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by SULPHIDE CORPORATION PTY. LIMITED

No. 82. JANUARY, 1958.

JACK H. SHARPLES

Born at Bolton, Lancashire Englandin 1919, Jack at the age of four, leftwith the other members of his familyfor Canada, where they remained foreight years. Returning to England in1931 he completed his education atDeane Public School, Bolton.

Called up for the Army in 1939,Jack spent 6:\ yell'S under colours andit was during this period, in 1940 tobe exact, that he married GladysSmith at Bolton. Deciding after thewar to come to Australia, Jack, hiswife and their two children sailed forthese shores in 1948.

On arrival they settled at MountHutton and Jack after a few monthswith the P.M:G. obtained employmenthere at Sulphide. His first task herewas charge wheeling on the old BarrierRoasters. After two years Jack left us,but returned in 1955this time as plantoperator on NO.4 Chamber Acid Plant.He is still attached to the Acid Dept.

Jack and his family moved to SpeersPoint in 1952. In addition to the twoeldest children, Mary aged 14 andSusan aged 11,both of whom were bornIn England, Jack and his wife nowalso nave two other children in Johnand ,Jean who are aged 9 and 4.

Although alterations' to his homeat, present consume the major portionof Jack's spare time, the car is notentirely neglected either.

REG. HODGINS

Maitland born in 1926,Reg. attended"Monte Pio" Primary and MaristBrothers High Schools. He commencedwork as a metallurgical trainee atCommonwealth Steel Co. in 1943 andgained his Chemistry Diploma fromNewcastle Technical College in 1948.

Leaving Comsteel early in 1949,Reg.joined the C.S.I.R.O. IndustrialChemistry Division as a technicalofficer in the Minerals UtilisationSection. Then, in 1950he became workschemist for the Australian Forge andEngineering Co. in Sydney. He returnedto Comsteel the following year but leftagain in 1955 to join the South Aus-tralian Mines Department, working onthe Uranium Project at Port Pirie.This was a continuation of the workdone at the C.S.I.R.O. some five yearsbefore. Later, in August of the sameyear, Reg. linked forces with us hereat Sulphide as a chemist in the MainLaboratory.

Reg. was married to a Gresfordgirl, Pauline Cant in 1951 and theyhave a family of two boys. Tony, theeldest is aged four and David is three.They live at Warner's Bay.

Reg. thoroughly enjoys a game ofcricket; and other hobbies when timepermits, include recorded music (par-ticularly, the "Golden Age" of Jazz)and chess, He also says that over theyears he has spent a lot of time bothin and under a series of cars.

Understanding is a pearl of great price

talked about such as safety, goodhouse-keeping and utilisation ofm aterrals, to name only a few.

Questioned by Cr. Beacher whetherthe meetings could be held on site, theChairman agreed, but said that theyshould not -be of long duration andmentioned about three-quarters of anhour. He pointed out that meetingswould have to be staggered, also thatwhen safety matters had been discussedthe Safety Officer could leave unlessasked by the Chairman to stay in anadvisory capacity. Cr. Standish saidthis was a suggestion he wanted every-one to think over and talk about.

Cr. J. Dick said this was the systemin effect at a large Newcastle industryregarding safety matters. Meetingslasted about half-an-hour and dis-cussion extends to any part of theplant. There is also an accident safetycommittee which sees that suggestionsfrom departmental meetings arecarried out.

Though he thought this scheme agood one, the Chairman did not thinkit was something that could begeneralised. He thought that on a smallworks the difficulty in implementingsafety matters should be able to beironed out between the men and theappropriate Superintendent. If thiscould not be done then it would haveto be brought to the attention of theWorks Manager for decision. He con-sidered that everybody must have asay in safety matters and any sugges-tion treated as a sincere contribution.If a suggestion is not workable, thenthe man concerned should be given anexplanation.

Cr. J. Dick said that the main pointabout the scheme he mentioned, wasthat everybody received some instruc-tion on safety matters, but under exis-ting conditions at Sulphide this is notso.

Cr. Rich said he understood that theproposed plant meetings would servetwo functions because the discussionson safety will render safety meetingsunnecessary. He asked what restric-tions would be placed on discussion ofother matters. The Chairman replied,none, but warned that committeeswould not work without support. andthe Chairman of such committee had

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IMPORTANT WORKS COUNCILPROCEEDINGS

At the December meeting of CockleCreek Works Council considerable dis-cussion centred around two items onthe agenda - Plant Meetings andSafety Watchers, and a review of theSuggestion Scheme.

