft Shipbuilding Regulations Use of Power Driven Saws in Shipyards (_ Wlth further reference to your letter of 26th November, the position appears to be that there is really no use of power driven saws in situ, 1. e. on the ship; most cutting is done, 1n the larger shipyards at any rate, in joiners' shops in which there is suitable dust extraction plant; any cutting done on board ship is done by hand tools. It is clear that the requirement referred to in your letter 1s not likely to react in any way against the usage of any asbestos or asbestos-cement board and that the best course may be for us to let matters take their course rather than to draw attention specifically to our products; this, I think, is your own opln10Jl. < Perhaps you will let me know what you think. We shall be very happy to send somebody to talk with the appropriate official at the Ministry of Labour and National Service 1f you wish and, as I have said above, we do not see any particular danger to our commercial interests in these developments. Yours faithfully, I I I 7 . ' TACltll ... 11