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MR. G. A. HICK is to become sales director of Whitlock Bros., Ltd.
MR. DAVID J. GRIMES has been appointed chairman of Dennis Bros.. Ltd.
MR. S. B. HARTSHORNE has been appointed chief development engineer of Henry Meadows, Ltd.
OLL,R. A. HEwrr I is to succeed 0 MR. ,Eu_is WOOD as a member of the North Western Licensing Authority for Public Service Vehicles, Lancashire County Council have confirmed.
MR. CHARLES T. Buscu has been appointed chief accountant of the Rover Co., Ltd. He was chief accountant of Harry Ferguson. Ltd., from 1947-53, and has also been an accountant with the Rootes Group.
MR. M. F. BARNARD has been re-elected president and chairman of the council of the Mansion House Association on Transport. MR. L. A. CARRY and MR. W. J. PHILLIPSON are new vice-presidents.
MR. B. WALMSLEY has been appointed chairman of the Staffordshire centre of the Institute of Traffic Admini stration. The honorary ocretary is MR. 0. E. BIRKS. MR. T. H. CAREY has been re-elected chairman of the Merseyside centre. MR. G. E. PAEIERSON is vice-chairman.
MR. W. H. M. GILL, MM. J. R. H. HARLEY and MAJ. C. E. Pm have been appointed members of the Central Transport Consultative Committee. SIR JOHN ERSKINE becomes a member of the Committee by virtue of his chairmanship or the Scottish Transport Users' Consultative Committee.
MR. E. Worm has resigned his chairmanship of the Eastern Area of the Traders' Road Transport Association, a position he has held since its inception. because of his impending retirement from Chivers and Sons, Ltd. The new chairman is MR. H. C. CHANDLER, transport manager of Fisons, I,td., Ipswich.
MR. G. STEDMAN his become costs and operations manager of the London division of the Esso Petroleum Co., Ltd. His successor as manager of the Bromley East District is MR. T. E. R. BRAY, formerly assistant to the regional manager (south). MR. F. W. ELLis, manager of the kerosine and merchandise retail sales department, has been appointed Nottingham district manager, and his place is taken by MR. T. A. Cum manager, kerosine and merchandise (Scottish division).
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MR. E. ILLSLEY, manager of the Manchester office of Accles and Pollock, Ltd., has resigned. His successor is MR. R. H. R. COURT, former Glasgow manager. who is in turn succeeded by MR. H. D. FOSTER from the company's London office.
L.T.E. OPPOSE BAN
Aanswer has been given by the London Transport Executive to the Metropolitan Boroughs Standing Joint Committee, who asked for legislation to ban boarding and alighting from buses except at recognized stops. The L.T.E. feel that such legislation is neither necessary nor desirable.
The Executive explains that they are not satisfied that they have any right to refuse to accept passengers between stops, but want staff to discourage boarding or alighting at such unrecognized stopping places. They believe 'the good sense of Londoners will continue to prevail."
ABERDEEN'S BIG SAVINGS
I NTERNAL economies by Aberdeen Transport Department have been successful and the need to increase fares staved off.
Cllr. S. Hey, convener, told the transport committee last week that in the first three-quarters of the current financial year the undertaking had a surplus of £59,963. It is hoped that by May a large part of the £102,000 debt outstanding at the beginning of the financial year would be cleared.
METACASTIK AMALGAMATION
THE whole of the issued share capital of Precision Rubbers, Ltd., has been acquired by Metalastik. Ltd.. a company half the shares of which are held by the John Bull Rubber Co., Ltd. Mr. T. L. Gamer, chairman and managing director of Precision Rubbers, Ltd., continues in those capacities and takes a directorship of John Bull and Metalastik. John Bull now seek to acquire all Metalastik ordinary shares.
HOW TO MEET DEMANDS
A DISCUSSION on how to reconcile
public demands for road transport with the best use of facilities will be held by the Institute of Traffic Administration on the first day of their annual conference to be held at the Imperial Hotel. Birmingham, from May 13-15.
The annual dinner will be on May 14 and the national council will Meet the following day.
80,017 IN ITALY
rOMMERC1AL vehicles in Italy now
number 80,017. Details are as follows, the numbers of foreign vehicles being given in parentheses: threewheelers, 11,636 (193); lorries. 12,792 (528): medium vans, 11.444 (3,634); light vans, 6.855 (85).