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FILE NAME Colonial Sugar Refinery CSR
DATE 1962 Feb 22
DOC CSR098
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Draft Letter to the State Govt
Insurance Office from the General Superintendent RE Money for Wittenoom Workers Comp
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PLAINTIFF'S
EXHIBIT
109
The General Superintendent Australian Blue Asbestos Ltd. -
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PERTH
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Dear Sir
P. No. 175
22nd February
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FRS COMPENSATION PRETUMS ASBESTOSTS Your P.211 We attach draft of a letter replying to the copy of
the latter dated 7th February 1962 which your office received from
the State Government Insurance Office
Yours faithfully
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pro Managing
Director
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We acknowledge your letter dated 7th
referring to the
Premium
February 1962
covering Industrial Diseases and we are
ccoovnecrerinnegdwotorkekrnsowatthWatitytoeunoaorne considering en increase in the premium
claims Regarding
increase but considerable
we understand that there may be a temporary
effort and very heavy expenditure
is being incurred to control the dust at our Wittanoon mine expenditure expenditure
this not be used to offset temporary that the
average increase
If this Comparison of accident records over several years indicate
claims made by Wittencon workers could be lower than the
is so should
State
in claims for industrial diseases
a
mention that You
extra claims by asbestos workers will be
hardship for the goldmines if they have to carry a share because
a
product is sold at a fixed price On this point we can only
their
that
we would be extremely
that of five
happy
to
have
a
price
for
our
say
prodfiuxec d t on
years ago or earlier steadily declined and
During recent years the price bas
we believe it will continue to do so At the .
steadily risen as you are well aware same tine production costs have
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We request that every consideration be given to pooling
cost which may result from asbestosis and the writer would any
full discussion including a study of Australian Blue Asbestos appreciate
Workers Compensation experience to date
Yours faithfully
OPNERAL SUPERLATENDIST