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*j*20l 100 j c c c c C 11 19 STUT. tflTTBIOUU 1st February, 1945 The managing Director, Australian Blue Asbestos Ltd* Dear 31rv In ay absence from Jlttenooa some trouble arose between kr* i'allace and 1* Dlgnaa the sill foreman, and .as Lr. Hancock has taken steps to give Dlgnaa other work temporarily he iu asked to put in writing soae details of the trouble* ills letter to ae is enclosed* linfortun aiely, there is little doubt that the comments made by kr* Hancock are, in the main, corrett and that kr* sallat ability and resource are bdov the standard necessary to satisfax torily perform the dales of chief engineer in this mill* "" There are innumerable essential Jobs which can be done by Dlgnaa in a few mlntes and which take anyone else much longer ' to do; in fact, usually there is no-one else available* Lr* Wallace's greatest weakness is his inability to see the importanc of these jobs and to co-operas in getting them done* Consequentl friction is often the result because of soae petty point* ith the work at the settlement in progress, other builc logs being erected and material required for the mine at all tic the motor trucks are a bottleneck and of&en the despatching of and minor, repairs to these vehicles are a jobs of highest priorit vftile construction work of this nature is in progress, Dlgnaa is far better suited and more useful in this way than as foreman in 3cx the mill, and it would speed up this part of the construction if,,for the time being, he attended to this primarily, and worked in the mill when it is not crushing* Replacement of kr* Wallace would be beneficial but it would be better at present to have no-one rather than an engineer who is not experiences in practical mill work. Yours truly, i.anager.