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MR. CHARLES CLORE has become chai;man of Jowett Cars, Ltd., whilst Messrs. L. STAINER and J. C. G'. WEGERIF are appointed directors.
MR. ARTHUR WOOD, traffic superintendent with the Yorkshire Traction Co., Ltd., which operates more '.than 30.0 buses, recently received a presentation on his retirement.
MR. P. R. BAUGH, director of the Lodestar .Motor Co., of Sheffield, has been elected as a divisional representative for Yorkshire on the Council of the Motor Agents' Association.
Lono 'PERRY, K.B.E., LL.D., is, we are glad to say, improving in health, following a serious illness, and although he has not yet returned to full strength, he has been able to resume some of his normal activities.
MR. CLIFFORD JACKSON, formerly assistant general manager of Lewis's, Ltd„ Manchester, has resigned to take up an appointment as general manager of Wylie and Lochhead, Ltd., the Glasgow concern' of contractors and removers, etc. He has been in the trade all his life-and has been with the Lewis organization for the past 20 years.
ALDERMAN EDGAR SMITH, veteran chairman of the Halifax Motor Co., Ltd, is to be honoured at a dinner arranged by the Halifax Section of the Motor Agents' Association, to mark his completion of 25 years' continuous service as chairman of the Section, and 50 years' activity in busines1• on his own account. He retired not long ago from the local M.A.A: •chairmanship, an office now held by his son, MR. SYDNEY SMITH. MR. GEORGE W. ROBS, rolling-stock superintendent with Rotherham Corporation transport undertaking.for four years, has, been • appointed general manager and engineer of St. Helen's Corporation. transport services. • He is 34 years old and received his early training with the Scottish • Motor Traction Co„ Ltd., and later was assciciated with the Hull and Brighton transport departments.
Mn. T. LAWRENSON, J.P., as the first chairman, and MR, J. F. SUPPLIES (Liverpool) as its representative on the executive committee of the National Council of• R.H.A, have been appointed by the North-Western (Western) Area Committee of the Association. MESSRS. SUPPLIES, T. H. ALLAN, and R. W. MITCHELL have been appointed vice-chairmen of the area committee.
MR. T. BIMSON has been appointed' area manager in charge 'of the Leeds branch of Specialloid, Ltd., and is responsible for the company's replacement business throughout Yorkshire, Durham and Northumberland. MR. J. TEIOMPSON, formerly area engineer for the company in this area, has been appointed manager of the piston department of the Aero Piston Ring Co., Ltd.,' Leeds, which is a main concessionnaire tor Specialloid pistons.
MR. C. C. OAKIIAM has beeu appointed traction engineer with the Associated Equipment Co., Ltd., in succession to Mr. A. T. C. Priddle, who has left the company. to take up another post. Mr. Oakham, who was with the former L.C.C. Tramways from 1923-33, first as a student and then as a draughtsman, was appointed Technical Assistant (Trolleybuses) when London Transport was formed in 1933. He was appointed Senior Assistant to the Technical Officer (Trams and Trolleybuses) in 1939, and occupied .that post until he joined the chief engineer's. staff in the A.E.C. organization on March 1 last,