PERSONAL PARS
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SIR JOHN MAXWELL, C.M.G., Regional Transport Commissioner of the Northern Area, had a most unfortunate experience, which might easily have had worse results. Following his recent illness, he was having a short period of recuperation in Berwickshire, and one evening decided to take a walk. During this he fell and broke one of the bones in a leg, which rendered him incapable of moving. No one came near to hear his calls for help, and he remained the whole night in the country. Now he is recuperating from illness, accident and the results of exposure, and we sincerely hope that he will make a rapid recovery.
MR. F. C. MAY, who for the past 20 years has been Bristol branch manager for Henley's Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., has been appointed personal assistant to the general manager, Mr. W. C. Gibbs. Joining the Henley concern in 1919, Mr. May worked for some time in: the sales department at head office before taking over the Bristol branch. MANY MORE ROAD ACCIDENTS BY DAY THAN BY NIGHT
GivING an address on accidents before the North -Yorkshire and South Durham Federation of Accident Prevention Councils at Middlesbrough, the transport manager of Stockton Corporation, Mr. W. M. Campbell, said that many accidents could be avoided by exercising more care. Last year, he stated, Stockton Corporation municipal buses covered 2,147,866 miles and the ratio of accidents was one for every 12,500 mile*. In all, there had been 172 accidents, four of them fatal; this meant one death per 500,000 miles.
Mr. Campbell added that it was rather strange that the accident rate was 62 per cent, in daylight and 38 per cent in darkness.