Mr. R. H. Roberts, at present assistant traffic mana g er of
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the East Kent Road Car Co. Ltd., has been appointed traffic manager of the Yorkshire Traction Co. Ltd. in succession to Mr. IL Coutts, who is to retire at the end of the year. Mr. Roberts had a course of training with Crosville Motor Services Ltd. and was later employed by the Eastern National Omnibus Co. Ltd. and the United Counties Omnibus Co. Ltd. In June. 1954, he moved to Ribble Motor Services Ltd. as district traffic superintendent and was appointed to his present position with East Kent in February, 1959. He takes up his new appointment on January 1 next year.
The Minister of Transport has appointed Mr. N. Hoskinson and Mr. J. B. Richardson as members of the Transport Users' Consultative Committee for the North Western area.
Mr. T. F. Bayntun has been appointed U.K. sales manager of Autolite Motor Products Ltd., now in full production of Autolite Powertip spark plugs at Ponders End. Mr. A. K. Boughner remains in charge of all European Sales activities, Mr. Ronald Dugmore has been appointed group vehicle sales manager of Isherwoods Garages Ltd., of Eccles, Lanes.—a subsidiary of isherwoods Petrol Co. Ltd. For the past I I years Mr. Dugmore has been sales manager of Graham Bros. (Motor) Ltd., of Manchester and Stretford.
Mr. D. B. Wright has been appointed commercial manager of Kerry-Repco Ltd. Ile was previously sales manager of the garage equipment division of Kerry's (Great Britain) Ltd.
Mr. J. A. Talbot, at present traffic manager of Brighton, Hove and District Omnibus Co. Ltd., has been appointed traffic manager of the West Yorkshire Road Car Co. Ltd., with effect from December 1.
Mr. John M. Dickson-Simpson has been appointed to the newly created position of product planning engineer of the Leyland Motor Corporation. Under the recently appointed director of researcn. Dr. A. Fogg, Mr. Dickson-Simpson will maintain contact between operators and the Leyland Group's design teams and he will act as a clearing house for ideas expressed within the Corporation and by its distributors in planning long-term projects. An ex-apprentice of Leyland Motors Ltd., he returns to the Group after eight years as a technical journalist with Mo/ar Trattspon and Bur and Conch. Mr. T. B. Maund, district traffic superintendent of Ribble Motor Services Ltd. at Blackpool since 1957, has been appointed to a similar position at Preston, where he succeeds Mr. C. D. Parr. Forty years old, Mr. Maund joined Ribble as a clerk on the Frenchwood (Preston) traffic headquarters staff in 1949.
Mr. James Smith and Mr. William Graham have been appointed district traffic superintendents of Ribble Motor Services Ltd, at Blackpool and Clitheroe respectively.
The following appointments have been announced by the Perkins Group: Mr. T. H. R. Perkins has become deputy group managing director. Mr. I. Winstanley has been appointed general manager of the Perkins United Kingdom operating unit. A new international marketing operating unit has been formed, with Mr. G. E. Smith as general manager. Mr. Smith's appointment is effective from December and until then Mr. J. M. Collins, general sales manager, Perkins Engines Ltd., will act on his behalf. Mr. K. E. Woollett is general manager of the Perkins associate and licensee operating unit.