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E. Osborn has been appointed comptroller of the National Freight Corporation with effect from December 11 1963. He continues as comptroller of the Transport Holding Company. A Scottish chartered accountant, Mr. Osborn joined the London Passenger Transport Board in 1936 and on the formation of the British Transport Commission was appointed director of accounts and ultimately became financial controller. For many years Mr. Osborn has been a director of various bus and road haulage companies, including the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co. Ltd.. Northern General Transport Co. Ltd., Southdown Motor Services Ltd., and British Road Services Ltd., Tartan Arrow Service Ltd. and Containerbase Federation Ltd. L. Mapleston has been appointed secretary of the NFC with effect from December 11 1968. He continues as secretary of the THC. Mr. Mapleston joined the BTC headquarters in 1947 and later became general manager of the Dundalk, Newry and Greenore Railway until its abandonment. From 1955 until he became secretary of the THC in 1963, he was secretary of the Southern Region Railway Board. Mr. Mapleston is a director of Harold Wood and Sons Ltd., Devon General Omnibus and Touring Co. Ltd., and Trent Motor Traction Co. Ltd.
Sir Reginald Wilson has been re-appointed chairman of the Transport Holding Company. Announcing this the Ministry of Transport pointed Out this week that as Sir Reginald is also chairman of the National Freight Corporation his leadership of the THC will be on a part-time and unpaid basis. As the future of the Holding Company has not yet been decided Mr. Richard Marsh, the Minister, has asked Sir Reginald—as he earlier asked the four other directors—to accept re-appointment for 12 months. This is on the understanding that Mr. Marsh might terminate the appointment at an earlier date.
T. W. H. Gailey has been elected chairman of London Coastal Coaches Ltd. (which owns and operates Victoria Coach Station) and Samuelson New Transport Co. Ltd. in succession to A. F. R. Carling, who has resigned from the boards. Mr. Carling, who joined the boards of those companies in 1954, was managing director until 1957 when he took over the chairmanships. Mr. Gailey is chief executive of the National Bus Company and has been a Director of the London Coastal and Samuelson companies since 1960.
Peter N. Davies, 49, until recently managing director of BMC Service at Cowley. Oxford, has resigned from the BMC board as from December 31 1968. Mr. Davies has accepted an invitation to spend two years with the Department of Economic Affairs on secondment from British Leyland.
H. 0. Doughty, technical director of Taskers of Andover (1932) Ltd., has retired after 42 years with the company. Mr. Doughty designed the Queen Mary trailer, of which Taskers built several thousand during the war for transporting Battle of Britain fighter planes. For several years he was chairman of the Articulated Vehicle Technical Committee of the SMMT. He was a member of the Working Party advising the Ministry of Transport on braking problems involved in the C and U Regulations 1964 and onwards. At a farewell dinner, Mr. Doughty was presented with an antique barometer as a farewell present.
Maj. W.P.C. Dawton, P.W. Ward and G.A. Walker have been admitted as associates to the Industrial Transport Association. Admitted as ITA associate-members are: Maj. F.W. Arnold, J.L. Caldwell, J.W. Curwood, J.C. Green, T.P. Glanville, Lt. E.D. Hawes, T. Hopkinson, Maj. F.S.N. Johnson, J.M. Keir, N. Long, G.J. Long. den, F. Milner, Capt. R. Millington, K.Orange, Maj. N.J.M. Phillips, J. Raymond, E.D. Rees, E. Richardson, L.H.C. Sparks, P. Sorsby, T.R. Shaw, J.M. Stringer, D.A. Ward: admitted as members are: C. Bayliss, G.E. Brockman, F.G. Casella, J.W. Stadius, H. Schofield.
P. F. Swain is relinquishing his position as managing director of the Provincial Traction Co. Ltd.. but is remaining as chairman. In view of this, the following board changes have been effective since January 1: R. H. Elworthy, financial director. became deputy chairman; P. S. Reynolds, 44, director of Provincial Traction and managing director of H. R. Owen Ltd.. became managing director.
Tom F. Ormerod, 54, has been appointed general manager of the RTITB's first MOTEC (MultiOccupational Training and Education Centre) at High Ercall. Shropshire. This follows the appointment of S. F. Lyne as training manager in September 1968 and R. F. Hinxman as administration manager in July. Mr. Ormerod has since 1965 been head of the Industries and Trades Engineering Department at the College of Further Education in Accrington. After running a garage business for some years, Mr. Ormerod joined Accrington Technical College in 1947.
A. Dunlop has been appointed transport manager of Wm. Teacher and Sons Ltd., Glasgow. This appointment is a newly created post folLowing extensive re-organization of all departments within the company. Mr. Dunlop joined Teacher in 1952 and was formerly second-in-command in the production control department.
Alan Cooke, 43, has been appointed managing director of Tillotson Commercial Motors Mr. Cooke joined Oswald Tillotson in 1957 and has been a director of the operating companies of the division since 1965.
Lionel Victor Scott has become a full partner with S. U. and R. Vestey and Peter Pettitt in the King's Lynn Haulage Company, the Fens clearing house. Mr. Scott has been engaged in road transport all his working life. He served his apprenticeship with E. Burton Ltd. of Wisbech. and was a driver and foreman with that firm for 21 years. When it merged with the Pointer Group in 1962. he became a fitter, foreman and latterly manager with the Pointer Group at its Thorney depot, near Peterborough.
John A. Volpe, 60, Governor of Massachusetts, Is to succeed Alan S. Boyd as the United States Secretary of Transportation. