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SULPHIDE CORPORATION PTY. LIMITEDP.O. BOX 42, BOOlAR,OO, N.S.W., 2284. TELEPHONE: ~EWCASTlE (049) 58-1241,

New Champions

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BIOGRAPHIES............•.•.•.

RAYMOND BOYCE

Ray was born in the Syd-ney suburb of Kogarah. Hedid all his school ing in theSt. George area of Sydney-firstly at Ramsgate and fin-ishing at Kogarah High.

Not so long after leavingschool, Ray got the "wan-der-bug" and decided to goon a hitchhiking trip whichtook him to many towns andmost states before it wasfinished. In fact the triptook two years to complete.

On his return to Sydneyin 1954 he found employ-ment with the Water Boardwhere he worked for 10years. Leaving the WaterBoard in 1964 Ray came toNewcastle where his firstjob was with B.H.P. work-ing on the Sinter Plant.After six months he leftthere and went to theP.M.G. for 18 months as amail van driver. Ray thenjoined us at Sulphide in

1966 and has since been atthe Sinter Plant, where heis at present a crane driverat the Raw Materials Store.

Ray is a past vice-presi-dent of the S.E.U. and serv-ed two years on the Sug-gestions Committee .

Ray is married (his wifeis the former Maureen Bart-ley, of Warners Bay). Theyhave three children, Lisa(9), Kelly (8) and Scott (6).They live at Maurie Avenue,Warners Bay. Fishing isone of Ray's recreationsand he is also a bird fan-cier (the feathered varietyhe assures us).

JAMES FUSSELL

Although born at Mel-bourne, in 1918, Jirn movedto Newcastle at an early ageand received his educationat various schools in thearea.

After leaving school, Jirnwent to B.H.P. where heserved his apprenticeship asa fitter and turner. Aftercompleting his indentures hejoined the Air Force andwent overseas with theRAAF as a fitter on heavyaircraft (4 engined Lancas-ters, Sunderland flying boatsand others). J im served inCanada, Great Britain andIceland.

J im met and married hiswife when in England dur-ing the war. Before theirmarriage she was Lillian(Billie) Sheppard, of Nor-wood, London. They havea family of three boys andone girl and live at SpeersPoint.

Returning to Australiaafter the war Jirn rejoinedB.H.P. for a time and thenworked at other industries

in the district before com-ing to Sulphide about 10years ago.

Here at Sulphide, Jimwas plant delegate for theA.M.W.U. and was also amember of the SuggestionsCommittee for a couple ofyears.

On the recreational sideJim has always been inter-ested in flying and sailing.In his younger days as anapprentice he did a lot of

JIM FUSSELL

flying in Gypsy Moth bi-planes (before the RAAFannexed them all for train-ing purposes) and was theyoungest pilot in Australiaat one stage (for a fort-night). As most of us know,lim currently sails a tri-maran and is a sailor from"way back". He has beenactive with Speers Point andToronto Clubs - sailingV.J's. with the latter beforethe war. During his periodoverseas he also sailed inCanada and England. limalso likes to do a bit ofbushwalking occasionally.

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As we approach the NewYcar it is appropriate first toreflect on the year which has

almost passed and to consider how theCorporation has fared during that period.

It has been another difficult year from theproduction viewpoint due to industrial trouble at the Works

and in the oil industry and, also, due to a series of unscheduledfurnace shutdowns. However, thanks to a good co-operative effort and a lotof hard work at all levels, particularly in the second half of the year, problemssuch as these have been largely overcome.