These matters are of vital concernto all Sulphiders (as indeed, are allproceedings of the Works Council).After all, each of us spends at leastone-quarter of the total hours of eachweek at work. Therefore anythingwhich has to do with that time, be iton safety, productivity, or any othermatter simply must assume some im-portance. So, in putting before you thisoutline of proceedings the "News" doesso with the feeling that in the WorksCouncil we have an avenue wherebywith a little encouragement from allsections on the Works, some solidtangible steps can be taken along abetter way for us all.

It behoves each of us to give thatsupport. Get to know your councillor.Talk "shop" with him. Express yourviews on work-matters in order thathe can keep his fingers on the work-pulse of your section and really be itsspokesman at Council meetings.Cul-tivate an interest in and ask himabout the Council's activities. To airyour views and inform you of Workshappenings is what he is there for.He'll do it.

Getting back to the Decembermeeting:- The Chairman (Cr.J. H.Standish), said that with regard toPlant Meetings and Safety Watchers,the discussion really opened in relationto safety although in this instance thescope would be greater. A census takenat the Avonmouth works of 1.S.C.,where the scheme was in operation,had shown a resulting decrease in theaccident frequency rate.

In reply to Cr. Beacher, who askedthat the meeting hear more from theChairman as to how the scheme shouldbe carried out, Cr. Standish said hethought it could be run by a meetingbeing held at the various plants. Theseto consist of Supt., a foreman andabout four representatives of the menon that particular plant; perhapsEngineers might have two or threegroups and Yard Gang another. Therewere many matters which could be

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~~ JVISITORS

Recently we have been glad to wel-

come to the Works:Messrs. H. Truman,A. L. Hambridge and Dr. Schuett of

Power Gas Corporation; and Mr.F.Bennett from the Engineering Staff,

Melbourne Office.

EXAMINATION SUCCESSES

Hearty congratulations to the fol-lowing Sulphiders on gaining passes

in the technical examination results

published to date:Kev. Jones, Emil Wuolanne, Mick

Ristich, Adrian Williams, David Carrand Phil. Happ.

BADMINTON CLUBThe Badminton Club's Christmas

Party held in the Welfare Club Hallon Wednesday 18th December provedmost popular. A very good roll-upheartily entered into the spirit ofthings and a thoroughly enjoyableevening resulted. An excellent supperwas also promptly disposed of.

Present among guests were the Wel-fare Club President, Mr. Jeff Dick andMrs. Dick and the Secretary, Mr.Bryn Davies accompanied by daughterGlenys, who obligingly entertained usat the piano.

A competition held amongst theplayers resulted in the winners beingMary Hawkins and Brian Smith.

During the evening the opportunitywas also taken of wishing MaryHawkins all the best for her forth-coming marriage and a wedding. giftfrom Mary's fellow badminton playerswas presented to her by Club Presi-dent, Mr. Arthur Pellow.

D.C.

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MR. A. K. WA~SBROUGH MOVES TO MEtBOURNE OFf'lUl

At a very large gathertng of fellowstaff members in the Drawing Officeon Wednesday, December 11th, Mr. A.K. wansbrough, formerly Chief En-gineer, Sulphide Corpomtion, was ten-dered a, farewell presentation prior tohis taking up on'ice with ConsolidatedZinc Proprietary Ltd's. engineeringstaff at Melbourne Office.

The presentation of a set of L.P.records was made by Works Manager,Mr. J. H. Standish, who, in his addresspaid fitting tribute to Mr. Wansbrough'spersonal qualities and his service tothe Corporation.

A keen music-lover, Mr. Wansbroughin reply intimated that not only wouldhe derive much enjoyment from listen-ing to the records, but they would alsobe a constant reminder of the manyfriends he had made whilst at CockleCreek. In addition, he would be closelyfollowing the progress of SulphideCorporation within the Group andhoped to visit us in the future as ourdevelopment unfolded.

We wish Mr. Wansbrough the verybest of success for the future, andeve r y happiness for he, Mrs.Wansbrough and family in their newsurroundings in Melbourne.

======~NEW CUJEF

llNG1NEER FOnSur.PHlDE CORP.

Appointed to succeed Mr.

