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MR. F. S. TAYLOR, A.M.Inst.T., COMmercial assistant to Newcastle Transport Department, has been appointed deputy general manager: He has been with the undertaking for 15 years.
MR. J. R. COOK has resigned from the position of works manager of the Mumford Body and Engineering Co., Ltd., Lydney, Gloucestershire, to go into business on his own account. He was formerly with Eastern Coachworks, Ltd.
MR. H. T. DUT FIELD, M.INST.T., chairman of the National Road Transport Federation and the Road Haulage Association, and Ma. J. POLLITZER have been elected members of the Court of Assistants to the Worshipful Company of Carmen. Each has had a long-standing connection with transport and the City of London.
MR. HAROLD GOODWIN has returned to Blythe and Berwick (1928), Ltd., after completion of his work as road transport officer to the Wool Control. He is 'chairman of the Road Haulage Association's Bradford Sub-area and sits on the Yorkshire Advisory Panel set up under the Road Haulage (Hire Charges) Order.
DROP-STAMP FORGING OF ALUMINIUM ALLOYS
ARECENT publication of the Aluminium Development Association, 67, Brook Street, London, W.I, deals with drop-stamp forging of aluminium alloys. As a result of improvement in drop-stamp equipment and technique, it is now possible to produce small quantities of deepdrawn shapes in aluminium and alloy sheet, which formerly could be produced only by hand methods. The booklet, "Forming of Aluminium Alloys by the Drop Stamp," deals comprehensively with the subject, and is profusely illustrated. It is priced at Is. and can be obtained from the address given.
IMPROVEMENTS IN COMMUNICATIONS
REGISTERED and unregistered letters, printed and commercial papers may now be sent by surface route to countries in Europe, except Germany.
A telephone service with Bolivia was opened on October 28, and is available between 1 and 7 p.m. daily.
On and after to-day, the surcharge of 2s. 6d. on three-minute calls from Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man to the Continent is abolished.
OBITUARY
ONLY recently did we learn of the death, on October 6, at the age of 72, of an old friend, Mr. Alan E. L. Chorlton, C.B.E., F.R.S.A., M.I.C.E. He was a keen enthusiast on oil engines, and delivered before the Royal Society of Arts, in 1932, the Howard Lectures on the subject of "Oil Engine Traction." He gained much experience in engineering in Russia, Germany and other countries. He also took ,a keen interest in politics.