We should also record, with a certain amount of pride, I think, that inJuly the ISF produced its one millionth tonne of zinc and lead, the first suchplant to do s·o.In spite 'of the industrial and production difficulties, we benefited from a high

demand for zinc and increased prices which materially helped the Corporation'strading result in 1974.In the environmental field the major construction programme is continuing with

several large projects to be brought into operation before the middle of 1975.These include a new 70m smelter stack and effluent treatment plant and,altogether, will involve us in capital expenditure of the order of $2t million.Benefits from plant commissioned since 1973 are already evident and employeesand neighbouring residents can look forward to a further improvement as aresult of the 1975 measures.During the year, improvements have been made in the hygiene standards being

achieved on the Works, and although there has not yet been any marked improve-ment in safety performance figures, it appears that the efforts being made byeveryone are just starting to bear fruit (e.g. the departmental safety programmes)and we can look forward to an improving trend through 1975.Looking forward into 1975, the overall prospects are not bright. As I forecast

last year, we are now beginning to feel the effect of a declining zinc marketcoupled with severe inflationary pressures; Sulphide Corporation will not escapethe general, unfavourable trend in the economy, certainly, at least, during thefirst half of the year which is likely to be a difficult period for all of us.However, we have been through many difficult times before and, after nearly

80 years, this site is still doing an essential national job, producing basic materialsand employing local people many of whom have been with 'Us a considerable time.. I feel sure, therefore, that wi·th your co-operation and involvement we willsafely negotiate the lean periods in 1975 and get back to more normal operationsin the latter part of the year.

In concluding, I again thank youand continuing operation of Sul-phide Corporation and I wish eachof you and your families a veryMerry Christmas and a HappyNew Year.

A message

from the

General Manager,

Mr. A. T. Thomson

f01«....o_.-.to_~"h_e__W_e_lI_b_eirrg

Coals toWithout a doubt, in

our I.S.F. we have amost efficient producerof zinc and lead, but -let's face it, there are afew problem areas inwhich the answer attimes is just plain hardphysical toil.Furnace shaft accretion isone such area.

To remove this build-upfrom the walls of the fur-.nace, we have "blastingdays" when the accretionis removed by driving steeltubes into the accretion,then inserting explosivesand detonating them.

Everyone at Cockle Creekis more or less familiarwith the inherent messinessand basic crudity of drivingblasting tubes into accre-tion. And, although wehave continually tried tofind less arduous and moreeffective methods of remov-ing accretion scoringsome successes, like the useof access doors at conden-ser level - the basic diffi-culties of locating blastingtubes into accretion remain.

Now, in our latest en-deavours, our association

fashion, auger drilling ofaccretion for blasting tubesheld distinct possibilities.

This was further confirm-ed on Leo's most recentvisit on 21st Novemberwhen tests were carried outusing two improvised dril-ling rigs in conjunction withaugers instead of the handdrills - one, a modifiedproprietary mobile type andthe other an experimentalrig fabricated in our work-shops. Again the augersproved equal to the task,but some difficulties wereexperienced in positioningand anchoring the light-weight rigs. Neverthelessthe trials gave promise ofbetter things to come.

Earlier this year trialswith powerful percussionrock drills mounted onheavy tracked mobilevehicles showed that accre-tion can be drilled in thismanner and led to such amachine being designed.

Now comes the possibilitythat the coal auger drillingmethod will be adaptableto this new rig, giving thepromise of simplified andless arduous procedures andresulting in an ideal com-bination.

I.S.F. Day Foreman,"Wiss" Wilson, had this tosay following Leo Smani-otto and Harold Fletcher'sfirst trial with the coalrnin-ing augers: "Quite a fewof us (and I include my-self), had some derisivecomments to make on Leo'ssuggestion that we procurecoalmining . drilling equip-ment, particularly concern-ing the "old-fashioned" au-gers and hand held air-driven drilling machines!When' they proceeded todrill holes up to two anda half metres in length withthem we were amazed andwondered why we hadn'ttried it before! . . . Prob-ably because none of ushad thought to ask ourminer fathers about dril-ling!! ... Talk about coalsto Newcastlel!"

Newcastle?with The Zinc Corporationat Broken Hill proved tobe more than a generalcorporate type relationshipwithin AM&S when it wassuggested that we seek theviews of a man experiencedin hard rock mining fromBroken Hill.

Accordingly, Leo Srnani-otto, Assistant UndergroundManager of New BrokenHill Consolidated Limited'smine duly arrived at CockleCreek.