A. K. Wansbrough as ChiefEngineer following his trans-

fer to Melbourne, Mr. D.Crawford recently assumed

duties at Cockle Creek.Mr. Crawford was formerly

with Australian Iron & Steel

Co. Ltd.We wish him every success

in his new sphere.

WELFARJCHRISTM.I

Always a popular and much1001Christmas Tree conducted by the Welfand 1957 proved to be no exception wIrear Works Main Office on Friday, D~

This area of grass once again shofunction. Graced by a large decorate,1~Cwith coloured lights which held pri epresented a truly gala appearance. Tbiwhich began to gather shortly beforeICas family met family lent a carnivalf.r

But Christmas Tree night is the chmilled excitedly around as, with expelarrival of Santa Claus, They were norevered gentleman provided the highlijrobes and beard aflowing he made his ensleigh to the skirl of the pipes and cripresent.

It was not very long before Santoand he, needing no introduction to th.doing that with which his very presemof gifts.

With a cheery greeting to each clSanta brought a smile or a shy little gand is to be heartily commended for tlhis duties.

As in the past, McEwan's Pipeescort to herald the arrival of Santa Clon other occasions during the night as vjuvenile, juvenile members of the banement for manner in which they handl

Everyone spoken to agreed thatevening and the Welfare Club Commit'whom the success or otherwise of this f,great satisfaction from the results of ththem - Not only were the presents olmented on quite frequently), but arnjcreams for both young and old wereto the other gift bags for the children1also.

The hamper disposed of in co'Aiwhich was as usual well-stockedwitllby one of our younger Sulphidersin]

~E CLUBt1IAS TREElooked-forward-to annual event is thelelfare Club at the close of each year,when it was held on the lawn at theDecember 13th.

showed it is an ideal location for the

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Christmas Tree, brightly illuminated!j e of place in the centre, the lawnhi was accentuated by the large crowdlOO p.m. and whose animated chatter

,r,mosphere to the occasion.: childrens delight and eager youngsterscpectancy mounting they awaited thenot to be disappointed. This much-

;hlight of the evening, as with scarletsentrance in his now familiar motorisedcries of acclamation from all kiddies

anta had been welcomed to Sulphidethose present, immediately set about

sence is synonymous - the dispensing

1child as he handed over his present,e grin to many a small upturned face.r the manner in which he carried out

oe Band not only provided a stirringClaus, but also entertained the crowd

lS well. In this respect a couple of very.and evoked much praise and astonish-ndled their instruments.iat they had a thoroughly enjoyablemittee and all those other helpers upon.s function depended must have derivedtheir efforts. We heartily congratulate

s of high quality (this fact was com-unple supplies of fruit drinks and iceere freely available. This, in additionm which contained other tasty morsels

-oljunction with the Christmas Tree,tIl Festive Season delicacies, was won~JPprentice plumber, Frank Maxwell.

AH,OUNDTHEBIRTHS

To Dave Rae (Canteen) and Mrs.Rae, a daughter, Barbara Louise, on20/12/57.

To Ray Mitcheson (Time Office) andMrs. Mitcheson, a son Jon Raymond,on 20/12/57.

ELECTRICAL

Our Christmas get-together whichwas held at the home of formerElectrical Dept. foreman, GeorgeBrailey, proved to be a huge success.Not only did it give us the opportunityof having a very pleasant eveningbut it also enabled us as a group tomaintain close contact with the popularGeorge and Mrs. Brailey. We sincerelythank them for having had us at theirhome and trust that they continueto enjoy good health and the very bestof things that life can offer them.

During the course of the proceedings,Percy Beacher rendered some topicalverses entitled "Sparks." These wentover very well and we are reproducingthem in this issue. (See box page 12).

Now, some chit-chat: Charlie Medcalfhas been making so many fl.ying visitsto Sydney in the Holden recently thatthe more inquisitive of us just cannothelp raising our eyebrows and wonder,"why for?" Harry McGovern spent theChristmas break at Wangi (what, norock-hunting ex p e d i t ion Harry?)Meanwhile Harry's partner in geologi-cal forays, Percy Beacher, is at presentdeeply involved in the process of build-ing a caravan which we have no doubtwill be put to good use when com-pleted. On the holiday front there hasbeen plenty of activity. GeorgeFirmstone, "Wizzy" Wilson, PerceMcNight, George Paddocks (who at-tended the Boy Scout Rally held atBrisbane) and Arthur Dennett have

all been on leave at one time oranother recently.

