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by SULPHIDE CORPORATION PTY. UMITE[)
No. 103. NOVEMBER, 1959.
POTTED BIOGRAPHIES
STAN GENGE
Born at Cooma, N.S.W. in 1896,Stanobtained his schooling at Gilleston(Maitland) Public School. After leavingat 14 years of age, he spent the nextfour years working first as a jigger-boy at a colliery at East Greta, thenfor his father, who was the licensee ofa hotel at Maitland, and next with theTemi shale mine at Murrurundi untilits closure in 1914.
Stan then joined the Army and wasencamped at Liverpool until he wentoverseas with the 18th Batt. A.I.F. latein 1914. He saw service at Gallipoli(including the evacuation) and France.Wounded in France in 1917 he wastransported to London for treatment.Scotland must have held some attrac-tions for him as during furloughs hevisited Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inver-ness. Whilst he was being evacuatedhome to Australia the war ended.
After discharge Stan worked for atime with his father, who now had ahotel at ISlington, and then with theB.H.P. for a number of years. Thenafter working at Dorrigo he went toQueensland where he was employed byIpswich Council. His next move wasto return South and following sometime with The Commonwealth SteelCoy. he joined Sulphide in October1945. He left to try station work inDecember, 1946, but was soon backonce again. Stan's service here has in-cluded terms with the discharge gang,the Cement Plant and Building Dept.
Stan lives locally at Boolaroo, andin his younger days in addition toplaying soccer was also keen on foot-running and won a st. Patrick's DaySports handicap at Maitland on oneoccasion.
ALLAN E. T AIT
Melbourne-born in the mid-twenties,Allan, after being as he says, "pushedoff to school at an early age, refusedto leave as the life there was far toocomfortable." And, as a consequence,passed through primary schooling,Melbourne High School, then on toFootscray Technical College where heobtained diplomas in Mechanical andElectrical Engineering and concludingwith studies at Melbourne Universitywhere he gained a B.E. (Mech.) degree.
After this "spell of good fortune," ashe put it, Allan decided to get marriedand is now the very proud father ofthree children who have reached theage of asking awkward homeworkquestions.
Allan's association with ConsolidatedZinc began with his appointment to aposition with Titanium and ZirconiumIndustries Pty. Limited, which is en-gaged in the mining of beach sandat Stradbroke Island. From there hewas transferred to the Works engineer-ing staff of Sulphide Corporation.
At one stage of his employmentAllan found himself working for TheBritish Phosphate Commissioners inMelbourne, but it wasn't until he cameto Cockle Creek that he saw his firstpiece of phosphate rock.
Recreational activities are nowlimited to swimming, an occasionalgame of tennis and chess. Unfortunatelyhowever since arriving here Allan hasbeen unable to find anyone to engagehim in the last-mentioned and con-siders that this ancient game must bedead in this area. There are rumoursthat he is deep in the throes of housedesign at the moment.
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THINGS DON'T TURN UP, THEY MUST BE TURNED UP
SULPHIDE WELFARE CLUBBOWLING CLUB
This year we have entered teams in
the Mens No.4, 5 and 6 grade pennant
competitions and the Ladies "C" grade
pennant competition and the respec-
tive teams are as follows:-
Mens No.4 Grade:
C. HAWKINS
C. GLACKNER
E. BURGIN
W. INGHAM
H. MASSEY
A.lIUGHES
R. DUGGAN
V. KEDWELL
R. FORSTER G. FIRMSTONE, Sr.
E. WILSON S. DENNETT, Sr.
T. MURNAIN W. BULL
G. FIRMSTONE, Jr. R. GIBSON
Mens No. 5 Grade:
H. ESLER
A.HANCOCK
J. MAXWELL
H. DAVIES
W. DOBELL
H.HERBERT
A. FOGO
D. CRAWFORD
Mens No. 6 Grade:
P. WOSEEN
R. BALCOMBE
S. SKELLYE. COLLINS
Ladies "C" Grade:
A. BROOKS
R. MORROW
E. ROLPH
M. FORSTER
M. GRIFFEN
E. STARRETT
L. MASSEY
C. SMITH
R. HOUGHTON
R. GILLESPIE
E. GLACKNER
G. PERRIN
D.ARMSTRONG
S. DENNETT, Jr.
R. POGONOSKI
W. GIBSON
T. FROST
R. MITCHESON
W. STODDART
- J. TINDALL
C. GEORGE'
M. DICK
A. ABRAHAMS
A. DOBELL
B. MURNAIN
M. STREATER
E. COLLINS
D. COLLINS
Emergencies: -
A. INGHAM, J. RUMS BY,
A. NICHOLSON
Greenkeeper Doug. McNaught and
assistants Ern Jones and Alex Evans
have done a mighty job on our green
and no doubt members will appreciate
their efforts when it is open for play
which will be .posstbly mid-December.