After watching and par-ticipating in our blastingpreparations and operationsduring his initial visit, Leomade a number of sugges-tions one of which was thatwe procure a variety ofcoal drilling equipment fortrial on his return a coupleof weeks later.

On his second visit, Leowas accompanied by Under-ground Mining Foreman,Harold Fletcher, anothervery experienced hard rockminer from N.B.H.C.

Using coal mining augersadapted for water coolingand hand held air-drivendrilling machines theyrather convincingly demon-strated that, despite beingused in such rudimentary

Harold Fletcher (left), Leo Smaniotto (centre) and"Wiss" Wilson, discuss types of augers and air-driven

drilling equipment during the first trials.

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Julie Thompson, TraceyCraine, Adrienne Hamilton;Boys 13 & 14 Kevin Thornp-son, Terry Gilfillan, GarryHogden; Girls Kathy Hy-land, Elizabeth lrwin, KathyEveringham; Boys 15 - 21Robert Thornpson, MarkBrown; Girls Susan Craine,Karen Talbot; Men's Chas.McPhee, Joe Moore, Barry

Entertainment for the ,..- -.. Bradley; Ladies' Sue White,children and adults was Norma Godwin, Pat Brad-

Before concluding, many leyprovided by various amuse- thanks to all those people .ments such as rides on the who worked so hard totrain, flying boats, merry- make the day enjoyable. Ingo-round and Spencer's the hall-handing out bagsShetland ponies. and refreshments: BOB

Ferry boat cruises were GIBSON and his son John,available and eaoh one hour Harry Mcllveen, Noeltrip was well patronised Whitson and Bob Murray,with voyagers. A generous LE8TER MILLER and Raysupply of chocolates in the Brogan and the evergreenchildrens' 'bags', ice blocks, Bob Chedzey, In the H.Q.fruit drinks and fairy floss Tent (kindly loaned by Mickensured that the kids had Wolter) the silver-voicedplenty of scope to indulge announcer, Club President,themselves. Noel Bums and his assist-

ant Bob Knight; Recorders:The sporting programme Tony Brown and Frank

was keenly contested, both Scanlon. In the field; Peternovelty and age events Leigh, Monty Travemer,drawing good support. High- Angelo Bragagnolo, Vinceligbt of the racing was the Alder and Len Gilbert.emergence of a new Sul- Maintaining order and con-pbide Cbampion - diminu- trol on the ferry and tbetive David Enderby, a third jetty - Vic Woodman andyear fitting apprentice who George Chalmers with sonburnt off bis rivals to score George.a runaway win. And finally that indefatig-

able human dynamo, PicnicSecretary, Cbarlie McPheewho was in everything andappeared to be everywbereat the same time. Ourspecial thanks for yourmighty assistance, Charles,

- 'E. L. Hamonet, Hon. Sec.

Tbree Legged Races:Boys 8 - 9 lan Brogan/Grant Bradley; Peter Cook/ John Magin; Paul Scanlon/Mark Scanlon; Girls LisaBoyce/Louise Squires; JulieThornpson / Kim Tavlor;Zanthe & Selina Still; Boys10 - 11 Brett Hyland/Gre-gory Mcl'herson; Neil Par-ker/David Martin; RichardMagin/ Wayne Taylor;Girls Jacinta Miller/Julie

I-- ..J Fox; Susan Burns/SuzanneCcnnelly; Kim Kemp/Tra-cey Craig; Boys 12 - 13Terry Gilfillan/Brad Smith;Paul Hyland/ John Grew;Girls Tracey Crainel JennyCook; Michelle Parker/Kathryn Reid; Kathy Hy-I and / K are n Firmstone;Mixed 14 & Over KevinThornpson/Jenny Coo k ;Roberto Still/Glenda Still;Norma Godwiri/Barry Brad-ley.

