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MR, F. JceaEs has resigned his appointment as chief buyer of Clayton Dewandrc Co., Ltd. He is succeeded by MR, A. CORTHORN.
MR. F. I. afNUDER'S appointmeut as deputy general manager and engineer of Cardiff transport department has been confirmed by the City Council.
MR. DUNCAN MCINTOSH, deputy managing director of North Central Wagon and Finance Co., Ltd., has been appointed a joint managing director.
MR. A. F. R. CARLING, chairman of the Northern .General Transport Co., Ltd., has been appointed • to the boards of the Gateshead and District Omnibus Co., Tynemouth and District Transport Co., Ltd., and Wakefield's Motors, Ltd. (all in the Northern General Group) and has been elected chairman of those companies in succession to MR. W. M. DRAVERS, .who has resigned from the boards.
MR. H. B. ELLIOTT, formerly service manager of A.E.C. (Sales), Ltd., has been appointed general service manager of the same undertaking. Mr. Elliott started work with A.E.C. as an apprentice in 1912 and was appointed service manager in 1955. MR. A. V. HEAD, deputy service manager, becomes deputy general service manager on January 1. MR, W. F. HURLE, who has been assistant service manager (commercial) since 1955, will be redesignated service manager (home), and MR. P. F. CUTMORE, will become service manager (export). .MR. GEOFFREY A. ROBINSON has been appointed technical assistant to Bolton transport department.
ALDERMAN JOHN RAFFERTY, chairman of the Leeds Transport Committee, has been reappointed by the Minister of Transport to the Transport Users' Consultative, Committee, Yorkshire area, for a further period of three years.
MR_ JOHN G.. TisarsoN, general manager of Plymouth Corporation transport department since 1955, has been recommended by Sheffield transport committee for appointment as general manager of that city's transport system in succession to Mr. R. C. Moorewho is due to retire next May. Mr. Timpson, 48, received his training with Thornycroft, A.E.C. and the English Electric Co., Ltd., and was in municipal service at Bournemouth, Halifax and Barrow-in-Furness before going to Plymouth as deputy general manager in 1946.
MR. W. F. BROOKS is relinquishing his position as secretary of The British Electric Traction Co., Ltd., to take up an executive appointment with Rediffusion, Ltd. He will be appointed to the boards of a number of companies in the Rediffusion Group, MR. NEVILLE. SMITH, secretary of Rediffusion, Ltd., has been appointed secretary of The British Electric Traction Co., Ltd., in succession to Mr. W. F. Brooks. MR. D. A. SMITH, chief assistant in the B.E.T. Secretariat, will succeed Mr. Neville Smith as secretary of Rediffusion, Ltd. These appointments will date from February 1 next.