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MR. B. S. WEBSTER has resigned his directorship of Cheswick and Wright. Ltd.
CotF. W. JoNEs has been appointed president, and MR. C. D. O'SULLIVAN vice-president, of the Society of British
• Paint Manufacturers.
MR. I. M. MITCHELL, C.B.E., has been appointed to succeed PROF. T. M. KNOX as a member of the special panel of the Transport Tribunal.
MR. L. S. BRUCE has been appointed Staffordshire district manager of the Firestone Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd. His headquarters Will be at Wolverhampton.
MR, W. NEWLAND, commercial manager of Simms Motor Units, Ltd., is to meet Simms' users on a tour of Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda and Northern and Southern Rhodesia.
MR. R. GORE, A.M.I.ME.CH.E.. A.M.I.P.E., has been appointed methods engineer of Sheepbridge Engineering, Ltd., Chesterfield. He was formerly head of the methods development section of the jet engine factory of Rolls-Royce, Ltd.
MR. V. W. •sPILKINGTON, M.B.E., M.ENG., M.I.M.E., has been appointed vice-chairman of the Automobile Division of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Mr. Pilkington, who is a director of Leyland Motors, Ltd., is chief engineer at the Leyland Ministry of Supply Tank factory. MR. A. LENNOX-BOYD, MiniSter Of Transport, left London. by air last Saturday for a short holiday in Italy and Sicily.
MR. F. A. A. MENZLER, C.B.E., chief development and research officer, London Transport Executive, has been appointed a member of the Royal Commission on the Civil Service.
MR. W. R. WARREN has become director of export sales of the Standard Motor Co., Ltd., and is to continue as a special director. MR. F. E. HIGHAM has been appointed a special director with the title of director of home sales.
MR. HUGH MOLSON, former Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works, has been appointed Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport He succeeds MR, J. GURNEY BRAT! HWAITE who, as reported in The Commercial Motor on November-6, has resigned because of ill-health.
GEN. SIR BRIAN ROBERTSON, the Foreign Office announced on Monday, would fly back from Egypt to London during the middle of this week, as he was urgently required to take up his position as chairman of the British Transport commission. Sir Brian has been absent for nearly three months since his appointment in succession to LORD HURCOMB. His presence is required to attend to the problem of maintaining the organization of British Road Services while denationalization is taking place.