Sulphide Employees' Recreation Club

1974 ANNUAL PICNICThe peace and quiet of Bolton Point were loudly

disturbed when over 1,000 picnickers descended onBolton Point Park for the Annual Picnic of theSulphide Employees' Recreation Club on Friday,22nd November.

The highly-rated I.S.F.No. 1 Tug-O-War Teamwere surprisingly defeatedin the elimination roundsand it was left to the I.S.F.No. 2 Team to pull out thefinal. Kevin Roworth'smuscle men from the AcidPlant however, proved toostrong and were duly pre-sented with the trophy byMonty Taverner,

And so another PicnicDay came to an end. Theweather was kind and Bol-ton Point Park proved tobe an eminently suitablevenue fior our Picnic.

SPORTS RESULTSSack Races:Boys 7 & 8 lan Brogan,Grant Bradley, Glenn Bow-en; Girls Jodie Hawley,Joanna Whipper, AnnePayne; Boys 9 & 10 NeilThompson, Brett Hawley,Tern Gibson; Girls ThereseBrown, Lynn Alder, LeanneMePhee; Boys 11 & 12Paul Hyland, Brian Thornp-son, Brett Hyland; Girls

Orange & Bucket Races:Boys 6 Chris Scanlon,Richard Bowdler, AdamWhipper; Girls DorothyStark, Evonne Rowe, Lean-ne Maria; Boys 7 AdrianLeigh, Trevor McPherson,Glenn Bowen; Girls JaninaWhipper, Nerida Gilfillan,Kim Ebbeck; Boys 8 - 9Grant Bradley, GlennRichards, Michael Evering-ham; Girls 8 ChristineBowen, Therese Brown,Zanthe Still; Girls 9 VickiCook, Pauline Rowe, LynneSmith; Boys 10 - 11 BrettHyland, Trevor Kentwell,Richard Magin; Girls LynMcKenzie, Julie Thompson,Jacinta Miller.

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PICNIC SPORTS RESULTS ContinuedLadies and Gents Wheel-barrow Race:lan and Marcia Lewis;David and Irene Auld; Shir-ley and Barry Hawley.Inter DepartmentalTug-O-War:1st Acid Plant: Alf Wilde,Chas Gilfillan, Arnold Bul-lard, Kevin Roworth, JoeMoore, Mick Byrnes.2nd I.S.F. No. 2: BarryHawley, Wayne Hohol, JoeQuera, Bill Terris, MauriceWhit by, Don Wells, KenMartin.Age Races:Girls 2 Olivia Still, SheJleyKennedy, Nicole Craine;Boys Corrie Ebb e c k ,Michael Ferguson, Lee WaI-ters; Girls 3 Rachel Welsh,Amanda Watson, Merry-anne Devine; Boys lameslordan, Dean Bell, MarkArkinstaJl; Girls 4 JudithEveringham, 1anene Smith,Rachael Hunter; Boys PeterCain, -, no name given,Michael Jones; Girls 5 Tra-cey Byrne, MicheJle Wells,Anne-Marie O'Brien; Boyslohn Watson, ChristopherMelmeth, Mark Brockman;Girls 6 Nerida GilfiJlan,Pat rice Livesay, Jenny Auld;Boys Glen Bowen, TonyWiJliams, Richard Bowden;Girls 7 Lee-Anne McDou-gall, Nerida Gilfillan, Lee-Anne Godwin; Boys WayneBishop, Robert MaxweJl,Adrian Leigh; Girls 8 KeJlyBoyce, Jodie Hawley, Mel-da Shay; Boys David Rowe,lan Brogan, Grant Bradley;Girls 9 Therese Brown,Sharon Gilbert, ChristineBowen; Boys Neil Thornp-son, Brett Hawley, PaulEveringham; Girls 10 LynAlder, Sharon Peattie, Le-anne BuJlard; Boys Stew artLewis, David Martin, TomGibson; Girls 11 KarenBowen, Jennie Thornpson,Sandra Shay; Boys PeterBrockman, Stewart Lewis,Way ne Godwin; Girls 12MicheJle Parker, Adrienne

