Document g26q7ZvE4vQmzpBbL3DdYgd1e
FILE NAME Colonial Sugar Refinery CSR
DATE 1961 July 31
DOC CSR106
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter to CSR from Dr. Rennie RE
Detailed Info Concerning Asbestos Mines at Wittenoom - Urgent Action is Required
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H. MAYNARD RENNIE
K KEEP Love) Love P.LAG^
TELEPHONE NW 3711
-1AUG | 1961
MACQUARIE CHAMBERTS 183 MACQUARIE STREET
CAP & Puni 26 3840
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SYDNEY
THE The staff H^/negar
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Net July 1961
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Colonial Sumr Refining Co. Ltd.
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1. O'Connell Street
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7.9.4
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Dear Kr Millister
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writing wy Further to conversation with you lact wosk en now
Aa
information ane detailed to convey to you
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concerning the Azbestos Mine at
wrote e Dr. Emmee Hunt of Perth
to se on the 25th July 1961 nz
follo
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a
#iggest koaes of.aceting Conserning the isbestos nino at Wittenoca By arrangement Or
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Maulty the Mira Medical Officerwhom I had never had the plessure
of.aceting
in the
prewimely and Dr. Don Lethem the industrial
moblic Health Department here who I know well andcord
expert
very
came
highly whole field I
to
see
ne
mesterday
and
we
traversed
the
Ses
I Before go any further I met ask you to be very careful about the wey |
which in which you utilise the story
I am eboat to tell you hanwage
that the optimistic {{LS Dr. Sculty and Dr.
both make it very clear that
Letha- statement which Mr.
made
te regar thd e ii ncin deng ce
mucting
mucting
at quoted working conditions t Wittendon whichI
to you ag letter dong not convey an
securets pictare Intham and Merultyboth regard the
varr atWittenoon peor and state indeed that |they
public il
constitute the 1.78 menzon They showed no a number of films taken during routine
of one werkers and bad the clinical history of these men with them
1.78 t
Amperently it is muite possible to be so badly duntej se tr be totally end
permrently opinion urnent action in resultEW permrently incanseitated within four or five years Both
anetara ire
est
| the
that very
It would obviously
be mich better from every paint of view it the initiation of batter
sae
in SE ventilating mens came from within the Company then as the result of Sts
external pressure be Wines and Health Departments As yco know
Western Australis at the present time we are endeavouring boost ^r
production in every possible way and a public cutery is not going to
kelp to attract Western Australian mining capital to the State It
t
would alzoI am pure bring about very considerable difficulties for
the Company in securing end mintaining en adenunte lavour force
sweepers +
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See tee
PLAINTIFF'S
EXHIBIT
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other Lethan On the
bend from what HoNulty and
tall me action
definitely be taken
must
My suggestion wild ba that if you can spare the
velation ts
the C.S.R. authorities should send you and a consultent
velation engineer on a tour of inspection We could make
here so
that
on
the
day
following
your arrival
Mo^
arrangemanta
ultyand Lathan with
their films and their case records could be at
You could fly to Wittenoos on the
your disposal for the day
following days
there
fly back to Perth and
have
norming
another
spent
two or three
and be back in Sydney inside a working weak der with the two doctors
I da esk you to regard this request very seriously because both
and MeNulty and Lethan are competent man of good faith and the records
films which they shound me yesterday and the figures which they
quoted are quite horrifying
of Dr. JI . a Man^fleunlctlyodsaitnegd 1c4othpyJulya l1e9t6t1er written to Dr. Ernce Funt by : :
I an enclosing also copies of the recent
These also copies reporta referred Dr. Youlty
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Memorandum
to Dr.
A.
King Director
Tuberculosis
,
Control Pranch
Perth
dated 13.1.60
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Control
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Addendum to Report the Health Workers
J.of in 23rd March 1960 signed by Dr. McNulty .
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Wittencos 1959 dated
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Wittenoom Chest Pay Survey
of 1960.
Signed by Dr.
J.
tee se
McHult array
Dr. Bruce Hunt has naked
of these three documenta
end I shall be glad to receive them back fre you
due course
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When 70 have perused these reports
mattor further with you
me
I. shall be glad to discuss the
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Kind regards 38/8/60 38/8/60
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