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MR. J. L. HARDY, who was stated in The Commercial Motor on June 12 to have retired on medical advice from the chairmanship of Hardy Spicer, Ltd.. now informs us that he retired for personal reasons.
MR. GEOFFREY WELBY, sales manager of Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., has been elected a director. Mr. Welby's appointment anticipates the retirement on December 31 next of MR C. H. FISHER, director of sales, service and parts.
MR. D. H. BALLARD, B.Sc., has been appointed assistant chief engineer of the Clayton Dewandre Co., Ltd. ING. E. R. GROSCHEL has become manager of the advanced research department, MR. I J. H. RICHARDSON, B.A., manager of the service and repair station (Boultham Moor) and MR. R. F. WORSDELL, personal assistant to Ma. S. J. BARNES, assistant general manager.
MR. J. R. EDWARDS, general works manager of the Austin Motor Co., Ltd., is one of the newly appointed local directors. Others are MR. S. J. WHEELER, secretary, MR. J. R. Rix, technical manager, MR. H. J. GRAVES, supply and equipment manager, and MR. T. G. BRADLEY, general manager, tractor and transmissions branch, Morris Motors, Ltd.
MR. GILBERT H. WAY, M.B.E., chief planner of the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., at Fort Dunlop, has been appointed manager of the general tyre sales division at the factory, where MR. R. C. Hinm's headquarters staff has been reorganized. MR. G. B. MILBURN, sales secretary, has become sales executive and is succeeded as sales secretary by MR. W. BATCHELOR. MR. G. BENNE-rr ROGER, Aberdeen district manager, has retired after 31 years' service. His successor is MR. C. A. Coca, manager of the commercialvehicle tyre division in Scotland, who in turn is replited by MR. D. D. KNOX, transport group tyre salesman in Glasgow.
MR S. P. CHAMBERS, a deputy chairman of Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., is chairman of the committee which the Minister of Transport has appointed to inquire into the conduct of London Transport. The members are M. D. E. BELL, formerly general manager of the Yorkshire Woollen District Transport Co., Ltd., MISS BETTY CORN, of the staff of Holborn Borough Council, Ma. P. T. HEADY, a trade unionist, SIR FREDERICK LEGGEIT, formerly of the Ministry of Labour, MR. VICTOR MISHCON, chairman of the general purposes committee of the London County Council, MR. T. B. ROBSON], chartered accountant, and MR. GEORGE SCHWARTZ Of The Sunday Times.
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MR. A. S. BISHOP, chairlman of the Tyre Trade Joint Committee for the past six years, last week received a presentation from his committee members. He has been succeeded as chairman by MR. R. C. HIAM, but remains as a representative of the Tyre Manufacturers' Conference.
GLASGOW ACCIDENT INQUIRY
THE allegedly high accident rate of Glasgow Transport Department's vehicles is to be the subject of an inquiry when the corporation resumes next month after the summer recess.
Bailie Gordon Reid, a member of the transport committee and an insurance broker, is understood to have instigated the investigation.
He has calculated that accidents are costing the city about £300,000 a year. Figures revealed an average of four accidents per vehicle per year.