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FILE NAME Colonial Sugar Refinery CSR DATE 1958 April 19 DOC CSR127 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Govt Memo RE Dust Nuisance - Australian Blue Asbestos Ltd fume cee teem. The Senior Inspector of Mines , KALGOORLIE April Cue , 19th April 11995858 re Dust fuisance - Australian Blue Asbestos Ltd. I have just returned from the northern mining areas and have ' read your letter of April 11th concerning the above matter . - It was apparent that you had misinterpreted the intended mean- ing of some of my comments made in my letter of April 3rd and after having read my earlier report I can quite understand your attitude ~~ Firstly with regard to my booking under another name I asked the agent if it was necessary for my name to appear He said it was but that he could obtain a passage in my his name and then advise the aircrew of the alteration when I boarded This was done and my name did appear on the manifest My action in seeking this security was purely to satisfy the complaintant that no prior knowledge of my visit should have been supplied through the airline agency nye . Reference to the unsavoury aspect was prompted by the fact that the investigation required me to adopt somewhat of a C.I.B. ettitude if I were to establish anything concrete Past experience has convince me that there was a lot of truth in the complaint that conditions were specially prepared when an investigation was pending As you well know the persons in charge at Wittencom are pleasant company but their actions or lack of action only lead one to assume that by cordial discussions I will achieve nothing Until the olone system was installed I could do nothing to achieve satisfactory mill conditions without drastically curtailing the rate of production I now feel that previously because I did not hammer them about the plant the reason that I knew nothing worthwhile could - solely for be done - they have accepted me as easy meat an When you are faced with the prospect that despite effable manner of the person who is guiding you through the plant you can't be certain that he hasn't depatched a deputy to stage a arranged hold for the purpose of temporarily decreasing the mill throughput then the task is unsavoury On each visit to the mill some of the unit were not operating For each there was a plausible excuse for the hold up but it didn't quite allay my fears that I was being given the .- three card trick elaiblespersons assured me that I did not see true conditions but it is difficult to accuse the management of purposely trying to lead me For that reason I adopted the line that if they had window dressed the mill for my benefit then I would turn joke on them by insisting that they maintained the standard I saw the PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT 102970 When I first wrote to you it was not with the intention of 2} trying trying to dodge the investigation Reen requested in his letter ti Inspector Hunt that his union would appreciate an inspection by Chief Inspector I was not sure whether or not he meant Senior Inspector and as Inspector Faichney had been in attendance for thi Board of Reference I decided to find out what you wanted dose Al my mention to the management that I was carrying out an investigat on your instruction was not done with the idea of dumping the of responsibility anythingof th which comes and The management at A.B.A. Ltd are first class diplomats am quite confident I can handle within particular sphere of authority On the occasion my preliminary discussion I made it clear that a complaint had been lodged I had forwarded it to you in case you wished Inspector Inspector Plachney to leave you handle the matter As Inspector Faichney was on instructi me to carry on with the investigation and I informed the manager th I intended to hear all sides of the story and endeavour to settle unple problem.with Justice to all parties There was no of problem.with evidence unple antness and I was quite open in all of my inquities I left vittenor with a feeling that some good would arise from my visit however wh Tuesday * I revisited the mill last April 15th I revised this opinion During the three weeks which had elapsed practically nothing had been attempted The was quick to say that they had sent manager to the clone manufacturers and had just received my suggestions the ideas were sound and the modifications % a shroeupldlybetodtohneeefHfeecstaitdhatthat work would commence immediately When asked why a copy of my report was not posted he countered that they had posted a copy of my tgoepnoesrtalthreeporretporotn tohnetChoelomniilall MIinnsetrbuucttidonisd not thiisnskueidtwhnielceessIarwyas there to have the other report posted It has were been the custom to use the Wittenoom mine Record Book for matters relating to the mill and although the Wittenoom mine is closed I made the report in that book Without being challenged on the matter the manager gave me to lack understand that they had no intention of stalling me but so far Personally I am most annoyed about the the ever mill tohfinigntpeolilnitgsentthaitntw eraeyst shown in the dust collection unit by supervisors They should be sufficiently interested and experienced without having to have done something about the matters raised by me is that an outsider come and swtiitrtetnhoeommimntioneacontioornaTbhoeutpMoasyiti1o3nthnaonwd the I expect to visit the to some definite action which should help management are committed then I do not forecast perfect conditions before to remedy matters dust collection unit in incapable of removing all of the because the lot of dust is discharged to the dust drawn into it consequently a retinan to the mill interior and can atmosphere LISTRICT INSPECTOR OF MIKES CUE