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SUBJECT to the stipulation that the notify the national committee of th Lorry Driver of the Year Competition c
any adverse publicity in the local Pres after an event that could reflect on th reputation of the competition, eliminatin centres will be free to determine in th coming year whether the overall winnc shall be decided by a run-off in simila vehicles, by mathematical formula, or b some individual scheme evolved by th centre. It will be unnecessary for centre to obtain the approval of the nationa committee for a scheme for the event.
This resolution was passed at a meet ing on Tuesday of the executive corn mittee of the L.D.O.Y. Competition which also sanctioned a proposal tha Scotland should be accepted as a; eliminating centre, no venue for which ha yet been officially approved. The state ment by a member of the committee tha the Dunlop Company had offered a ver■ suitable venue at Speke for the firs Liverpool competition was gratefull■ noted, and the news was given that th; Weymouth and Fleetwood contests woulc be held on March 14 and July 5 respec tively. Members were also informed tha the Ministry of Transport could no accept the invitation to be represented or the competition's organizing committee but tribute was paid by the Ministry tc the great importance of the competition
Sir Reginald Rootes has been appointed a director of Stanley Motors Ltd., the South African member of the Rootes Group, with Mr. W. G. Rootes his alternate. Mr. M. Keeble has been appointed alternate to Mr. B. G. Rootes, chairman of Stanley Motors Ltd.
Mr, J. WI. Leonard, deputy .chairman and managing director of Carless, Capel and Leonard Ltd. for many years, will become chairman on January 1, following the retirement of Mr. H. R. Leonard from this position. Mr. J. T. Leonard will become managing director and Mr. F. A. Jackman will become deputy chairman and continue as commercial director.
Mr. H. W. Vernon has been appointed an executive director of J. Brockhouse and Co. Ltd. He has just returned from Rhodesia and will be based at the group's head ollice at West Bromwich. Mr. E. G. Alison has been appointed general manager of the Brockhouse plastics and die-casting division at Denton, Manchester. Former general manager of the division, Mr. P. J. Shipton, has left the
company for health reasons. .
Mr. A. G. Thompson has been appointed assistant home sales manager by I. C. Bamford (Excavators) Ltd., of Rocester, Staffordshire. Before joining Bamford he was with Ferodo Ltd., of Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, as area sales manager for East Scotland.
Mr. T. W. Evans, contract manager, has retired after 28 years' service with Tecalemit (Engineering) Ltd. and was presented with an engraved silver salver by the directors and a cheque from his col lea gu es.
Mr. W. Boucher, formerly district sales manager, Vauxhall Motors Ltd. (Lancashire\ has been appointed managing director of Perrins Motors Ltd., the Vaux hall/Bedford main distributors in Southampton.
-the Minister of Transport has reappointed Gen. Sir Roy Bucher as chairman of the Transport Users' Conalliative Committee for the Yorkshire area. The following have been appointed committee members: Mr. W. D. Allen, Mr. F. Atkinson, County CHI.. N. Bishy, Mr. K. Campbell-Cullen, Clk. A. Ellis, Mr. R. L. Fenton, Cllr. H. S. Frankland, Mr. C. Freeman, elk. F. McHugh, Mr. R. McKie, Mr. J. Marshall, Mr. J. A. Peel, County Clk. A. Pickersgill, Mr. F. Potter. Mr. NV. J. Price, Aid. J. Rafferty, County Cilr. Mrs. E. Ratcliffe, Mr. F. Robinson, Cllr. T. E. Soaife, Mr. A. B. Shipley. Mr. Freeman is shipping and transport manager of Sissons Brothers and Co. Ltd. Following his recent appointment as group chairman, Sir William Black has relinquished his chairmanship of Transport Equipment (Thorny-croft) Ltd. Heavy group commitments have also been responsible for Mr. .7. D. Slater relinquishing a board seat. Mr. J. D. Rowley, director and general manager of A.E.C. Ltd.. has moved tip to occupy the chair of the Basingstoke company. New members of the Thornycroft board are Mr. J. Ford, company secretary of A.E.C., Mr. A. E. L. Pollitt, who becomes director and chief engineer, and Mr. D. Birrell, who is now works director.
• Mr. P. J. Smith has been appointed product sales manager for H. K. Porter (Great Britain) Ltd. and will operate from the London office.
Mr. R. Sims has been appointed sales engineer (West Midland) for the John Bull. Rubber Co, Ltd., mechanical products division, Leicester.
Presentations were made to Mr. J. Calder last week to mark his retirement as Abington depot manager of Road Services (Caledonian) Ltd, Tributes were paid to him at a special function at which congratulations were offered to Mr. A. Callander and Mr. R. M. Love on their recent appointment to the company's board. Among those present was the managing director, Mr. T. Atkin, who recently became managing director of Road Services (Forth) Ltd. also.
Mr. A. W. Pearce has been appointed to the board of the Esso Petroleum Co. Ltd. and will also be general manager, supply and transportation, Mr. H. Knox, North Eastern divisional traffic officer, has been .appointed district manager, South Yorkshire and Lincoln district, British Road Services Ltd. He succeeds the late Mr. George Warrington. Mr. . Knox joined Wordie and Co., Newcastle upon Tyne, in 1924. and in 1933 opened a new depot for the company at , Leeds, which was subsequently taken over by Currie and Co. (Newcastle) Ltd. From 1937. apart from four years' service with the Royal Navy, 'Mr. Knox was assistant manager of John Grocock Ltd.,. Sheffield, until becoming London manager for Currie and Co. (Newcastle) Ltd. and John Grocock Ltd. in 1947. He was appointed district traffic superintendent of the South Yorkshire district of B.R.S. in 1949 and became traffic officer for the North " Eastern division. in January,. 1956.
Mr.. Norman Tattersall has been appointed to the boardof Leyland Motors Ltd. He has been with Leyland all his working life, starting as an apprentice in 1917. After holding a number of prominent positions he became chief engineer in 1952 and was responsible for the design of a range of vehicles which proved most successful in world markets. In 1962, Mr. Tattersall was appointed chief engineer, special products, 'working mainly on military vehicle projects.
Mr. Tattersall