Hamilton, Jane Gilchrist;Boys Stephen Jensen, BradSmith, Paul Hyland; Girls13 Susan Proudlock, JanelleMalpas, Karen Tickle; BoysBrian Thompson, AdrianBlunt, Greg Livesay; Girls14 Sus an Proud lock, KathyHyland, Karen Tickle; BoysR. Thompson, K e v i nThompson, G. Turner.SULPHIDECHAMPIONSHIP1st DavidEnderby2nd Robert Thompson3rd Mark Brown16 - 21 Girls Karen Talbot,Sus an Craine, Michelle Par-ker; 30 - 39 Men MalcolmMcPherson, Barry Bradley,V. Hawley; 40 - 49 MenDon ConneJly, Chas. Me-Phee, Monty Taverner; OldBuffers Joe Becklar, DiggerFarley, Edgar Hamonet; 21& over ladies Helen Hunt,lrene Auld, Rose Watson.Ladies Events:Stepping the Distance Mrs.ConneJly, Mrs. Stair, Mrs.Whitson; Throwing the RoI-ling Pin G. Hojer, E. Good-child, H. Hunt; Peas in theBottle M. Boyce, G. Gil-bert, C. Whipper; Lengthof Ribbon R. Gilchrist, G.Gilbert, A. BragagnoloLucky Number Draw:Open Order $10 at T. C.Frith's - J. A. Robinson(Laboratory); $5 Petrol atEsso, Boolaroo - P. K.O'Dwyer (l.S.F.); LotteryTickets Opera - K. J. Cox(J.S.F.); Jackpot - J. H.Scarfe (Technical); Special- M. E. Bridge (Refinery);Ordinary - T. J. Squire(Apprentices); Lion SafariTickets - F. A. Black (En-gineers); G. R. Griffith (Ap-prentices); C. Horner (ChiefEngineer's); D. Wilson(MetaJlurgy); B. Parker (En-gineers); W. Christian (Re-finery); R. Gleghorn (En-gineers); T. H. M. Connelly ,(Store); G. F. J. Watts(Transport); M. J. Murphy(Engineers).

Kiddies the world over love a picnic and the sheer spon-taneity of their expressions on such outings is "a natural"for the camera lens . . . A t right, we print a selection ..taken at our Annual Picnic - each one a story ill itself.

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CRICKET ...THAT

UNDISPUTEDRESULT

The publicity blurb onthis year's PRODUCTIONversus TIlE REST cricketmatch spelt it out: tbeprime objective of tbisyear's game was to reach adearcut two-innings decis-ion about which there couldbe no furtber debate.All kinds of extra regul-

ations were concocted bythe Select Sub-committeefor new rules making, al-legedly to ensure such adecision. As the Select Sub-committee was top-heavywith Production reps. wesuspect that it had another,more sinister motive, i.e.to swing the game in Pro-duction's f.avour.Be that as it may, you

can gu~ what happened -when our roving reporterarrived in time for the finish

all hell was breaking loose.Arguments were loud andlong as to the position ofthe boundary, which longshots were really fours andwhether the umpire signalledthem, whether there was, infact, an l.b.w. rule and cana player be sent off for al-leged interference in asocial game!The fact that Production

registered a one-run winhad a lot to do with thefriendly (?) debate of course.

When scores get as closeas that it is understandablethat participants get a bitexcited.

However, back to thestart. Rarin' to go aftertheir successes in recentyears The Rest won thetoss and, hoping for somelife in the wicket, sent Pro-duction in to bat. This wasalso a kindly gesture asProducti·on numbered aboutfive men only at the startof play. In quick time theywere four for 23 but rein-forcements arrived and Pro-duction battled on to 87with captain Jack Garatyleading the way as usualwith 22. It was good to see

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ABOVE:Jack Garaty (right) wellsatisfied with the result ofhis strategy and tactics on3rd November is presentedwith the Merv Allman Per-petual Cricket Trophy byMerv himself THE REST'Sskipper, Jim Scarje, thinks:"Wait till next year andwe'll kill :em."LEFT:The -- --games patron anddonor of the much soughtafter "perpetual trophy",Merv Allman, takes strike.At this point rain threatenedand Merv took appropriateprotective measures. RESTwicketkeeper is Fred Reeves,Sulphide Sales Officer. Exer-cising his patron's privilegeMerv elected to play forPRODUCTION this year.