During the past few weeks we have
visited Kurri Kurri Golf Club, Belmont-
Macquarie, Boolaroo and Cessnock
Bowling Clubs.
We extend to these clubs many
thanks for their efforts in making all
our visits so successful and enjoyable.
- Redec.
LADIES BOWLING CLUB ENTERTAINALDER PARK LADIES BOWLING CLUB
Sulphide Welfare Ladies Bowling
Club recently engaged several rinks
from Alder Park Ladies Bowling, Club
in social matches on the Welfare Club
green. At the conclusion of play the
visitors were entertai~ed to afternoon
tea.
The photographs on page 3 were
taken during the afternoon.
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LADIES DAY ON THE BOWLING GREEN
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AROUNl1 THE DEPARTMENTSACID
by "Gee Cee"
Hearty congratulations to orchidgrowers Jack Raw and one of ourretired foremen, Fred Goodman, bothof whom have had considerable successat recent exhibitions. At the firstBoolaroo Orchid Exhibition, Fred'splants gained for him the GrandChampionship and Best Cymbidiumand also First and Second Awards fordecorative cymbidiums. Jack, who isvice-president of the Boolaroo OrchidSociety, had a second at Boolaroo.Other exhibits brought him theReserve Champion Cymbidium Awardat a showing at Belmont and the BestFour Cymbidiums at Newcastle.
All the "boys" from here reportedhaving had a grand time at the LongService Awards Presentation Dinner,and in this respect we must apologiseto Alan Bees, whose name was inad-vertently omitted from the list ofrecipients from this department in ournotes in last month's "News." Sorry, AI.
Slaps on the back and congratula-tions are in order for Mick Ristichand Lew Laidlaw (at present on loanto us from another department) bothof whose wives have presented themwith baby girls recently.
Bob Thornton is now back with usafter having been off ill for nineweeks. It's good to see you back inharness once again, Bob.
Seated behind the wheel of a newStandard these days is Roy Mounter,while, Ron Woods is driving aroundin a new Velox. By the way, Ron hasalso been very busy putting his boatin readiness for the summer's fishingand boating expeditions.
Some of the chaps around here havebeen wondering jus t w hat JoeRobertson thinks of Bernie Berthold'sexhibition of a left hook!
Holidayers from here recently havebeen:- Ron Howie, Benny Rhodes,Joe Henderson, Dick Coles, WallyBrooks, Basil Woseen, Andy Fothering-ham and Jack Sharples. Bert Mastersworked Ron Howie's relief and at thetime of wrtting is at the super mixer.
Mick Wolter's beard (which we sawfeatured in last month's "News") hassuddenly disappeared! We extend ourcongratulations to him on winning thecompetition for which the beard wasgrown, thus gaining for him the firstprize of a Remington Electric Shaver,which duly made short work of thewhiskers.
OBITUARYOur deepest sympathy is ex-
tended to Sel., Lloyd and BernieLewis on the death of theirfather; and also to Ian Telferon the passing of his wiferecently.
No. 3 Chamber Unit was placed incommission on 12th October, with MickMaxwell, Alf Goff, Danny Dillon andJoe Webber as operators.
A last-minute entry in a MelbourneCup sweep as the horses jumped fromthe barrier proved lucky for one ofthe Acid Plant boys. He drew the win-ner, Macdougal. The combination ofScotch and Irish provided by horseand jockey's names proved unbeatable. . . . but Bernie Berthold reckonshe'd settle for two scotches!!
LABORATORYCongratulations to Fred Hughes'
daughter, Claire, who was recentlyelected School Captain of Hunter Girls'High School for 1960.
Reg Hodgins journeyed down to PortKembla with other staff members on areciprocal visit to Australian FertilizersLimited recently. With the advent ofsummer, Reg has once again donnedpads and taken up the bat and for thenext few months or so will be engrossedin the deeds of Sulphide WelfareCricket team. He's hoping for a goodperformance this season.
