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La,, i r ,i I, THE ASSOCIATED ETHYL COMPANY LIMITED "ti jla * ^ 5~ i' m J z s s s / v>.. swsww irccto rsi{l_NGRUBB(u.s.Aj u CW .BO YLE lU.k., H. B. H E ATH E VE S R . W. SE L L E R S N. A. GASS: A . J . S J NGLETON L . N . H A M I L T O N ( U: S. A) E. E .SOU BRY J . B . A U G . K E S S L E R (DUTCH) E . W . W E B B ( U.S.A) T . R . A . S E V A N , MANAGI NG D I R E CTO R Address all communications until further notice to OURREFV HF/MB . YO U R R E F . TH A M ES H O U SE , M IULBAJ^K, LOJVBOX, S .W .l Inland Telegrams: Ethylport, Smvest, London Telephone: Victoria 1802 (4-lines) 13th December, 1939. D r. R.A. Kehoe, Dept, of Physiology, C ollege of M edicine, U niversity of C incinnati, C incinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. Dear Dr. Kehoe, When Mr. T u lly was in E ngland in th e e a r l y p a r t o f t h i s y e a r he ra ise d a p o in t w ith us concerning the m edical su p erv isio n of the blending p la n ts in Tasm ania. D r. F a irle y had been in the h a b it of undertaking th is t r i p b u t in re c e n t tim es he found t h a t i t im posed c o n s id e ra b le in co n v en ien ce on him a s i t e n ta ile d him b ein g away from h is p r a c t ic e f o r to o g re a t a le n g th of tim e. Mr. T u lly su g g ested t h a t i t w ould be advantageous f o r a s e p a ra te m edical c o n s u lta n t to be appointed to c a rry out th is work f o r t h i s S ta te , and Mr. Bevan was f u l l y in agreem ent w ith th e p ro p o s a l to r e li e v e D r. F a ir le y o f t h i s p a r t i c u l a r t r i p . Mr. T u lly h a s now a d v is e d me t h a t D r. F a i r l e y r e c e n t l y p a id a v i s i t to Tasm ania and he recommended th e appointm ent o f a d o c to r to c a rry out th e work as sug g ested . I am ap p e n d in g an e x t r a c t from Mr. T u lly * s l e t t e r which I th in k you w ill fin d w ill cover th e s itu a tio n in d e ta il. Yours very tr u ly , k ; fosset t . " I am p r e s e n t i n g h a re w ith d e t a i l s c o n c e rn in g D r. R alph Whishaw and I t r u s t you w i l l p a ss t h i s in fo rm a tio n on w ith o u r recom m endations to D r. Kehoe f o r h is f i n a l a p p ro v a l, a ls o th a t when such ap p ro v al is o b ta in ed you w i l l n o tif y \ ,,.A... K ehoe. nATK.......1 3 th..Dece_mbe r1...1939.. -2 us a c c o rd in g ly and p la c e D r. Whishaw on our l i s t o f m edical c o n s u lta n ts a , a f e e o f 20 (A.) p e r annum, p a id s e m i-a n n u a lly in a d v a n c e . In view o f th e f a c t t h a t D r. F a i r l e y h a s j u s t exam ined th e men a t th e C.O.R. p l a n t a t H obar , ife w i l l be u n n e c e s s a ry f o r D r. Whishaw to assum e any R e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s u n t i l n e x t y e a r ; t h e r e f o r e , p ro v id in g ' f t i s s a t i s f a c t o r y w ith you, we m ight s t a r him o ff as a t Jan u ary 1 s t, 1940, Dr. Ralph Whishaw, 174, M acquarie S tr e e t , H obart, Tasmania a c q u ire d h i s M .B ,, Ch.M. a t Sydney U n iv e r s ity 1918, M .R .C .P. (L ond.) 1935 and F R A C P . 1938, D r. Whishaw i s H onorary P h y s ic ia n t o :th e R oyal L o o art H o s p i t a l , C o n s u ltin g P h y s ic ia n to th e R e p a t r i a t i o n H o s p i t a l , H o b a rt. He i s 45 y e a rs o ld and A u sira lin n by b i r t h ." r