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• MR. H. D. ,OLIVER has been elected to the board of Laystall Engineering Co.. Ltd.
MR. G. McKAy. assistant general manager and chief engineer of United Automobile Services. Ltd., has been appointed chief engineer of the Tilling Group.
MR. ERNEST R. BEECH has resigned from the board of the Ford Motor Co., Ltd. This follows his recent retirement as chairman of the Ford Motor Co. of America.
MR. A. E. NORTHROP has joined Thomas Greenwood's Sons, Ltd., Halifax, as commercial vehicle sales manager. He was previously employed by Oswald Tillotson, Ltd., Bradford, for 32 years, latterly as area manager.
MR. W. BLUNT has retired as general manager of Brockhouse Castings, Ltd. Ile has been made a director and will continue to serve the company in an advisory capacity. He is succeeded by MR. J. GRIEVE.
MR. H. G. W. CHICHESTER-MILES of Empire Rubber Co., and Rubber Bonders, Ltd., has been elected president of the Federation of British Rubber and Allied Manufacturers. MR. S. D. SuTroN of Vendip, Ltd., and MR, C. H. M. BAKER of the Firestone Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., -have been elected vice-presidents of the Federation. MR. S. D. HERING lON, a practising solicitor in London, has been appointeti to the board of Lancashire United Transport, Ltd.
MR. S. G. MUNDY, managing directoi of Crypton Equipment, Ltd., has been elected president of the Garage Equipment Association.
MR. FRANK WHEELER was last week re-elected chairman and MR. E. W. VOLLER vice-chairman of the Road Haulage Association's national licensing committee.
MR. D. 0. GOOD, a national vicechairman of the Road Haulage Association, was on Monday elected chairman of the National Road Transport Federation.
MR. D. G. STOKES, sales and service director of Leyland Motors, Ltd., will succeed MR. W. E. PEARSON, managing director of Scammell Lorries, Ltd., when he retires this week-end. Mr. Stokes' other responsibilities within the Group arenot affected.
MR. H. B. T. WILDE has been appointed chairman of Smith's Stamping Work-s (Coventry), Ltd., in place of the late MR. S. BRAMHALL. MR. H. F. W. PERRY and MR. H. M. H. FOR are now joint managing directors. MR. W. N. Stvirru has joined the board and MR. G. WARRINER has become a director of Smith-Clayton Forge, Ltd., a subsidiary of the Coventry company.