BUILDING

Take a black night, black strayingstock, and a black car. The result!!Blues for the car driver!! In this caseJack Kerr, who apparently has a jinxspot on Wallsend Road. In a recentfortnight Jack was unfortunate enoughto sustain two collisions with blackstraying cows there, both at the samelocation. Better go another way aroundJack!

ACIDby A. L. Ert

vVedon't know whether Perce Brownis trying to emulate the deeds of"Tarzan," but from what we havebeen told he was apparently swinging'from the guttering just recently. MaybePerce has ideas of taking over fromtile present "Jungle Man" when hispopularity wanes. That being the case,then according to our report, thecensors will cut him right out of thepicture if he is attired in the samecostume as before!!

They say "The devil you know isbetter than the one you don't."Perhaps George Chalmers had this inmind when he took unto himselfanother Austin - Happy motoring toyou George.

Hearty congratulations to Geoff.Jenkins on the occasion of his gradu-ation with the rank of Pilot Officer,from Point Cook, R.A.A.F. Station.Geoff. is the son of Chemico Unitoperator Vie. Jenkins.

STOREby "Pedro"

Stores personnel have apparentlylapsed in their driving manners oflate. Out of three traffic offences, KenSaxby was the only one to receive a

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DEPARTMENTS"please appear" notice however. Bettertighten up boys!!

If Arthur Sullivan seems to be lookingpretty pleased with himself lately, bearwith him - he has good reason to be!Daughter Leonie has been awarded abursary for her efforts in the recentlyconcluded school examinations. Thismakes the secand bursary awarded toa member of Arthur's family. Anotherdaughter Delores, who has just gradu-ated from the Tea.chers College, hadpreviously gained this honour also.Congratulations girls.

MAIN OFFICE

Sputniks are not the only thingsgoing around "out of this world."Our venerable friend A. C. "Bill" Needsis also in this category at the moment!The reason - son Noel and his wiferecently made him a grandfather, andbrother - is Grandpa.ppy proud. Hehasn't stopped crowing yet over thefact that he's the first in the GeneralOffice. Take it easy Granpop! You'vehad it now, old boy-time marches on!

We extend sincere sympathy toGordon Stidolph on the recent loss ofhis father.

ENGINEERING

by "Bimbo"

Curiosity has been rife here as towhat happened to the cream teapotused at 9.00a.m. in the Carpenter'sShop office. What's the strength of it,Charlie Lawrie?

As "happy as larry' and twice asproud is Bert Fogo. The reason -schoolteacher son Frank's marriage to

Dorothy Martin of Weston, on Satur-day, January 4. Congratulations all.

Bill Rinker must have been to apretty decent sort of a party on arecent occasion. Arriving at work hehad someone else's singlet on - andwhat-on, the colour!!

Ron Wright now married and settledto a quiet life has gone in forgardening in a big way. Planting bythe packet, so we are told. We wonderif he is going to store it up - or what?

LABORATORY

We extend a welcome to PhillipThomas, a full-time student of AppliedChemistry at Newcastle University ofTechnology, who is spending the re-mainder of his end of year recess withus. Phillip is a son of T.S.O. JohnThomas.

TIME STUDY AND SAFETY

To Arthur Cherry who underwent aserious operation at the Mater Hospitalrecently, we send best wishes for aspeedy recovery and trust that we willsoon see him back on the job onceagain.

We trust that Sister Connor enjoyedher recent short holiday break.

Though all of us know Bob Gibsonfor a rather sturdy chap, we were alittle dismayed at a recent happeningin which he was involved. On a visitto the P.LD. Bob casually seated him-self in one of the office chairs which,sad to relate, immediately collapsedunder him! - Careful Bob, take it easyboy, or we'll be getting sued fordamage!

PRE-WEDDING PRESENTATIONPop u 1a r comptometer

operator Mary Hawkinswho was married to Mr.'IBill Hewitt on 26th Decem-Ibel', was the central figure [at a presentation ceremony'arranged in her honourbefore she left here onFriday 13th December.

Quite a large crowd wasin attendance in theGeneral Office as Mr. D.Rich made the presenta-tion of a reading lamp toMary and very aptly, onbehalf of fellow staff mem-bers, offered very bestwishes for her future happiness.Earlier in the day Mary had also beeninvolved in another little function.This was a private send-off arrangedby the other female members of thestaff at which Mary was given a

beautiful fruit bowl as a weddingmemento from them.