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CRICKET (Continued)the old reliable, FrankStorey, return to the gamewith 17.

The Rest did significantlybetter and reached 113, alead, one would havethought, good enough to bea clincher. Three of theirmerry men, Fred Reeves,Geoff Briggs and JohnRobinson reached the man-datory 20 runs retirementlevel (one of those sinisternew rules, please note).

In the second inningsProduction notched 91leaving The Rest 66 to win,65 to tie. In a real photo-finish and despite the effortsof John Robinson againand Monty Taverner, whobatted practically through-out the innings, they failedby one run. The Rest weresomewhat handicapped byhaving only nine men avail-able in the second inningsbut this does not take awayfrom the fine effort of Pro-duotion. By a combinationof shrewd gamesmanship(should we also say rules-manship?), stubborn battingin their second innings par-ticularly and a never saydie approach at the finishthey made it this year andthe AlIman trophy passes

into Jack Garaty's safekeep-ing. But, in 1975, startingwith the rulesmaking, TheRest predict it will be adifferent story.The scores were:PRODUCTIONFirst InningsB. Coppock c. Briggs b. Robinson 0N. Mongan b. Briggs 0R. Still b. Lane 3J. Garaty b. Howells 22J. Jolly c. Garfoot b. Taverner 6G. Green b. Reeves 11F. Storey c. Robinson b. Clements 17W. Smith c. Scarfe b. Reeves 9M. Allman retired 13A. Parsons not out 2Sundries 4

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THE RESTFirst InningsF. Reeves retirlrd 20K. Lane I.b.w. b. Parsons 1G. Garfoot b. Parsons 2R. Howells b. Mongan 2G. Briggs retired 26K. Scribner b. Jolly 1M. McPherson b. Green 2J. Robinson retired 23J. Scarfe stpd. Storey b. Smith 12D. Clements not out 11M. Taverner c. Cain b. Storey 9Sundries 4

Total 113

PRODUCTIONSecond InningsA. Parsons retired 20W. Smith run out 0M. Allman c. McPherson b. Scarfe 0F. Storey c. Clements b. Scribner 2G. Green b. McPherson 16J. Jolly retired 16J. Garaty retired 24R. Still run out 2

JOHN ABRAHAM THOMASIt is with a real sense of personal loss that we record in

the News the death of John Abraharn Thomas on 13thNovember, 1974, at the age of 63 years.

John was one of those, staff members whose views weresought some 23 years ago when the News was beingestablished; thereafter he always took a keen interest inits fortunes.

Long-serving Sulphiders will recall him as one of theteam who came from the U.K. in 1949150 to work atSulphide when the company was first acquired by theConsolidated Zinc Group. John was a senior member ofthe Time Study, Work Study and Personnel Departmentsat Cockle Creek between 1950 and the end of 1969 whenhe retired.

He maintained his connection with the works at retire-ment functions where his inimitable presence was alwayswelcome.

In recent years John regrettably did not experience thebest of health - but it was still a very great shock whenthe news of his death reached us.

To Mrs. Thcmas and family we ex·tend our sinceresympathies in their loss.

N. Mongan b. Howells 1B. Coppock not out 2D. Cain b. Clements 3Sundries 5

Total 91

THE RESTSecond InningsG. Briggs c. Parsons b. Garaty 3M. Taverner retired 21J. Robinson retired 21M. McPherson c. and b. Mongan 0K. Scribner b. Mongan 0J. Scarfe c. Garaty b. Still 4R. Howells sent off &F. Reeves c. Mongan b. Allman 9K. Lane not out 0

Total &4

CHOPPED OFF!Upraised hands we clasp

to our head -Woe! Woe!! Woe!!!

