ALD. 14 J. CARR, of Hartlepool, has been appointed a Licensing Authority for the Northern Area.
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COL. W. S. CAMERON, Leeds city engineer, is to retire next May, after an association of 44 years with the city engineer's department.
MR PATRICK HAMILTON has ceased to he managing director of Tyres°les; Ltd., hut continues in his position as chairman. MR. L C. PRICE has become managing director.
MR. H. WitrrEttEan has been appointed chairman of Douglas (Kingswood), Lt-1., Whilst SIR MAURICE BONHAM ■:ARTEP and MR. G. H. Datum have retired.
M. A. J. GILL, deputy engineer-inchief of the General Post Office, has been appointed engineer-in-chief in succession to Coy. SIR A. STANLEY ANGWIN, M.B.E., D.S.O., M.C.
MR. P. C. SHARP, MR. 3. H. R. NIXON, MR. B. L. MErcaut, MR. D. S. A. E. .1Essov and COL. H. T. THORNLEY have been appointed local directors of the Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd.
MR. L. W000cock, of the Export Division of Leyland Motors, Ltd., will leave England at the end of January to become India and Burma manager of the company, with headquarters at Calcutta.
Mit. W. ASTIN has been appointed general manager of Colchester Transport Department in succession to the late Mr. R. R. Macaulay. Mr. Astin is at present traffic superintendent at Coventry.
LORD LATHAM, LP., has been reappointed a member of the London Passenger Transport Board for a further period of three years from January 20. He has been amember since 1935, and is leader of the L.C.C.
MR. R. T. SMITH, a director of the Pye group, was taken last Monday to the Royal Masonic Hospital. His 'many friends will be glad to learn that the latest news regarding him is that he is making good progress.
MR. LESLIE RUMLEY, sales director of Electro-Hydraulics, Ltd., manufacturer of Conveyancer fork lift trucks, is paying an extended visit to the United States, where he will study current developments in handling materials.
MR. GEORGE HALLY, managing director of the Daimler Co., Ltd., has been promoted to be Knight of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. He thus joins a distinguished band of people, including the Prime Minister and Lord Penrhyn.
MR. EDWARD THOMPSON, managing director of John Thompson Engineering
Co., Ltd., Wolverhampton, and associated concerns in this and other countries, will shortly leave England on a business trip to Australia. On his way he will visit South Africa.
MR. A. L. CASTLEMAN has resigned his chairmanship of the raiF side of the Metropolitan Regional Road-Rail Committee and has been succeeded by MR. E. Humr. The road side of the committee entertained the rail side at a luncheon recently, and a presentation was made to Mr. Castleman.
MR. H. F. E. MATHEW, assistant general manager and chief engineer of City of Oxford Motor Services, --Ltd., has been recommended by his doctor to resign. He will leav.; the company at the end of February. He has been in the passenger-transport industry for 20 years.
MR. L. HArcn, A.M.I.A.F., the oldest member of the Great Western Railway road motor engineer's staff, has just retired at Cardiff after nearly 44 years' service. He joined the G.W.R. at Penzance in 1903, when the company inaugurated its first motorbus service. He took charge of the South Wales area in 1929.
SIR ARCHIBALD MCKINSTRY, DSc., M.I.Mech.E.., M.I.E.E., is to be the second member of the Road and Rail Appeal Tribunal for a period of three years, taking effect from January 1. Formerly managing director of Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., he is now deputy chairman of that concern. The chairman of the Tribunal is, of course, MR. GLEESON E Roilisssom,.C.B., M.C., and the other member MR. E. S. SHRAPNELLSmITH, C.B.E., F.C.S.
MR. H. KINGSBURY retired on December 31, after 47 years' service with the British Electric Traction Co., Ltd. He served as a B.E.T. representative on the boards of a number of associated companies, and his positions on these have been filled as follow:—Hebble Motor Services, Ltd., and Yorkshire Woollen District Transport Co., Ltd., MR. .I. W. WOMAR; Mexborough and Swinton Traction Co. and the Rhondda Transport Co., Ltd., the EARL OF HOPETOUN; Yorkshire Traction Co., Ltd., MR. PETER YORKE.
The following appointments, taking effect on January 1, are announced by the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd.:—MR. R. BRANDON, from chief traffic officer to traffic manager; MR. S. C. VINCE, engineer, to chief engineer; MR. L. H. YOUNGS, chief staff . officer, to staff manager; MR. P. GELDARD, rolling-stock engineer, to assistant chief engineer, MR. R. K. COPE, assistant chief traffic officer, to assistant traffic manager; MR. W. HALL, area engineer, to rolling-stock engineer; MR. C. A. H. HARRIS, area engineer, to assistant staff manager; MR. 3. C. BADHAM, assistant divisional traffic superintendent, to divisional traffic superintendent (Black Country); whilst MR. E. W. PRESTON becomes general works superintendent.