MR. B. Swes has been appointed Pirelli representative in the Eastern Counties.
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SIR ARCHIBALD FORBE,S has been re-elected president of the Federation of British Industries.
MR. S. R. HENRY has been re-elected chairman of the Western group of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers, and MR. C. THOMAS chairman of the South Wales group.
MR. C. E. JORDAN has been appointed chairman of the West Midland Area of the Traders' Road Transport Association. MR. J. H. GUTTERIDGE, MR. A. W. NASH and MR. W. A. STANDLEY have become vice-chairmen.
MR. A. E. WEBB has relinquished his directorship and other associations with Charles H. Roe, Ltd., after 15 years' service. He is succeeded on the board by MR. J. E. PEARSON, who becomes a director as well as general manager.
MR. FRANK S. TAYLOR, general manager of Newcastle-on-Tyne Transport Department, has been appointed chairman of the Northern section of the Institute of Transport in succession to MR. S. W. NELSON, the Northern Licensing Authority.
MR. ROBERT BARR has been elected chairman of the Yorkshire section of the Institute of Transport, in succession to MR. C. E. DOUTHWAITE. The new vice-chairmen are MR. A. B. FINDLAY and MR. A. FORESTERFIELDING, who join MR. N. A. C. SCURRAH in that office.
MR. G. W. ADAMSON is to retire from the Provostship of Fife. His road haulage business, which was started in 1923, was nationalized in 1949, when Mr. Adamson had 58 lorries running all over the country. He was a founder of the Road Haulage Association in Fife and was area chairman for 14 years.
APPLICANTS HAD NO VEHICLES
WEhave discovered that in certain cases applicants for renewals have had no vehicles," Mr. Rosser John, for the Road Haulage and Railway Executives, told the South Wales Licensing Authority, last week. Mr. John suggested that operators should be compelled to submit figures relating to their businesses.
The Authority stated that he would issue appropriate instructions to applicants, who must be prepared to produce certified accounts in support of their cases.
CONDENSERS DEARER
I NCREASED prices have been
announced by the Telegraph Condenser Co., Ltd., North Acton, London, W.3. Ignition condensers, previously listed at 4s., are now 5s., and those previously 5s. are now 6s. 6d. Caradio interference suppressors now cost between 6s. and 8s.