We understand Mary and Bill areto make their home at Camden, N.S.W.and we wish them long life and everyhappiness together.

BOWLING CLUBDistrict Pennant competitions are

now well under way and to date ourNo. 6 team is still undefeated. How-ever, our NO.4 team has not been sosuccessful but no doubt will do muchbetter in the second round.

Our next visit away will be to WestMaitland Club. We are making this anunofficial picnic day by taking ourfamilies with us, and will most surelyhave an enjoyable day.

Hon. Secretary Sam Skelly is nowaccepting nominations for the annualMay week-end visit to Sydney. Allbowlers are reminded that nominationsclose on March 17th and must be ac-companied by a deposit of £1. Clubswho will be entertaining us on thisparticular week-end will be announcedon receipt of verification.

The point score for the most suc-cessful rink for 1957/58 season is atpresent headed by a No. 6 rink com-prised of the following players, andwhich is as yet undefeated: A. Honson(lead), D. Sylvester (second), C.Glackner (third), and D. Crawford

(Captain).Several of our members have entered

the District Singles Championshipsthis year. We commend them for theirenterprise and wish them much successin the ensuing match play againstchampionship class.

Come April and Mrs. Harry Eslerwill journey "home" on a visit to the"Emerald Isle." No doubt Harry willmix bowls with shift work. We wishMrs. Esler bon voyage and a safereturn to "Aussie."

Our deepest sympathy is extended toBill Owen, a 'Teralba Club player andan old Boolaroo identity, in the recentloss of his mother. Bill is well knownto all Sulphide bowlers who weredeeply moved at his sudden loss.

Bill (Neemo) Neems is a regularvisitor to our Club and all of us arepleased to see him enjoying the wellearned retirement of one with so manyyears of service behind him at Sulphide.

Finally, where does George FirmstoneJnr. go now on Sundays -"Cherchezla femme" No?

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IMPORTANT WORKS COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS(Continued from page 2)

a big responsibility to get peoplethinking along the right lines.

To a query from Cr. Bergmann as towhether the committee would be in-corporated in Works Council, theChairman replied that it could be runin conjunction - there might be timeswhen things would have to be levelledout.

Cr. Bergmann then asked if dis-cussions at meetings would be broughtdown to Works Council for a ruling.

The Chairman replied, not neces-sarily. It must be remembered, he said,that the Works Council is only advisoryand informative-it is not an executivecouncil. His suggestion was that theSafety Officer give a resume at WorksCouncil on what had taken place inregards to safety matters. Anotherway would be to have a report fromone section perhaps once a quarter.When the meetings are started theywill develop along their own lines.

Cr. Rich's opinion was that plantSuperintendents should be able tostraighten out domestic matters with-out them being brought to WorksCouncil.

Asked by Cr. Storey if it would beadvisable to have members of othersections, such as Engineers, at theproduction meetings, the Chairmanagreed that this should be so. Problemscould arise and it might be necessaryto co-opt a member of the EngineeringDept. so that the matter could besettled there and then.

Cr. J. Dick said that sometimes itcould be desirable for management to"throw" a subject to the Worksmeetings.

The Chairman agreed that thisshould be so. He said that if all werein agreement he would proceed withthe implementation through the ap-propriate channels.

SAFETY WATCHERS

tn asking for ideas about safetywatchers the Chairman explained thatsomebody would be picked as a safetywatcher from a specific plant. Hewould be taken around by the SafetyOfficer and Superintendent of his plantand have explained to him the hazard-ous things people do at times. His dutythen would be, in the course of hisdaily activities to be on the lookoutfor potential dangers and if he shouldsee anybody doing anything he con-

sidered wrong he should point outwhere he is wrong. If rebuked heshould remind the man that he isdoing his duty and advising him forhis own good. It might not be easyfor him at first but the others willgradually realise and come around tohis way of thinking. The first watchermight have a tough row to hoe, buteventually it will be easier. Theresponsibility would rest with theSuperintendent to inform his men thatthe Watcher is acting for the good ofthe Company.

Cr. Beacher asked wouldn't it benecessary for the Watcher to be one ofthe people to attend the meetings onthe Works.

Cr. Standish answered that this wasnot necessarily so, but it might be agood idea for him to attend meetingsafter a time and report on his activities,The Watcher must report any hazardimmediately. .

