Mr. G. S. Riddle has been appointed private secretary and
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Mr. Victor Goodhew, M.P., Parliamentary private secretary to Mr. Thomas Galbraith, M.P., Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport.
The Minister of Transport has appointed Mr. L. A. Carey, chairman of the Transport Users' Consultative Committee, for the East Anglia area to succeed Captain W. H. Coombs. Mr. Carey is group transport manager for the Reek itt and Colman Holdings Ltd., group of companies. He is vice-president and member of council of the Mansion House Association on Transport, a member of the Federation of British Industries' inland transport panel and a member of the general transport committee of the International Chamber of Commerce (British Section).
Changes in the Perkins Group, Peterborough, organization are announced. Managing director Mr. M. Prichard has set up five separate and independent operating units, each controlled by a general manager: Mr. T. H. It Perkins (United Kingdom), Mr. H. Lymath (Perkins Outboard Motors), Mr. B. C. Bell (Perkins I France), Mr. I. S. Winstanley (Perkins Brazil) and Mr. K. E. Woollatt (Associate and Licensee Operating Unit). In addition a group staff has been formed to ; assist in formulating group objectives, Istrategies and practices, with the follow' ing staff directors: Mr. T. H. R. Perkins [(acting marketing), Mr. F. E. Collis I(manufacturing), Mr. B. W. Lynn (planning and procurement), Mr. S. V. Bishop (finance), Mr. J. 0. II. Bowman (public relations), Mr. K. E. Woollatt (acting I management services), Mr. K. Baird (act!ins personnel) and Mr. J. G. Dawson (engineering).
Dennis Bros Ltd. announce the appointment of Mr. B. 3. Newsome as sales engineer in the West Midlands area. Mr. Newsome is well versed in municipal and commercial vehicles. He takes up his duties on June 4, following a training period at the Guildford Works.
Sixty-five-year-old Mr. Arthur Lewis has retired from the Automobile Association. Mr, Lewis, transport manager of the A.A. since 1954, is known to every A.A. patrol in Great Britain and also throughout the motor and motorcycle industry. He joined the A.A. as a road patrol in his native Wales in 1922 and by 1935 had reached the rank of superintendent. He served in both World Wars.
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Cranes (Dereham) Ltd., announce executive changes. Mr. J. L. B. Crane becomes works director, and Mr. K. D. Vick sales director, with overall sales control also in respect of Crane Fruehauf Trailers Ltd. Mr. S. R. Gray has been appointed sales manager of both companies.
Further changes in its field sales organization are announced by the Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co. (Great Britain) Ltd., with the following district manager appointments: Mr. B. Mort, Northern division, at Leeds; Mr. F. H. Ashton, Midland division, at Wolverhampton; Mr. G. E. Brown, Southern division, at the Mile End Road depot, London, and Mr. R. J. M. Perrett, Western division, at Plymouth. Two new appointments in the headquarters sales staff are: Mr. P. Kavanagh, manager, dealer development, and Mr. C. Lein, manager, sales training.
Mr. D. J. Meredith, district superintendent, Hastings area, of Maidstone and District Motor Services Ltd., is to be district superintendent, Medway Towns, from June 1, in succession to Mr. J. A. H. Snell, who is to become traffic manager of the Greyhound Bus Lines Ltd„ Johannesburg, South Africa.
Mr. C. J. Buchanan-Dunlop has been appointed manager of the London sales office of Alcan Industries Ltd.: Mr. A. Gregory is the new manager of the Birmingham sales office (he is replaced as castings and forgings division sales manager by Mr. G. W. Budd) and Mr. P. D. Wade has been appointed manager of the Bristol sales office.
Crypton Equipment (M.I. Group) has appointed Mr. Michael Guest as technical representative for North East England. He will cover the counties of Northumberland. Durham and Cumberland and part of Westmorland and the North Riding of Yorkshire.
Mr. George H. Hitchen, general manager of Richards Ltd., Aberdeen, has joined the board of directors, with effect from the beginning of May.
Mr. T. C. Jordan, assistant managing director, Astley Industrial Trust Ltd., has been appointed a director of Rootes Acceptances Ltd. M. J. Richard-Deshais, has been re-elected president of the International Road Transport Union for the years 1963 and 1964, while the three working sections of the I.R.U. elected M. C. Anderset (section I, passenger transport), Herr Lothar Raucamp (section Il, haulage) and Dr. Rolf Sehober (section III, C-licensed transport) as their sectional presidents.
The British Wagon Co. Ltd., announces that Mr. J. E. R. Denny has been promoted to area manager for South Wales. Mr. Denny will continue to operate from the company's Swansea branch, where he has been manager since October, 1960.
Mr. A. E. Brewer, Brewers Motor Services, Caerau, has been re-elected chairman of the South Wales area of the Passenger Vehicle Operators' Association. Mr. H. F. Hill, C. G. Hill and Sons (Tredegar) Ltd., was re-elected vicechairman.
Mr. C. B. Sandford has been appointed southern area manager of Robert Kearsley, a division of Pinchin Johnson and Associates, the Courtaulds' subsidiary.
Mr. M. F. 3. Thompson has been appointed manager of the Newcastle branch of Bowmaker Ltd. Mr. J. S. Tunbridge has been appointed manager at Leicester branch, Mr. H. J. Abraham at Liverpool branch, Mr. J. D. Hogg at Whitehaven branch and Mr. W. Hoskin at Chichester branch.
Mr. John Oldaker, formerly assistant secretary, has been appointed secretary of the Motor Agents' Association with responsibility for day-to-day administration of the office, public relations matters and the expansion of services to members. When Mr. T. Collet retires, in June, from the post of assistant secretary, his position will be filled by Mr. 3. Gallacher, with responsibility for trade union and apprentice matters and for some internal administrative work. Mr. L. E. Webster has been appointed another assistant secretary, with responsibility for legal matters, members' inquiries and liaison with the divisional secretaries. Mr. John Bowra, previously editorial manager of M.T.E., is appointed editor of M.T.E.—that post having been vacated by Mr. Oldakerand is also 'editorial manager of the association.