Another TV fan is Emil Remy, whohas recently had a set installed athome.
In our last issue we reported onKen Peterson's search of used car lotsfor a suitable automobile. Now we add
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AROUND THE DEPARTMENTS (Continued from page 4)
that this was fruitful and Ken is nowdriving around in a Morris Minor.
Another follow-up report concernsAdrian Williams and his new "Play-boy." The new boat is certainly notletting its predecessors down and inthe recent Northern Zone V.J.Championships conducted over theCoal Point course didn't do at all badlyin gaining fourth place.
STOREby Pedro
Our news this month deals withsome of our cricketing exponents.Firstly, Bob Davies struck form whenplaying at Watt Street (with theCricket Team) and in addition tobeing the not-out batsman was alsotop-scorer.
Then Arthur Sullivan in the firstmatch on the team's home ground andwith his optics functioning at only50 per cent, defied the opposition withhis one good eye and carried his bat.
Completing our trio of members inSulphide Welfare Cricket Club isPeter Grew. Peter however must havebeen born on a farm - he is stillamong the ducks!
ENGINEERINGby "Bimbo"
Riggers Frank Sherring, Bill Raw,Harold Herbert and Dixon Armstrongall journey to Muree Golf Course ona Sunday morning. Those boys certainlycover sports-two of them are bowlers,one baseball/cricketer and one watches.
Long Service Award recipient BillRinker now takes turn about with histimepieces . . . one week he wears hispresentation watch and the next hisruby one. Should last twice as longthat way, Bill.
Bert "Doc" Walker recently enjoyeda spot of leave but we haven't a clueas to where it was spent.
Saw one of our former members inAlan Shaw at the Works Picnic.Alan, who served his apprenticeshipas a plumber here, is now a PoliceConstable. The life seems to be agree-ing with him as he looked very fit.
Also seen at the picnic was retiredAcid Plant identity, Frank Allan, stilllooking his old self and retaining hisScotch burrrr.
Whilst all the subject of the picnic. . . Cliff Colman had a whale of atime and enjoyed himself in all thesports. Cliff's wife worried in case heburst his boiler! (Didn't his heartpump after the 100 yards feat). Andcongratulations to Brian McBlane fora good effort in winning the SulphideChampionship.
On the eve of his marriage recently,Cee. Ebbeek was guest of honour ata function in the Machine Shop duringwhich a presentation was made to himby Foreman Bert Fogo on behalf ofhis workmates in the EngineeringDepartment. Hearty congratulationsand the best of good wishes, Cec.(See picture this page).
PRE-WEDDING PRESENTATION
Cec. Ebbeck (fourth from right) with work mates in the Machine Shop after hispre-wedding presentation.
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The Guests of Honour:- Back Row: J. A. Thomas, H. A. Davies, H. C. Smedley, E. B. CrA. Dennett, J. T. Williams, G. Stuart, T. E. A. Smedley, E. A. Rees. Seated: W. Brook
L. R. Filmer, C. O. Mann, H.
FIRST LO,NG SERVICE A WARD~>!>,.,-.,The first Long Service AirarqS to was supported by, Mr. F. S. Anderson
employees of Sulphide Corporation (Managing Director); Mr.J. H. JPty. Limited, were made on Friday, Standish (Works Manager); Mr.J. O.11th September. Reynolds (Asst. Works Manager, Acid -
Twenty-one of the 26 employees who and Fertilizers); Mr. D. Crawfordwere eligible to receive gold watches in (Chief Engineer); Mr. H. Black (Worksrecognition of having served the Com- Accountant); Mr. F. B. Storey (Super-pany continuously for at least 25 years, intendent Acid); and Mr. C. W. Hoarereceived their Awards at a Presenta- (Asst. Works Engineer, Electrical andtion Dinner in Winn's Empress Room, Services). Also present were SulphideNewcastle. Employees' Union representatives Mr.