Answering questions by Crs. Berg-mann (1) and Beacher (2) the Chair-man said that, (1) it might becomenecessary to have more than oneWatcher in anyone department and(2) that a Watcher was quite at libertyto report matters in other depart-ments besides his own.

Cr. J. Dick said another matter to bediscussed was plant cleanliness. Heconsidered this tied in with safety.The Chairman agreed with this andsaid an efficient plant must be tidy.REVIEW OF SUGGESTION SCHEME

- MONETARY AWARDS -In opening proceedings on this issue,

Cr. Rich said he considered the Sug-gestion Scheme in operation is notsubjected to a great deal of publicity.He had raised the matter at WorksCouncil in order to find out whathad been the response to the scheme.What do employees think about it? Hasit been effective and satisfactory?Were there any ideas on improvingit and perhaps give more publicity toit through the "News." He alsoraised the question of whether manage-ment would be prepared to considersome monetary reward for suggestionsadopted. He said he had very littleknowledge of what the scheme hasmeant since its inception because ofthe lack of publicity.

Cr. Scarfe then explained that therehad been 18 suggestions submitted

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, ii ~'SPARKS"' iI ~~I (Any reference to living persons is purely intentional) ~

o Beneath the wide and starry sky, Old King Coal-a merry old soul, -_I the starry sky-where Sputniks fly: Bombay Bloomers had he. ~- There worked a man with soul so- dead He called for his bike to fixit that night, -, spoke on the phone-tis what he said. A Harley-lHU3! ~

i "Laughing Percy-son of Beacher, Well shave me beard and whiskers off, ic go unto the many waters. never mind me head. c, Harl{ the sound of running waters, If a shearer man can't fix it ~

I~ heal' the sound of loud alarm." he should be darn well dead! ,-

_ Some cow's pulled a plug! _I Then up stood Henry, proud and true They'~~:~ hz.d a ge-e-thebrains or the II

"I'll do the job and see it through. and cannot fix it really. ,~ She'll gO'tonlghtl-e-t.ur n her on-e-she's But success is in sight-He's with us ~- right!" tonight, ,~! nh yeah!-You beaut, she blew!! you have it - GEORGE BRAILEY. c

, The harems or Egypt are gone we know, We wish you health, youdo n'f need ,j the pot-bellied sheik is no more. wealth, ,-_ "The gas she must stop," Wewish you Xmas cheer.! said Wizzy the Wop; We wish you all you wish yourself, _,0.

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IMPORTANT WORKS COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.(Continued from page 11)

over the period of two years and twomonths, Four of these had been ac-cepted. The method in use was for thesuggestion to be placed in one of thethree suggestion boxes around theWorks. These were cleared by a mem-ber of the P.I.D. staff and submittedfor consideration. If accepted the sug-gestion is sent through the Engineeringsection for implementation.

The Chairman said he consideredthe percentage of suggestions acceptedto be low.

Cr. J. Dick said that he had put ina few suggestions when at B.H.P. andhad been rewarded. He stated he isin favour of some monetary rewardand considered there were a lot ofsuggestions arising out of daily workthat do not get into suggestion boxes.

Cr. Beacher asked for details of themonetary a war d s for acceptedsuggestions.

Replying to this, Cr. Standishstated that no award had been given.He said he is in favour of suggestionschemes..and also for some monetaryaward - but this must be properlyassessed. Explaining further, he said'

that he had been Chairman of theSU3"gestions Scheme at Avonmouthfor 32 years. Meetings were held oncea month and on an average examinedbetween 6 and 10 suggestions eachmonth, of these, about 35 per cent wereaccepted. To those people who sub-mitted a good idea but were slightlyoff the track some monetary awardwas also given.

Generally speaking, awards weremade by the Suggestion Committee and.subsequently ratified by the WorksManager. However, situations hadarisen when the Committee consideredthe necessary award to be outside theirscope to handle, and in this case suchsuggestions were examined independ-ently by higher management. Cr.Standish said an important angle wasthat the suggestions were examinedon an anonymous basis - the Commit-tee did not know whose suggestionthey were dealing with.

Cr. Beacher at this stage asked forparticulars of the basis on whichawards were given.

Cr. Standish explained that pointswere given for various aspects suchas, costs, safety and so on. He saidthat if the Council agreed he wouldtake steps to implement the schemealong the lines suggested.