Because of a mishap afterlast News 'put to bed'

Woe! Woe!! Woe!!!Alas and alack . . . on a

pie on Page Six -Woe! Woe!! Woe!!!

Two heads do not show!- we are in a fix!

Woe! Woe!! Woe!!!

Poor Brian Bailey andGlyn John too -Woe! Woe!! Woe!!!

'Twas they whom we slew!Woe! Woe!! Woe!!!

Beheaded they were, forall to behold -Woe! Woe!! Woe!!!

Although in text theiractions were told.

Woe! Woe!! Woe!!!

So, a humble pardon, kindsirs to you,Woe! Woe!! Woe!!!

We wish there was morethat we could do -

Woe! Woe!! Woe!!!Than pen this public

apology -Woe! Woe!! Woe!!!

With the hope you'llaccept it readily!

Woe! Woe!! Woe!!!

CORRECTIONLast issue we credited a

contribution to J. Cowse,Machine Shop. This, welearn, should have beenJ 0 h n C 0 u r se, of theMachine Shop.

The mistake occurredwhen the signature accom-panying the original copy(which, for all the world,appeared to be as printedin the News) was misinter-preted.

Now, we know better, 'OfCOURSE! ... Sorry John.

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AM&S IN PEKING . . •Australian Mining &

Smelting (AM&S) alongwith about a hundredother companies partici-pated in the AustralianTrade Exhibition heldin Peking during Octo-ber. Officially opened byDeputy Prime MinisterDr. Jim Cairns and VicePremier Li of China theexhibition was the lar-gest ever mounted byAustralia in an overseascountry.

AM&S was representedat the exhibition by Sul-phide's Technical ManagerPeter Mead and BarryBraes, Assistant Under-ground Manager, Zinc Cor-poration, both of whompresented technical papersto selected audiences ofChinese mining and metal-lurgical technologists.

The AM&S exhibit fea-tured the twin themes ofzinc-lead mining at BrokenHill and ISF smelting atCockle Creek.

The exhibition, whichran .frorn 11th-23rd Octo-

ber proved very popularwith the Chinese and alltold approx. 180,000 invitedpersons attended. Of par"ticular interest was theinsatiable thirst of theChinese for hand-out bro-chures and leaflets whichthe Australian companiesmade available. This iswell illustrated in our pic-ture above.

From all accounts itseems this exhibition wassuccessful from many pointsof view and in time shouldprove to be an importantmilestone in the develop-ment of greater trade be-tween the two countries

.Two recent paymentsmade by the SuggestionsCommittee reflect the highstandard of suggestions cur-rently being received.

• An LS.F. employee wasawarded $200.00 for a pro-posed method of desilveris-ing lead bullion to the part-ially refined (P.R.) state.This method included -theaddition of ammoniumchloride and sawdust to thebullion to provide a "dry"dross which can be moreeasily and quickly removed.than the preVIOUS "wet"dross. An additional advan-

SUGG'FSTIONS PAYOFFtage 'Of this proposal whichwas not apparent at thetime of submission is thatit has enabled the Companyto reduce the silver contentin normal lead bullion. sup-plied to one of our cus-tomers who recently speci-fied' a lower silver grade.

• An upturn in the con-sumption of restrictor barheads at the LS.F. due tomore corrosive slags andincreased slagging temper-atures prompted anotherI.S.F. operator to check thewater flow rate through thebars. A suggestion to in-

crease the water flow andensuing trials showed thatthe head life could be ex-tended. After tests and in-vestigation of past and pre-sent consumption rates,$150.00 was 'awarded forthe suggestion.

Congratulations fellas,and to those of you withideas, put them down onpaper and send them to ourSecretary (Ted Oldham).They may be worth some-thing to you through theSuggestion Scheme, butthey're worthless if youkeep them stored in yourhead.

