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SIR GEORGE BEHARRELL, chairman of the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., has returned to England after a visit to the Australian Dunlop company.
MR. W. STOREY has replaced MR. J. S. HARDCASTLE on the national council of the National Conference of Road Transport Clearing Houses.
MR. WILFRID ANDREWS, chairman of the Royal Automobile Club, • has been made a Knight of the Order of Dannebrog by H.M. the King of Denmark.
CAP F. G. A. P. UPS TON has been re-elected chairman of the Western Area of the Road Haulage Assocation. M R. A. W. ENEMY and MR. F. E. RussEt r are vice-chairmen.
MR. ALANPiocorr, sales manager of Simms Motor Units, Ltd., is making satisfactory progress after a serious operation in a London hospital. He is not expected to resume his duties for at least a month.
MR. R. B. Bturram, chairman of Southend Sub-area of the Road Haulage Association, has been returned unopposed to Benfleet Urban District Council, for which he stood as Conservative candidate.
MR. B. W. H. YouLrtasr ha S been appointed public relations officer of the British Road Federation, in place of MR. MICHAEL CLARK HALL, Who recently. resigned. As secretary of the National Association of Soft Drinks Manufacturers, Mr. Youlten has served on various B.R.F. committees and was chairman of the publications sub-committee.
MR. B. WINTERBO TIOM, A. M. I nst.T., has been elected chairman of the North Western (E) Area of the Road Haulage Association. Mr. Winterbottom, who is managing director of J. and H. Whittaker (Transport), Ltd., Oswaldtwistle, and J. Campbell (Darwen), Ltd., is also joint chairman of the NorthWest Road and Rail Conference. He is a member of the National Executive and Finance Committees of the R.H.A. MR. K. W. C. GRAND and MR. G. S. HALLIDAY have replaced SIR JAMES Is•IlusE, and MR. A. E. C. DENT on the board of City of Oxford Motor Services, Ltd.
Ma. E. S. SHRAPNELL-SMITH, C.B.E., Minst.T., has accepted an invitation to rejoin the Henry Spurrier Memorial Committee of the Institute of Transport. He was the first chairman of this Committee in 1943-44.
COON. J. T. GEE has been re-elected chairman of Huddersfield Sub-area of the Road Haulage Association. Ma. FRED M OORHOUSE, vice-chairman, and MR. HERBERT FIRTII, honorary Secretary, were also re-elected.
MR. GEORGE A. WILLIAMSON, Chief engineer of the Firestone Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., recently received a presentation from MR. WILLIAM E. DUCK, chairman and managing director, to mark the completion of 20 years' service. _ Ma. D. 0. Sorwirti, B.Sc.Tech., M.I.Mech.E., has been appointed superintendent of the Engineering Division of the National Physical Laboratory, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, to fill the vacancy caused by the appointment of DR. G. R. HANKINS as Director of Mechanical Engineering Research in the Department.
AIRCRAFT METHODS USED IN BODYBUILDING
A1RCRAFT production methods used in the construction of bus bodies have enabled Scottish Aviation. Ltd., Prestwick Airport, to manufacture a 32-seater luxury coach body of aluminium and other light alloys which is said to be 10 cwt. lighter than those made by the ordinary method.
The company last week exhibited one of the bodies, built to the order of Northern Roadways, Ltd., Glasgow, and fitted to an A.E.C. Regal chassis. Bodies built by the company's system can be shipped in sections for assembly overseas.