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MR. W. G., E. DYER is contesting the Daventry Division in the Liberal interests at. the forthcoming. General Election. He is area. secretary in the East Mid:ands for the:R,H.A.
MR. A. C. PRIEST, of the technical department of the Dunlop Riibber Co., Ltd., has been appointed the company's service engineer in-Sweden. He will be taking up Ins duties in that territory in the near future.
LORD ROTHE& ha s• been released lay the Ministry, of Supply from his appointtnent as Director of Tyres, but his services will continue to be available to the Ministry in an advisory capacity. He is being succeeded by MR. H. .11 Hbreems, Assistant Director of Tyres.
MR. H. IL MERCHANT, traffic manager of: Crosville Motor Services, Ltd., has been appointed. general manager of the Caledonian. Omnibus, Co., Ltd., Dumfries.. He is. a.member of_ the Institute of Transport, and.. has been prominently associated . with the development of. road services on Deeside and Merseyside.
MR. LEE WILKES, Darwen Corporation's transport manager, who is leaving to: take up a similar position in Chester, last week received presentafions from the transport staff and workpeople :qr. F. Tibbetts, depot foreman and chairman of the recreation club committee, spoke of the happy relations between chief and employees and the valuable work he had done in the welfare department. M. E. ROBERTS, M.Inst.T., has been appointed traffic manager of Ciosville Motor Services, Ltd. He joined the company in 1925 and has been closely associated withthe growth and development of itsinterests in Wales, holding the position. of chief divisional manager. (Wales) from 1935, and in 1943-he was appointedassistant: traffic manager.
MR. J. W. Kinn has decided, owing to ill-health, to resign from his position as general manager: of the Metropolitan-. Cammell Carriage and. Wagon. Co., Ltd., Saltley„ Birmingham_ He: will retain his seat.onthe board. of the company. As a result of this, MRH. N. EDWARDS has. been, appointed commercial general manager and MR. A. T. CHEESLEY production general manager.
MR.. A. J. P: WRIGHT, managing directorof SouthernRoadways, Ltd.., .and Poole Wharves, Ltd., and sub-districtmanager under. the Ministry of War Transport, received the award of M.B.E. in the recent Birthday Honours, list. He is • a Poole Harbour Commissioner and chairman of the general purposes committee, an assessor on the Labpur Appeal' Board, and, amongst other activities in connection with the industry, he is a vicechairman of the Southern Area., and chairman of: the Poole Sub-area of the RoadHaulage Association. He is a member of the Institute of. Transport and has recently been appointed.a vicechairman of its southern section. MR. WALTER, SCOTT, of the Hebden HaulageCo., Hebden: Bridge, ischairman of the R:1-1..k.'s recently formed Halifax Sula-area, in which. is incorporated the Halifax Teansport Owners' Association. The vice-chairmen are Mn_ II_ BROWNRIDGE, Of. BeTITC and Sins (Halifax), Ltd., and MR. THOMAS HOYLE, of Messrs; James Hoyle and Son, Halifax: Mk. WALTER ROBINSON has been appointed manager of the transport department of theBradford Dyers' Association, in succession to the late Mr. Percy Beetham. Mr. Robinson entered the B.D.A,'s service 23 years ago, and for the past 21 years has been traffic supervisor. Earlier: in. his career he was with two Bradford road haulage firms—first with Mi. Thomas, Anderton and then with Messrs. Blythe. and Berwick after they had purchased Mr. Anderton's business. In his new post, MC. Robinson is responsible for the operation and maintenance of approximately 100 commercial vehicles.
MR: F: C. ACHURCH; dfreetor and general manager of Civilian Repair Organization: in the Nuffield Organization, was awarded the O.B.E. in the recent Birthday Honours list, whilst MR. JAMES MCCARTHY, works manager of Nuffield Mechanizations, Ltd., Birmingham, was awarded. the M.B.E. Both are Nuffield employees of. long standing. Civilian Repair Organization, operating for M,A.P. under the direction ofMorris Motors, Ltd., has been responsible for the repair of \ 79,086 aircraft:, of different types, -14,500,000 aircraft components and instruments, and 66,000, vehicles.
CROSSLEY MOTORS PROFIT HIGHER IN the year ended March 31, 1945.
Crossley Motors, Ltd. made a net profit, after providing for all taxation. of £65,160, compared with £60,096 in the previous year. Out of this sum. £20,000 has been transferred to capital reserve for aepreciation of fixed assets, and a similar sum to general reserve, leaving, after the payment of a dividend of 15 per cent., less tax, a carry forward of £33,263, against £30,613 brought, in.
