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Mr. R. J. Rosier has been appointed southern area manager of the Mercantile Credit Co., Ltd.
Mr. W. H. Shaw, passenger transport officer at the Dunlop factory at Speke, has retired, at the age of 65.
Mr. E. E. Varlow has been appointed general sales manager and deputy to the managing director, of the Construction Machinery Division of Blaw Knox, Ltd., Rochester, Kent.
Counellor J. Malley has been appointed to represent local authorities on the Transport Users' Consultative Committee for the East Anglia area in place of Councillor G. Stirling, who has resigned.
Mr. W. Wheeler has been appointed assistant district superintendent for the south-west district of London Transport's country bus and Green Line coach services, operated from Windsor, Staines. Guildford and Addlestone garages. He will be stationed at Windsor.
Kerry's (Great Britain), Ltd., announce the following appointments: Mr. J. Cooper, formerly depot manager at Merriman and Howard, Ltd., Liverpool. is now northern area depot supervisor covering the depots at Chester, Colwyn Bay, Middlesbrough, Sheffield, Blackburn, Morecambe, Manchester and Liverpool. Mr. W. Ross, formerly depot manager at Bristol, has been appointed depot manager at Perivale, and Mr. R. Blamer, formerly assistant to Mr. Cooper, has been appointed depot manager at liverpool Mr. A. McAuley, mechanical engineer (road) of Coras lompair Eireann, with headquarters at Broadstone. Dublin, has been appointed to the new post of mechanical engineer (Dublin City Services) with effect from April I. Mr. L. Dunne, Cork area manager, is to be mechanical engineer (road) at Broad. stone. Mr. W. A. O'Neill, Waterford area manager for C.I.E., will be transferred to take charge of the Cork area. and Mr. S. Linehan, divisional manager, Dublin area, has been appointed to succeed Mr. O'Neill in Waterford.
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Mr. N. E. Stead, manager of the Manchester depot of Joseph Lucas .(Sales and Service), Ltd., has retired after 33 years with Lucas. He is succeeded by Mr. D. .1. Coe: The new mayor of Retford, Notts. is to be Counc:Ilor B. R. Pattlsou, who has been depot superintendent of the East Midlands Motor Services, Ltd., at Retford since 1928.
Baron Rolf Beek, chairman of the Slip group of companies, and his top executives are to visit countries in many parts of the world this month to further their bid to capture new export trade.
Mr. A. E. Guy, formerly with Guy Motors (Europe), Ltd., as general sales manager, has been appointed assistant general manager of Stan more Engineering (Diecasiings), Ltd., Wembley.
Sir Eric Savill has been appointed chairman of the Minister of Transport's advisory committee on the Landscaping of Trunk Roads. Sir George Taylor, Curator of Kew Gardens, has been appointed deputy chairman.
Sir Thomas Lund and Mr. H. Y. Hyde, group vice-president in charge of the international operations of the Tidewater Oil Company, have been elected to the board of Veedol (U.K.), Ltd. Mr. J. R. Getty has resigned from the board in order to devote more time to the international aspects of Veedol marketing. Mr. E. P. Barnes is to relinquish for health reasons his position as managing director of Firth Co., Ltd., Warrington. He will continue to be a member of the board. Mr. Barnes is succeeded by Mr. R. S. H. Shepard, a director of Firth Co., Ltd., and Mr. S. W. Horton, director and works manager, who will act as joint managing directors.
Three new appointments are announced by Simmonds Aerocessories. Mr. H. D. Browne, formerly sales manager of the Industrial Nut and Bolt Division, is to be home sales manager for all Simmonds products; Mr. K. Amos, Midland area manager of the Spire Speed Nut Division, becomes sales manager of the Industrial Nut and Bolt Division, and Mr. E. E. Harrison, technical representative for the Spire Speed Nut Division since 1953, becomes Midland area manager of the Division.