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!ch 1 ASBESTOS, P.Q., CANADA, AUGUST 27 (SPECIAL) - JAMES H03EP.T EVING, 'I FORMERLY OF SOUTHERN MINERALS & MAhXYTING COFPORATION OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA, HAS BEEN APPOINTED GENERAL MANAGER OF RHODESIAN ASBESTOS LTD., IT WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, BY KA.L 7, LINDELL, VICE PRESIDENT OF CANADIAN JOHNS-MANVILLE, RHODESIAN ASBESTOS LIMITED FAS FORMED IN BECE-tBER, 1951 AND IS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF CANADIAN JOIINS-MANVILLE IN ASSOCIATION VITH BRITISH METALS CORPORATION, LTD., ANGLO-HUHONIAN LTD,, SOUTHERN MINERALS & MARKETING CORP., (PTY.) LTD. AND THE SIMON I. PATINO INTERESTS. THE ASBESTOS PROPERTIES ARE LOCATED IN THE MASHABA DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA. PRESENT PLANS CALL FOR DEVELOPING THE PROPERTIES AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SMALL CENTRAL MILL TO PROCESS THE ASBESTOS BEARING ORE EXTRACTED FROM THE MINES. MR. EWING, THE NEW GENERAL MANAGER OF RHODESIAN ASBESTOS LTD., IS WIDELY KNOWN IN MINING ENGINEERING CIRCLES IN SOUTHERN RHODESIA. HE HAS HAD EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE AS MINE MANAGER OF VARIOUS ASBESTOS MINES IN SOUTHERN. RHODESIA AND AS CONSULTING ENGINEER TO SEVERAL ASBESTOS MINING FIRMS IN THAT COUNTRY, '- ' MR, EWING GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA IN 1923 WITH A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE 117 ENGINEERING, HE ALSO HOLDS A MASTER'S DEGREE IN GEOLOGY FROM QUEENS.UNIVERSITY, KINGSTON, ONTARIO, HE IS MARRIED AND HAS THREE CHILDREN. HE RESIDES KITH HIS FAMILY IN MASHABA, SOUTHERN RHODESIA, UNQUOTE* -- PRODUCED JM-33 MTC 001555