Mr. Gordon H. Harrington has been appointed director and general
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manager of the manufacturing division of Thomas Harrington, Ltd., and Mr. Geoffrey G. Harrington has been appointed sales manager. Mr. Clifford E. Harrington has resigned from the company to take up a position outside the coachwork and engineering industry.
Mr. D. J. Pedersen has been appointed sales manager of Scottish Mechanical Light Industries, Ltd., Ayr, Scotland.
Charles Rickards (Tours), Ltd., announce that Captain A. P. Russell has been appointed to the newly created post
of chief guide.
Due to health reasons, Mr. S. Clark will resign his Post as chief executive of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, Ltd. He has been with the Society for nearly 17 years.
Formerly sales manager, Mr. V. Martin has been appointed general manager of A. S. Tilley (Garage), Ltd. Mr. P. D. Ha[Wax has been appointed sales manager of the trucks division.
Mr. T. K. Singer, who has held the position of general sales manager at James Booth Aluminium, Ltd., since January 1, 1961, has been appointed a special director and becomes sales director of the company. This position will take the place of that of general sales manager.
The board of Mclwood Thermoplastics, Ltd., of Harpenden, a Castrol Group company, has been reconstituted as follows: chairman, Mr. T. Pooley; deputy chairman. Mr. G. J. B. Williams; managing director, Mr. A. W. Meldrum; directors, Mr. T. E. Atkinson, Mr. E. B. Bishop, Mr. A. E. Chambers, Mr. A. G. T. Fryer and Mr. C. R. Warr.
Two additional directors have been appointed to the board of Bromilow and Edwards, Ltd., Bolton. They are Mr. 3. A. Graham, and Mr. Cyril Taylor, both of whom have long service with one of the group companies, Edwards Bros. (Tippers), Ltd., and to whose board they are also now appointed.
Mr. A. E. Bolton has been appointed technical director of Aeroplane and Motor Aluminium Castings, Ltd., one of the Associated Engineering, Ltd., group of companies.
The new general manager of Cumberland Motor Services, Ltd., of Whitehaven, West Cumberland, is Mr. W. T. Skinner, present chief engineer of the Eastern' National Omnibus Company, who takes up his new post at the beginning of next year.
Mr. T. G. Saban has been appointed area sales manager in the power shovel division of F. E. Weatherill, Ltd., of Welwyn Garden City. Mr. A. E. Brightman has joined the company as technical sales representative. The territory of both men will be the Home Counties. Mr. David Rowe has been appointed legal adviser to the British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers' Association and will take up his duties on November 1.
Mr. J. R. Hindley has been appointed general manager of Perfection Engineering; Ltd., a member of the Sheepbridge Engineering group. Mr. K. J. Foster has resigned from the company.
Mr. T. W. It Gailey has been appointed chairman of the Thames Valley .Traction Co., Ltd., and its associates in place of Mr. Maurice Holmes who will remain on the boards.
Mr. W. T. Skinner, at present chief engineer of Eastern National Omnibus Co., Ltd., has been appointed general manager of Cumberland Motor Services, Ltd., with effect from January 1, 1963.
H. E. Chamberlain has been nominated by colleagues of Oldham Watch Committee for the panel from which the Minister of Transport chooses Traffic and Deputy Traffic Commissioners. He is the Watch Committee chairman.
Air Marshal Sir Lawrence Darvall has become a director of the Slip Products and Engineering Co., Ltd„ with effect from October 3. Sir Lawrence will help in developing further Slip's expanding activity in the field of aircraft manufacture.
Following the Leyland-A.C.V. merger in England, Mr. J. H. Plane has been invited to join the boards of Leyland Albion (Africa), Ltd., and Standard Triumph (South Africa) (Pty), Ltd., as deputy chairman and Mr. 3. L. Blackwood Murray has been invited to join the board of J. H. Plane Africa, Ltd., as deputy chairman.
Obituary
WEregret to record the death of Mr George Cardwell. Mr. Cardwell, of Woodhouse, Chearn, Surrey, started his career at Loughborough (Leics.) with Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd., and was for many years engaged in road passenger transport, being appointed a director of Thomas Tilling, Ltd., in 1932, and later being appointed chairman of associated companies. In .1948 he was appointed a member of the Road Transport Executive, and from 1949 to 1952 he was 'chairman of the Road Passenger Executive.