Document Gm6L8XZ5LGLgwnX2kYZJyq7er

/' V C 1968 I *r The Senior Inspector of Ulnee. KALOCCRLIE. Cue, tSth. Aorll i^8. KJ re;- Dust Nuisance - Australian Blue Aabtstoa Ltd. I have just returned froa the northern toiag areas end here reed your letter of April tlth concerning the Above natter. It was apperent that you bad adslnterpreted tbe Intended huiflg of soae of sy ernmente nsde in y letter of April 3rd a<M After bavins re-reed m earlier report, Z can quite uoderttei* your attitude Firstly, with regard to v booking under nans I asked tbe agent if it was neeeeeary for ay none to appear. He said it was but that be could obtain a passage in m bis naae aod then advise tbe aircrew of did appear tobnetbaelteoraantiiofenetw. hUenr 1 boarded. This was dona and V action in seeking this security out vas purely to satisfy tbs. ooaplalntsnt that no prior knowledge of ay visit should have bean supplied through the airline noapeny agaaey. Reference to the unsavoury aspect was prompted by tbe feet that tbe inveetigation required m to adopt sooevhat of a C.I.B. attitude if I ware to aatablieb anything concrete, peat experience bee convince ne that there was a lot of truth in the complaint that conditions were specially prepared when an investigation was pending. As you well knot the persons in charge at Vlttanooa are pleasant eeapany but their aetiona. or leek of action,oaa only load one to assuae that by eordlal discussions I will achieve nothing* Ottil tbe Rotations systea vas installed X could do nothing to achieve satisfactory sdll ooodltlone without drastically curtailing tbe rate of produotloo. 1 now feel that because I did not banner then about tbe plant previously - solely for tbe reason that 1 knew nothing worthwhile could be done - they have accepted as as easy neat* - Whan you art faced with tbe prospeet that, deapiMthe affable cancer of the person who is guiding you through tbe plant, you can t be certain that ba hasn't depatohea a deputy to stags a pre-arranged bold-up, for the purpose' of teaporarlly decreasing the sill throughput than the task is unsavoury. On eaeh visit to tbs mu scat of the unit were not operating. For each there vas a plausible excuse for tbe bold up, but it didn't quite allay or fears that X was being given the three card trick. Relaittte persons assured ae that X did not see true conditions but it is difficult to aeeuse tbs autageaent of purposely trying to ais-lead oa. For that reason I adopted the line that, if they bad window dressed tbe mill for ay benefit, then I would turn tbe joke on then by insisting that they aalntalned tbe standard I saw. . Whan I first wrote to you it was not with trie intention of ./`.trying to dodge tne. Investigation. Been requested in nia letter t> Inspector Hunt that his union would appreciate an Inspection by ti Chief Inspector. Z was not sure whether or not he asant senior ~ inspector and as Inspector Faiehney had been in attendant# for trw Board of Reference I decided tc find out what you wanted doaa. a1 ay aentlon to the eanageaent that I was carrying out an inve'atlca on your instruction was not done with the idea of <*i--the oni of responsibility. * Ztie aanageaent at A.B.A. Ud, are first class dlplootts la aa quite confident-that 1 can handle anything which eoaas vithin 11 particular sphere of authority* On the occasion .of v prellateazr ft discussion Z oade it clear that a oooplalnt bad' been lodged tod td I had forwarded it to you in case you wished Inspector Flaetaey toi handle the natter* Ac inspector faiohney woe on leer*-you instruct! tm to carry on with the loreatlgatloa end I inforned the --"*ctt tq I intended to hear all aides of the story and endeavour to settle ti problea with justice to ell parties* There was no evidence, of:unplaentases and X was quite opto in all of ay Inquiries, i left vittenoc with a feeling that soon good would arise froa ay visit, however, vh i revisited the Bill last TueMay,Aprll tjth, I revised this opinion! Curing the three weeks which had elapsed practically nothing had been attespted. The aanager was quick to say that they had teat of suggestions to the Roto-cione aaaufsoturere and bed just received a reply to the effect tbet the ideas were sound and the Modifications should be done* Be said that work would cojptooa lnedately. when asked why a copy of m report was not posted he countered that they had posted a copy of a9 general report on the Colonial Ulna but did not think it neoessary to post the report on the Bill. Instructions were issued while 1 was there to have the other report- posted* It has been the euetoa to use the Vittenooa alas Record Book for Betters relating to the mill and although the vittenoom Bine is closed X oade the report in that book* Without being challenged on the natter the aenager gave ae to understand that they had no intention of stalling as, but so far ever: f.ftlcg points that way. Personally, 1 aa aost annoyed about the lsek ofintelllgent interest shown in the dust collection unit by the Bill supervisors* They should bo sufficiently interested and experienced to have done inastlrlnq about the cattars raised by ae without having an outsider eoae and atlr taea into action. The position new, is that I expect to visit the vittenooa Bine on or about lay 13th and the otoagowot are ooaaitted to sons definite action ahleh should help toreaedy natters before then* I do not foreeeet perfect conditions because the dust collection unit in incapable of reaovlag all of tha dust drawn into it; eeneequenyly, a lot of dust is discharged to the atooephere and can retz&rn to the sill interior. tISTRICT IKSPaSTOR OF MI--S.CU5.