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23th April 1954, Page 34
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LORD RAMSDEN has, on account of illhealth, resigned his seat on the board of G. Beaton and Son, LW.

MR. N. E. E. MURCH has been appointed fuel oil manager of the eastern division of Shell-Mex and B.P., Ltd.

SIR HARRY PILKINGTON, chairman of Pilkington Brothers, Ltd., has been reelected president of the Federation of British Industries for the second year.

MR. R. HERRING, who has been acting as Guy factory representative in the Netherlands, has returned to England. M. PIETER DE JONG DZN. has been appointed Guy factory representative in that country.

MR. STANLEY S. DAWES has been reel::•cted president of the Institute of the Motor Industry for 1954-55. This will he his eighth term as president and he will be installed at the annual general meeting.on July 1.

MR. NEIL MITCHELL has resigned his post as commercial manager of Mcasham Motor Service Organization, Ltd., and become general manager of Strakers (Newcastle), Ltd., Newcastle upon Tyne main Ford dealers.

MR. W. A. TIMPSON is relinquishing his general managership of A. Timpson and Sons, Ltd., because of ill-health. Ile joined his father in the family business in 1918 and became general manager in 1944, when the company were acquired by B.E.T. and Titling.

MR. REEF LINTERN has been appointed an Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Transport and will take charge of the railways and rates and charges group of divisions. Formerly he was director of sea transport, a post now assumed by MR. R. S. F. Eowaaos.

MR. A. A. HART has been elected chairman of the London area of the Industrial Transport Association. The vice-chairmen are MR. A. W. FERGUSON and MR. C. E. DIXON, the honorary secretary MR. P. THORP, and the assistant honorary secretary MR. W. W. ClUiMBERS.

MR. A. R. E. ARNOT and M. R. G. WINTON have joined the board of Lansing Bagnall, Ltd. Mr. Arnot, who joined the concern in 1944, has been connected with Ultra Electric, B.T.H.. Rubery Owen and Rotax. Mr. Winton. at one time with London Transport. recently studied materials handling in North America. MR. H. P. Morr, chairman of the Institute of Materials Handling and formerly with Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., has joined Lansing Bagnall as mato:Ws and production controller.

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MR. A. G. EVERSHED has succeeded MR. H. E. OSBORN as a director of Maidstone and District Motor Services, Ltd.

MR. F. J. ERROL, M.P., has been elected president of the National Conference of Road Transport Clearing Houses for 1954-55.

MR. A. B. FINDLAY has succeeded MR. ROBERT BARR as chairman of the Yorkshire Section of the Institute of Transport. Two new vice-chairmen, M. H. N. TUFF and MR. A. J. BUSHEL', join MR. L. L. CHRISTIE in that office.

NEW ILH.A. OFFICERS EURTHER appointments of chairmen I of sub-areas of the Road Haulage Association are as follows:— Chesterfield, Mr. G. T. Truman; Sheffield,. Mr. J. Davis; BridlingtonDriffield, Mr. C. W. Nicholls; Mal ton, Mr. J. R. Oldroyd; Scarborough, Mr. W. Newham Dawson; Gloucester, Mr. G. H. Gardner; Forest of Dean, Mr. W. D. Walkley.

The chairman of the Yorkshire (Hull) Area is Mr. H. Hunter, and of the South Yorkshire Area Mr. W. Bingley.

PLAIN CLOTHES MEN WATCHING

POLICE patrols in plain clothes are watching coal lorries working from opencast mining sites in the area of Chesterfield Rural District Council. The council consider that the lorries have become a menace, but have decided to await the effect of police patrols before taking action. Excessive speeding has been alleged. A large portion of the country's opencast coal comes from the district.

STEPS AGAINST UNPAID FARES I N a check taken recently by Liverpool Transport Department, it was estimated that about £140,000 a year was being lost from non-payment of fares. so a special staff is to be appointed to reduce it. The new checking section, consisting of a district inspector, seven depot inspectors and nine ordinary inspectors, would cost about £10,000 year and would save at least £37,000 a year.

Maserati to Build 30-cwt. Van

IT is understood that Maserati is about Ito enter the commercial vehicle field by building an economical 30-cwt. van. A prototype has been developed and may have been announced at the Turin Salon, which opened on Wednesday. The new model employs a small twocylindered horizontally opposed petrol engine, mounted at the front, and has petrol-oil lubrication.

Other new vehicles at the Show include a Fiat 8.1-tonner, built for solo operation, and two Fiat tractors designed for use with semi-trailers. The new 8j-tonner has a 92 b.h.p. oil engine and a four-speed main gearbox with a two-speed auxiliary unit.

ASSEMBLY IN ISRAEL

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A PLAN for the assembly of goods and passenger vehicles in Israel has been put to the Government of that country by the local representatives of the General Motors, Ford and Dodge organizations. Vehicles will be exported to countries with trade agreements with Israel. The Government wish locally built components to be used to the maximum extent.

FINANCIAL INQUIRY WANTED

HAULIERS -in South India have asked the Government to appoint a committee to inquire into the financial position of the road transport industry. Operators are deeply concerned over rates of taxation. In 1938-39, when there were 21,552 vehicles • in Madras and Andhra, tax revenue totalled Rs. 7.5m. In 1952-53, with 41,978 vehicles, revenue was Rs. 63.5m.


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