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FARE INCREASES averagiN 21. per cent have beer approved by Edinburgh's transport committee. If giver the go-ahead by the Traffic Commissioners the nev, fares are expected to come into operation by March. The undertaking last increased its fares in August. The nev% fares essentially the addi. tion of lp to child fares and 51 fares, and 2p on Bp and 11 fares would bring ir £1.55m in a full year.
The transport committee expects that there will still be a deficit of £37,000 in the forthcoming year, despite the increases, although furthei economies will probably take care of this.
lames Stokes, assistant ,perations manager (east livision) for the West Mid3nds PTE, is to succeed :Mord Nurse, who is retir'mg, as east division ops ianager.
'lichee! Rourke, 42, traffic manager of Southdown lotor Services, has been ppointed traffic manager esignate of Western 'ational Omnibus.
on Cater has joined the .)arketing department of Asa Trucks Ltd as marketmg support engineer. Mr ater, who is an ex-member f the editorial staff of Ommercial Motor, was ormerly Ailsa's bus ngineer.
Eric Schliemann, a director of Burmah-Castrol's parent company, Burrnah Oil Co Ltd, has now assumed the responsibilities of chief executive, following the retirement of H. S. Butterworth, 60. Mr Butterworth has been with Castrol since 1946. He is president of the Motor and Cycle Trades Benevolent Fund.
Roy Forster, for the past eight years a race tyre engineer, now becomes the sales engineer of Firestone's remould and repair material division.
Walter Taylor, 45, financial controller of Edbro (Holdings) Ltd, has been appointed to the board and succeeds John A. Graham as secretary. Mr Graham will continue as financial director until his retirement in 1976. In Edbro's bodybuilding division Cyril Hayes, 52, moves up to chief sales supervisor, and Ray Barnes, 32, to chief draughtsman.
Mike Reilly, who spent 30 years with Ocean Transport and Trading (Roxburgh, Henderson and Co Ltd) and has 1.2 years' experience in freight marketing, has joined Norfolk Line and will work from Edinburgh. Mr Reilly was operations/terminal manager at Leith for Seaway Ferries.
Gerald Simmons, 38, has been appoined rental manager, Southern BRS. At present he is fleet manager UK for Hertz Truck Division.
Michael de Havilland, 24, who joined Pickfords in 1969 at Plymouth, has been appointed manager of the Barnstaple branch of Pickfords Removals Ltd.