The five who were unable to attend J. Robertson (President) and Mr. R.the function received their watches at Dick (Secretary).individual presentations in the Main Proposing the toast to the Recipients,Office. Mr. J. H. Standish spoke as follows:-
Chairman at the Dinner was Mr.J. "It is of some considerable satis-H. Thomas (Personnel Officer) who faction to me that I should have the
Cressy, A. Dunne, A. Fotheringham. Centre Row: T. C. Burgin, S. Bell, V. J. Kedwe l l ,ro ks, J. M. Jones, R. W. Gibson, G. R. Pike, W. Rinker, J. Henderion, 'V. V. Hughes. Absent:H. Pett, R. Webb, W. A. Webb.
PRESENTATION
John Thomas responding on behalf of therecipients. Mrs. Thomas is seated.
opportunity of proposing this toast o~:the occasion of this our first LongService Award Dinner and Presenta-tion night. When one thinks of a longperiod of continuous service by an in-dividual, more especially for an in-dustrial concern such as our own,perhaps one should reflect on thereasons, and from the individual'spoint of view, I feel sure the principalcontributing factor is that of a con-tinuing sense of achievement by thatindividual with the organisation, in his
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FIRST LONG SERVICE AWARDS PRESENTATION - Continued from page 7own particular fiaid of operatio:i, \\ hichin itself leads to hippincss and cocialstability.
Whilst on the o.ie hand a highpercentage of long service among itsmembers may indicate in some measurea Company's goodwill in its relationswith its staff and employees, at thesame time gentlemen, one should notforget that it is also of value to anyCompany in that it facilitates thegeneral Wnrks administration andassists i:l the establishment of:oJ. keenand efficient organisation, and I wouldlike to thank our guests for their con-tribution in this regard.
In examining the records of ourguests here to-night, it has come tomy notice that we are recognising theservice of people who have participatedin practically all facets of the Com-pany's development and indeed wehave one member, the greater part ofwhose service Ins been with our associ-ated Companies in the United King-dom, which to me indicates a desireby all these gentlemen as members ofour organisation to further the interestsof our Company in whatever capacityis required of them, and adjudged asbest suited to their particular talents.
It would, I consider, Mr. Chairman,be very remiss of me if in proposingthis toast I did not make specialmention of the contribution by theladies here to-night towards the at-tainment of their husband's continu-ous service to our Company. Surelythere can be no doubt that the ladiesby management of the home andfamily and general guidance and helpthrough difficulties that arise fromtime to time, have contributed to theattainment of this long service in nosmall measure, and in so doing haveassisted the Comnany in a mariner2S
I have previously indicated, and Iwould like to express the Company'sthanks to them for this contribution.It is our pleasure ladies to have youparticipate in this function to-night.
It gives me great pleasure Mr. Chai r-man, to propose this toast to therecipients of long service awards andI would ask you to couple with itthe health of their good ladies, andI feel sure that this our first Present.a-tion Dinner, will be the forerunnerof many such successful functions aswe achieve increasing continuity ofdiligent service by all members of ourorganisation."
In the unavoidable absence of Mr.L. R. Filmer, who was to respond onbehalf of the recipients, Mr.J. A.Thomas was asked to step into thebreach and said that he deemed it9-
privilege and a pleasure to respondto such an important Toast.
Although he felt a bit of a "ring-in"in that he hadn't been long at Sulphidehe had however been a member ofthe Group for 32 years and had beento a number of similar functions withinthe Group in the U.K. and it was goodto see such an innovation being im-plemented at Sulphide Corporation.
Whilst he did not know the employeesas well as the selected responder, hedid know them well enough to appreci-ate their fine qualities and that theywere a good cross-section of employeesat Sulphide.
Thanking the Company on behalf ofhimself and all recipients for the goldwatches Mr. Thomas said they were
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- Left: Jack Thomas Peter Smedley, TomSmedley and Mr. J. H. Standish share a joke.
Right: Mr. F. S. Anderson with Long ServiceAwards reotntents Wal. Brooks, Reg. Gibsonand John 'I'b oma.s.
Four Works Foremen who qualified for an award - 1. to r.:Messrs. V. Kedwell, A. Dennett, J. Williams and M. Jones.
FIRST LONG SERVICE AWARDS PRESENTATION - Continued from page 8not only symbols of the March ofTime but also the Mark of Time.
The presentation of orchid sprays tothe wives of recipients was a nicecompliment and was fully appreciatedby the ladies he felt sure.
This First Long Service AwardsPresentation he said could be regardedas a landmark in the history ofSulphide Corporation.
