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LORD ROCHDALE has succeeded MR. A. E. LINES as a member of the Central Transport Consultative Committee.
MR. JOHN PATERSON, M.A., LL.B., has been elected director and general manager of Rootes Acceptances, Ltd.
MR. R. C. FLOWERDEW has replaced the late Ma. J. E. RIGBY as a member of the North-Western Transport Users' Consultative Committee.
MR. A. N. GREAVES has been appointed advertising manager of Black and Decker, Ltd., succeeding MR. M. W. Bova:, who is now sates manager.
MR. G. W. EVANS, East London sales representative of the Vacuum Oil Cu., Ltd., which he joined in 1916, has retired. He has been succeeded by MR. J. H. ASHCROFT.
MR. C. S. GARLAND, B.Sc., chairman of Stream-Line Filters, Ltd., has been elected a vice-president. the National Union of Manufacturers. He has been honorary treasurer for 27 years.
MR. L. W. ROB-ON has joined the board of Henry Meadows, Ltd. Early in October he became deputy chairman of Associated British Engineering, Ltd., by which the Meadows concern is controlled.
MR. F. C. G. MILLS has relinquished the post of manager of the SouthEastern Division of the Road Haulage Executive because of ill-health, and has been succeeded by MR. J. B. GARRET-r, formerly chief officer, organization (headquarters).
MR. J. M. Butch and MR. E. LANDRAGIN, of Birch Bros., Ltd., have been electallellows of the Institute of Directors. Other new fellows include MR. C. A. BRITTEN. C. A. Britten and Co. (Liverpool), Ltd.; MR. S. M. CAFFYN, Caffyns, Ltd.; MR. F. G. COZENS, WIRMOI Trucks, Ltd.; MR. E. B. FULTON, David Brown Corporation, Ltd.; MR. E. L. HARDER, BarberGreene Olding. and Co., Ltd.; and MR. H. A. LAMBERT, Jack Olding and Co., Ltd.
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MR. A. MYCOE has been elected president of the Manchester and District Traffic Association. MR. 1. A. Powtti, M. 1NST.T., MR. P. W. A. LUNN and MR. P. E. CAFFREY have become vicepresidents. MR. S. FoutsEs chairman and MR H. HEAP vice-chairman.
MR. H. W. ARNOLD, president of the American Transit Ass3ciation, is making a tour of Europe and inspected Edinburgh Transport Department last week. He advanced the view that public service vehicles should be given priority of movement in crowded city streets.
R.E. TRYING 180 "ELECTRIC HORSES"
AS indicated in last weeks' issue, the Railway Executive is conducting large-scale experiments with batteryelectric tractors performing work similar to that of mechanical horses. A hundred "electric horses" are working in 16 towns throughout the country.
Austin Crompton Parkinson Electric Vehicles, Ltd., built the tractors. which are rated as 2-tonners and are claimed to run 25 miles per charge. Theilmaximum speed is 18 m.p.h. and a gradient of 1 in 9 can be climbed with a full load. The turning circle is 25 ft.