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MR. HENRY Nimmo has been elected president of the Engineers' Guild, and MR. W. LINN, chairman.
M. S. FINK LE, deputy general manager of Sunderland Transport Department, has retired. He was employed by the undertaking for 45 years.
COL. CYRIL BANKS, who was appointed an additional Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of Transport to help during the passage of the Transport Bill, has now relinquished this appointment.
MR. P. G. DAWKINS has succeeded M. G. M. Witumorrr as manager of the Peterborough branch of MarshaIls
(Cambridge), Ltd. Mr. Dawkins has been Mr. Willimont's chief assistant for the past five years.
M. C. S. RICHARDSON, Crosskeys area manager of the Western Welsh Omnibus Co., Ltd., has been appointed traffic assistant of Jamaican Omnibus Services, Ltd. MR. P. WOOD, deputy works superintendent of the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd., has become engineer assistant to the Jamaican concern. Both are expected to leave for Jamaica towards the end of next month. MR. R. R. MILLER has become a director of Silentbloc, Ltd. He continues as secretary.
MR. F. R. Srocconi. has succeeded MR. C. R. DASHWOOD as a director of the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd.
MR, NEIL MITCHELL has been appointed manager of the commercialvehicle department of the Measham Motor Sales Organization, Ltd.
MR. V. C. BALIARD has been appointed manager of the Cardiff branch of Simms Motor Units, Ltd. M. L. W BLADES has become manager of the company's armature-rewinding branch.
MR. L G. PATTERSON, of G. T. Riches and Co., Ltd., has won the Autobrite polish sales competition sponsored by the makers, E. R. Howard, Ltd., and flew to New York last week.
IVAN ALEXEYEVICH LIKHACHEV has been appointed Minister of the new Ministry of Road Transport and Highways of the U.S.S.R., formed to improve the organization of road transport, to ensure the provision of suitable vehicles, to develop the construction of new highways and to improve those existing.