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MR. J. H. STRACMAN has been made Scottish representative of Abingdon King Dick Ltd.
MR. W. M. CAMPBELL, general manager of Stockton Transport Department, is to retire. He will be succeeded by his deputy, MR. W. C. WILSON.
SIR WILLIAM Roorys, chairman of the British Manufacturers' Section of the Society of Motor. Manufacturers. and Traders, sailed for America, last week, to attend to business in connection with the New York Show.
MR. W. S. DACK, M.S.A.E.. is to direct C.A.V. technical service activities in the U.S.A. He was formerly with the White Motor Co., Thornycroft and A.E.C.
MR. ALFRED BARNES continues as Minister of Transport in the new Government, MR. L. J. CALLAGHAN, nreviouslv Parliamentary Secretary to
the Ministry, has been promoted Parliamentary and Financial Secretary
to the Admiralty, His place at the Ministry of Transport is taken by LORD LUCAS, of Chilworth. MR. P. J. NOF_LBAKER is the new Minister of Fuel and Power. MR. G. R. STRAUSS continues as Minister of Supply. MR. WALTER WOLSEY is to retire from the board or Thomas Tilling, Ltd. He has been closely associated with the company since its incorporation in 1897 and had been a director since 1906.
MR. C. C. HARRISON has been appointed sales representative of Henley's Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., in Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire. Before joining the company, he was with the Michelin concern. MR. E. N. DAVENPORT has been made travelling representative in the Manchester area. He was previously on the outside staff of the Co-operative Wholesale Society's motor trade department. MR. G. H. TAYLOR, Birmingham branch manager of Henley's, recently received a presentation to mark his retirement. He had been with the company since 1922.
174,039 NEW VEHICLES
NEW registrations in December, 1949, other than of cars and motorcycles, showed a further fall, the total being
10,307. This figure compares with 13,275 for November and 14,166 for
October. The total number of new tegistrations for 1949 was 174.034. The table below gives details:—