The Toast to "The Company" wasvery ably and sincerely proposed by,Mr. A. Fotheringham who, in a speechpunctuated by witticisms, laid stress onthe good relationships existing atSulphide between Management andEmployees, and which in fact has doneso now for many years.
As an instance he recalled somewords of the then Manager, Mr. D.Yates, on an occasion when a delega-tion of which he was a member, washaving an interview with Mr. Yates.They were: "We are all members of theteam and wear the same colouredguernsey."
These words, he felt, exemplified thespirit of consideration of one for theother which pervaded operations atSulphide.
In his response, Mr. F. S. Andersonsaid:
"I feel honoured and very happy tobe speaking on this occasion and to beresponding on behalf of the Company,particularly because the gatheringlargely comprises men who have
served it so faithfully and well formany years.
When I realised that I would beresponding on behalf of the CompanyI thought it would be a good ideato see how the dictionary defined'Company.' I found the word had manymeanings."
Speaking on these findings, Mr.Anderson said he began to wonder justwhat "the Company" meant to thosewho work for it, and after citingvarious lines of thought, continued:
"In one of the dictionary definitionsa Company is said to be 'a number ofpersons associated together in onecommon interest, or joint concern.'This is the one I was looking for: itrefers to the shareholders who haveinvested their money in the enterprise.As with most Companies, those ofuswho work for this Company, i.e. forits shareholders, cannot know theseshareholders individually. In the par-ticular case of Sulphide Corporation-which is not a publicly listed Com-pany - the shares are all held by theAustralian Company, Consolidated ZincProprietary Limited. That in turn iswholly owned by The ConsolidatedZinc Corporation Limited, the Englishparent Company. In effect, therefore,the individual shareholders in SulphideCorporation are the shareholders ofConsolidated Zinc. They are many in-dividuals, living in many parts of the
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FIRST LONG SERVICE AWARDS PRESENTATION - Continued from page 9world including Australia: as individu-als they are people just as we are, withfundamentally the same outlook onlife, the same hopes and the samefears.
All of us who are employed by theCompany - and we are all employees,Works Managers and Directors beingno exception - have a basic respon-sibility to do our best for those peoplewho, after all, have put up and riskedtheir money to finance and continuethe enterprise. This question ofrisking capital has special meaning ata time like the present when we arespending some millions of pounds onnew installations.
From the legal viewpoint, a Companyis for many purposes a single unit,which can make contracts and do·business as an individual does; justlike an individual, a Company hascertain obligations to the shareholders.There are not only obligations to theshareholders. The Company also hasobligations to the Governments - bothFederal and state - and it also hasobligations to its employees. It is theduty of those of us responsible forthe operations of the Company to seethat all its obligations are met - itsobligations to its shareholders, to theGovernments and to its employees -and that they are met in properproportions.
The prosperity of a Company - andSulphide Corporation is no exception- depends on the judgment and theeffort of those at all levels from theDirectors downwards - or perhaps itmight be· better to say from the officeboy and apprentice upwards. Thebetter our judgment, the greater ourefforts, the more successful will theCompany be. Some people tend tospeak disparagingly of successfulComuanies. To do this is unsound. Wemust remember that it is much happierand much better for its employees, forthe community and for the countryfor a Company to be successful thanto be unsuccessful.
Now Sulphide Corporation has beenin existence for many years and by ancJ.large over those years has had manyups and downs. In recent years it hasonly been manufacturing and sellingacid and fertilizers, both products in-volving very low profit margins. Thefinancial results in recent years havebeen disappointing. When ConsolidatedZinc bought out the old Sulphide Cor-poration Company eleven years ago, it
was not with the thought that therewere great opportunities in a businessrelying mainly on acid and fertilizersbut because the Group's main interestswere in mining and smelting andCockle Creek looked like being a goodsite for a smelter. The operation ofthat smelter would automatically pro-duce acid; outlets were needed for thatacid, and industries such as the steeland rayon and fertilizer industries inthe Newcastle area looked good outletswhich were likely to expand.
As you all know, it took quite a timebefore a decision was made to go aheadwith the smelter. Today there is ampleevidence on the Works site at CockleCreek that a new era is developing forSulphide Corporation. But its successwill largely depend on us. We will usea new smelting process which to datehas not been used on such a largescale and there is much to do to com-plete the construction programme andto get the new plant away to a goodstart, particularly as relatively fewpeople on the site will have had muchsmelting experience.
