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MR. ROBERT FLEMING has retired after 24 years' service with the British Wagon Co., Ltd.
MR. R. I. H. LONGMAN was last week unanimously. re-elected chairman of the Conference of Omnibus Companies, with MR. A. F. R. CARLING as vice-chairman.
MR. ALLAN ELLIS, traffic superintendent of the West Yorkshire Road Car Co., Ltd., at Keighley, has been appointed traffic manager of the company's western area.
MR. R. B. ALLEN has been appointed assistant Midlands area manager of Small and Parkes, Ltd. MR. R. V. COLUNS has become assistant sales manager, friction materials division.
MR. T. ROBERT WILLIAMS has been re-elected chairman of the Public Transport Association for the ensuing year. Mk. A. F. R. CARLING and MR. R. E. CHISNELL have been re-elected vicechairmen.
MR. T. H. Howeau has been appointed an additional assistant divisional manager, London division, of the National Benzoic Co„ Ltd. MR. R. BARTLE has become assistant manager, pump department.
MR. JOHN Q. SHAIR. has taken up the appointment of director of production for the Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co. (Great Britain), Ltd. His responsibilities include the company's factories at Wolverhampton, Glasgow and Wallasey.
ALD. J. H. WHITAKER, president of the Municipal Passenger Transport Association, MR. R. E. HYSLOP, general secretary, and members of the Association's executive council were entertained last Friday by the Public Service Vehicle Advertising Committee. MR. J. H. BREBNER, president of the committee, took the chair.
MR. JoIng M. BIRCH, chairman of the national executive and finance committee of the Passenger Vehicle Operators' Association, was last week elected chairman of the National Road Transport Federation. MR. S. C. Botsro, president of the Traders' Road Transport Association and immediate past chairman of the N.R.T.F., and MR. R. N. INoitmvt, chairman of the Road Haulage Association, were elected vice-chairmen.
MR. J. W. WOMAR has been appointed to succeed MR. W. G. A. HALL as chief engineer of the Potteries Motor Traction Co., Ltd. Mr. Hall has been appointed chief engineer of Southdown Motor Services, Ltd. Mr. Womar, who served an engineering apprenticeship with the North Western Road Car Co., Ltd., before the war, become personal assistant to the general manager of the Northern General Transport Co., Ltd., in 1949, and was later traffic manager of the Gateshead company. He has held his present position of engineer to Eddison Plant, Ltd., since 1951.
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ALD. S. PART has been re-elected chairman of Liverpool Passenger Transport Committee.
MR. THOMAS SUN [ER,, Of Stutter Bros., Ltd.. has been elected an independent member of North Riding County Council.
MR. P. 0. PETERSON has succeeded MR. E. D. BRANSOME as chairman of Mack Trucks, Inc., and will continue as president.
THE EARL OF ELGIN AND KINCARDINE
has resigned his directorship of the Scottish Motor Traction Co., Ltd., but will continue to advise them.
MR. JOHN 0. SEWELL has been appointed assistant general manager of the British materials handling division of the Yale and Towne Manufacturing CO.
SIR HARTLEY SHAWCROSS, Q.C., has become a director of the Shell Petroleum Co., Ltd. He has relinqu:shed his seat on the board of the Ford Motor Co., Ltd.
MR. E. R. DURHAM has been appointed general manager of Blox Services, Ltd., contract-hire specialists, Morden, Surrey. Since the beginning of the year he has been acting as deputy to MR. R. P. 13Locx, managing director. He was for several years personal assistant to the south-eastern divisional manager of British Road Services and later assistant to the national secretary of the Trader' Road Transport Association.
TRIBUTE TO MR. WYNDEATT
ATRIBUTE was paid to the late Mr. Fabian Wyndeatt by Mr. S. W. Nelson, Western Licensing Authority, on Monday. Mr. Wyndeatt was a solicitor who had practised in the Western traffic court for many years and died suddenly last week.