John H. Alders, chief engineer of sall Motors Ltd., has been elected
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board of directors of the company.
es over complete responsibility for tering department operations on nber 1, following the retirement of laurice Platt, director of engineer
Mr. Alden, who is 47, joined salt Motors' engineering department l8. Following a number of senior MIS involving the development of passenger ears and Bedford cornti vehicles, he was appointed chief ter — with responsibility for all ct engineering—on March 1 this Mr. Platt began his engineering
in 1919. Before joining the !ering department of Vauxhall -s in 1937 he was technical editor e Motor. At the time of his appoint. to the board—as director and chief ter—in 1953 Mr. Platt was chairof the automobile division of the rtion of Mechanical Engineers.
H. Hattersley is rejoining Dennis Ltd., Guildford, as director of p.s.v. He was Dennis sales director from :o 1957.
Sydney Clark, manager of rayne's garage at Portree, Isle of for the past four years, was pre
with a wallet of notes from yees when he left to take up a new with Neil Beaton Ltd., hauliers,
Paul B. Header, Jur., who has managing director of Polypenco ince its inception six years ago, is e returning to the parent company, Polymer Corporation, Reading, ylvania, U.S.A. He will be replaced C. A. Vandervell.
C. L. Coade has been appointed sr of engineering services with :. (Scotland) Ltd., with effect from riber 2. Mr. H. T. Rudd becomes sr and general works manager and . Maxwell, branch manager. Mr. J. P. Senior, assistant general manager of Ribble Motor Services Ltd. since December, 1957, will be leaving the company in October to enter a theological college to study for the priesthood in the Church of England. Mr. Senior's career in road passenger transport started in 1946.
Mr. E. F. Choppers and Mr. D. A. C. Dewdney, both directors of. Esso Petroleum Co. Ltd., have been appointed managing directors. The executive committee of the board will now consist of five directors: Mr. H. C. Tett and four managing directors, Mr. N. P. Biggs, Mr. Choppen, Mr. Dewdncy and Mr. G. W. Powell.
Mr. A. H. Lee is to retire as Yorkshire representative of Servis Recorders Ltd. after 34 years service. In future the East and West Ridings will be covered by Mr. E. Lee and the North Riding by Mr. Boyd.
The Minister of Transport has reappointed Sir Patrick G. Hamilton as chairman of the Transport Users' Consultative Committee for the North Western area. The following have been appointed as committee members: Mr. F. Abbotts, Mr. R. A. Barnett, CHIN J. D. Beard, Mr. W. D. Broadbent, Mr. S. W. Burnyeat, County Cur. J. A. Bush, Mr. R. N. Crawford, County Car. R. C. Hargreaves, Mr. J. Reyes, fir. F. G. Hollier, ClIr. Lt.-Col. G. D. Hopley, Mr. A. N. Hunt, Mrs. M. McMillan, Aid. C. S. McRonald, Brig. H. Miller, Mr. J. T. Moss, Mr. J. H. Mundy, Mr. M. Raven, Mr. G. K. Tatterson, Cllr. W. M. Walker, Cilr. H. S. A. Ward, ClIr. D. D. Williams and Mr. H. L. Wilson.
Mr. W. A. Paddock, who joined Ribble Motor Services Ltd. 32 years ago as a junior clerk, has been appointed traffic superintendent for the company at Carlisle in succession to Mr. W. H. Jelpke, who is now traffic manager for Hebble Motor Services Ltd., of Halifax. Mr. Geoffrey. Hilditch has been selected by Halifax passenger transport committee as the new general manager and engineer of the undertaking in succession to Mr. Richard Le Fevre who is retiring. Mr. Hilditch, who will take over in December, was formerly with the department in Halifax as assistant engineer. He left Halifax five years ago. after three years' service, to take up the post of deputy general manager of the Plymouth undertaking.
Mr, J. P. B. Ablewhite has beeii appointed chief mechanical engineer for James Booth Aluminium Ltd. He will he responsible to the chief engineer, Mr. E. R. Hall.
Mr. R. M. Senior has been appointed principal executive assistant in the office of the London Transport traffic auditor„ Mr. Senior, 42, joined London Transport in 1957 from the audit division of British Road Services.
Mr. G. Culley has been appointed traffic supervisor for the Carlisle area of United Automobile Services Ltd., succeeding Mr. J. G. Strickland on the latter-s retirement. Mr. Cuiley started with United at Blyth 26 years ago as a driver.
The Minister of Transport has re-appointed Mr. M. H. Pugh as chairman of the Transport Users Consultative Committee for the Southern Eastern area_ The following have been appointed committee members: Mr. I. H. U. Burton, County Clir. the Rt. Hon. Lord Basing, Lt.-Col. C. W. Brannon, Mr. C. W. Burton, Mr. C. Byford, Mr. W. Comben Longstaff, Mr. W. G. Crowhurst, Aid. R. J. Davie, CHF. E. G. Feben, Cllr. G. E. Giles, County ClIr, P. E. P. Gladwin, Mr. P. Kelvin-Johnson, Cllr. Maj, A. N. Lane, County Ald. E. H. Longsdon, Mr. L. G.
Aid. A. V. Nicholls, Mr. G. H. Parks, Mrs. D. Young.