It is therefore most heartening andappropriate to find that we have in theorganisation a solid nucleus of employ-ees with long service with Company.The past efforts of those of you to
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Tom Smedley listens while Andy Fothering-ham proposes the toast to "The Company."
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FIRST lONG SERVICE AWARDS PRESENTATION - Continued from page 10whom I shall shortly be presentinglong service awards have undoubtedlybeen a considerable factor in keepingthe Company going in the past in yearswhich by and large were not easyones. It is heartening too to know thatmany of you still have years ofservice with the Company ahead ofyou.
Remembering that the success of aCompany - and I am sure we allwant success - depends much on itsemployees, it is in the interests of allof us to ensure that the additionalmen who join the organisation to workwith us are the best men we can get.It has been my experience thatamongst the soundest and happiestorgan isat ions are those where em-ployees are happy to stay for manyyears with a Company and who wishtheir sons and grandsons to follow intheir footsteps. I do hope that thatis going to be the pattern for SulphideCorporation and that, when we needadditional numbers to man the newsmelter, they will include considerablenumbers of sons of our present em-ployees who will be happy to makea lifetime career of working for theCompany. I urge you to give this pointsome thought and, when the timecomes, to try to steer the right typeof people from amongst your relations,friends and acquaintances to join theorganisation. The better they are, thebetter it will be for us all.
We are here tonight to honour yourlong service to the Company. On behalfof the Company, I thank you for thatservice. I trust that such long servicewill continue to be the pattern. Weare doing what we can to encourage it.We are building what we intend to bethe best smelter of its type in theworld. We have instituted the pensionsscheme. We are encouraging people,through the Building Societies (towhom we provide finance), to buy orbuild their own homes in this district.We have instituted the Company Medi-cal Service for employees.
We have been trying to encourageother acid-consuming Companies tocome to this Newcastle area. It is tooearly to say to what extent we havebeen successful, but I think I can tellyou confidently I anticipate that onesuch Company, and hope that oneother, will soon announce plans onthose lines.
In addition to encouraging others,who will use our products, to set up
business in the Newcastle area, weourselves are constantly watching foropportunities to widen the scope of ourown activities and I hope that the timewill come when we can do at CockleCreek something more than smeltingand acid and fertilizer manufacture.
I am glad to have had this oppor-tunity to tell you a little of the Com-pany's hopes and plans. I look forwardto having further similar opportunitiesin the future.
Thank you again for your longservice. Thank you for supporting Mr.Fotheringham's toast to the Company."
This Presentation Dinner was anoutstanding success and a memorableoccasion for those in attendance andone which we feel was admirablysummed up in the words of Mr.J. A.Thomas, who said: "If a first functionis the worst, then the high standardof this one augurs well for the future."
RECENT VISITOR
Mr. A. M. Ba.er.
We were glad to welcome to theWorks recently, the Deputy Chairmanof our parent Company in London,The Consolidated Zinc CorporationLimited, Mr. A. M. Baer, who wasaccompanied by our Managing Direc-tor, Mr. F. S. Anderson.
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WELL DONE, BILL CLEARY
£18/10f- FOR A VERY GOOD SUGGESTION
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The highest amount yet awardedunder the terms of the Works Sugges-
tion Scheme, £18/10/-, recently went toBill Cleary, a turner in the Machineshop, for his suggestion entitled, "A
Blade Holder for Fresh Super. Condi-
tioner."
In its original form the conditionerwas made up of 62 one-piece blades(as shown by figure 1) keyed to adriving shaft.
Replacement of these blades, whichwere cut from stainless steel sheet, wasa laborious and quite costly operationas the shape of the blades resulted inmuch scrap material of a quantity andsize of little use for other jobs.
Bill's suggestion was to machine 62mild steel discs which would becomeholders for the insertion of short stain-less steel blades. These blades could becut from stainless steel sheet with verylittle wastage. When the unit becamedue for reconditioning only the bladesneed be replaced.
The individual items for this set-upare shown in Figure 2 and the as-sembled holder and blades ready forfitting to the conditioner shaft inFigure 3.
The outcome of this adopted sugges-tion is a considerable annual savingto the Corporation, and a useful£18/10/- to popular Machine Shopidentity, Bill Cleary.
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