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LABORATORY GROUP

members ofLaboratory staff

have been complain-ing that they never ap-pear in the News. So,when a large numberof them were in atten-dance at a retirementsend-off a short timeback we gathered themtogether for a pie(above).

Also included in thegroup are a couple of"sort of' ring-ins inthe persons of retiredSulphiders, Ivan Horys(former Chief Chem-ist) and Frank Allan,an 85 years old veter-an who hardly everfails to attend similarstaff functions.

Those in the picture"are, (from left) stand-ing: 'Ed Roberts, Tre-vor Smith, Paul Kekev-ski, John Robinson,Neville Jensen, JohnSievers, Colin Stace,Bob Murray, FrankScheinecker, P a u IWhipper, Rod Davies,Vern Bernhardt, Sit-ting • Tom Scott, IvanHorys, Frank Allan.

WARNERS BAY HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTATIONSSulphide Corporation had' The other presentation

an interest in three pre- was to Edgar Harnonet'ssentations made at Warners son, Allyn, who was award-Bay High School Senior ed a Sporting Blue forSpeech Night a while back. Cricket.Two of these were in the Pictured: From left, Geoft'form of Sulphide Corpor- Henderson, Greg Hopper,ation Scholarships which Mr. R. J. Booth (Principal),were awarded to, Geoff Allyn Hamonet, (Mr. BoothHenderson, for 5th Form was the founding Principaland Greg Hopper, for 6th of Warners Bay Higb andForm. These presentations retires at the end of thiswere made by Production year after eight years ser-Manager, John Jolly. vice with the school).

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5••SAFETY•• NEWS

LOST TIME ACCIDENTS -1974Department Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total

PRODUCTION 2 1 2 5 3 1 3 3 1 1 Nil 22

ENGINEERING 2 2 1 3 Nil Nil 4 Nil 4 1 Nil 17

SERVICES Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil

TOTAL 4 3 3 8 3 1 7 3 5 2 Nil 39

RINGS, DECORATIVEBUT DANGEROUS •.

"With this ring, l thee wed" ... Familiarwords with deep sentimental value to many.In this day of so many double ring weddingceremonies let us not lose sight of thefact that the wearing of rings and jewelleryat work can be dangerous and the causeof serious bodily injury and sometimesdeath.

A clerk of works in acountry area was on hisway to inspect a buildingsite. Taking a short cut,he jumped over a low wirefence. ill doing so, herested his hand on a steelpost which, from beinghammered into the ground,was burred about the top.While jumping the fence, aring he was wearing caughton the burrs and removedhis ring finger.

An employee in a factoryjumped to hang an objecton a nail slightly above hisreach. He succeeded inputting the object on thenail which also caught aring on his finger and pull-ed his finger off completewith a substantial amountof tendon.

A labourer was cleaninga railway truck prior to itsbeing loaded with bags ofrice. This was a routine

task to be performed beforeany of the trucks wereloaded. The employershad instructed their em-ployees that the safestmethod of opening thetruck's "drop down" doorswas to do this from insidethe truck. The employeewas performing this taskas instructed. He releasedthe catches on either sideof the door and then push-ed the door with his hand.A ring he was wearingcaught on some projectionon the door. As the heavydoor swung down, he waspulled from the truck andflung to the ground. Thedoor hit the buffer springsbeneath the truck and re-bounded striking the em-ployee lying on the ground.He suffered severe injurieswhich included a fracturedskull, shoulder and ribsand possible internal in-juries. The employee dieda little over three months

later without regaimng con-sciousness, despite receivingthe best of medical at-tention.

These are but several ofthe gruesome accidents thathave been caused by thewearing of rings at work.Many more have occurred,causing lacerations andbroken bones. While theresults have not been asbad as the examples men-tioned, they have all causedpain, suffering and lostworking time.

Accidents don't happen,they are caused; one wayto prevent accidents is toremove the cause.

With this thought inmind, do not be blinded bysentiment. Remove ringsand jewellery - a potentialsource of injury - beforeentering your place ofwork.

A. B. Miller-in Safety, April-July 1974.

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