INST. OF T. EXAMINATION AWARDS FOR 1944
.THE Institute of Transport has made 1. the following awards in connection with its examination held in 1944:— Associate Membership Examination Prizes: (1) £20 for the best performance to Mr. K. A-. Lamb (Lep Transport, Ltd., Goole); -(2) 410 for the second best performance to Mr. J. H. Braggs , (Venture Transport, Ltd., Consett). Graduateship Examination Prizes: (1) £10 for the best performance to Mr, J. P. Hine (Fisher Renwick, Ltd., London); (2) £5 for the second best performthice to Mr. E. W. Grimm (Thomas Tilling, Ltd., Birmingham), Railway Companies' Association Prizes of £10 each for meritorious performances at the examination: (1) Associate Membership examination to Mr. B. 0. Wildman (L.M.S. Railway, Rotherham); (2) Graduateship examination to Mr. F. West (L.N.E. Railway, Nottingham). •
ENDEAVOURS TO STANDARDIZE SCREW THREADS I N August, 1944, under the auspices of the Combined Production and Resources Board, a joint U.S.-Canada Screw Thread Mission visited the United Kingdom to confer with British representatives on the subject of uniform standards for screw-thread design. A further conference on the subject is to be held in Canada in the coming autumn.
Long-standing differences in AngloAmerican engineering practice and standards of measurements which have impeded war production are to be discussed. It is estimated that differences in the design of screw threads have added at least $100,000,000 to the cost of the war, and, of course, the difficulties and problems are not confined to the war period.
The U.K. delegation will,include two representatives of the British Standards Institution, together with Government and industrial members.
SCAMMELL TRACTOR HAULS CRANE 120-TON TRAILER W/ITH reference to the illustration of VV the Crane 120-ton trailer outfit, reproduced in our issue for last week, it should •be mentioned that the tractive unit shown in the picture is a Scammell Lorries four-wheel-driven machine.
OBITUARY The death has occurred of MR. WILLI.or CHRISTIE, haulage contractor, of Aberdeen. He had been in business in Aberdeen for about 30 years, and during the war was a group organizer under the M.O.W.T. fuel-rationing
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We regret to learn of the death of Ma. Thomas N. J. GRAY, managing director of Road Transports Co. (Glasgow), Ltd. His enterprise in the layout and equipment of the company's headquarters organization set a new standard in servicing for the heavy.. commercial vehicle. It provides not only modern equipment for servicing, but food and accommodation facilities for drivers, as well as a centre from which loads can be distributed. SOUTHERN SECTION OF INST. • OF T. FORMED
AEMBERS of the Institute of Trans/V1port in Dorsetshire, Hampshire and 'Sussex recently met in Southampton and resolved to get up a Southern Section of the Institute. Officers of the new Section were elected as follow:— Chairman, Mr. M. G. J. McHaffie; viceChairmen, Messrs. F. C. Bishop, A. F. R. Carling, A. J. Wright; honorary treasurer, Mr. P. J. Baker; honorary secretary, Mr. R. C. Hardy.
GLASGOW CORPORATION TO BUILD BUS BODIES?
I N a Provisional Order, for which its Parliamentary Bills Committee recommends application in November, Glasgow Corporation is seeking power to manufacture bodies for trolleybuses . and motorbuses.
DENNIS ATHLETIC CLUB ENTERTAINS EX-PRISONERS
A MUCH-APPRECIATED action by Pl. the Dennis Athletic Club was the entertaining on a recent Saturday of a large party of returned prisoners of war in the works canteen of Dennis Bros., Ltd. The function included snooker, tea, a concert and a dance with refreshments, the programme running from, 4 p.m. until midnight. The guests were welcomed hy the works manager, Mr. Hallpike, and the Deputy Mayor of Guildford attended.
TRADING OF HENLEY'S TELEGRAPH WORKS CO.
IN respect of 1944, the balance on trading account of W. T. Henley's Telegraph Works Co., Ltd., after providing for taxation, etc., amounted to £445,781, from which sum £97,929, written off for depreciation of buildings, machinery, etc., and certain other items, has to be deducted, leaving £347,852. A sum of £75,000 has beer transferred to war contingencies reserve account. A final dividend of 10 per cent. is being paid on the ordinary stock, making 15 per cent, for the year, in addition to a cash bonus of 5 per cent., 'and after these deductions are made £399,326 remains to be carried forward, against £395,474 brought in.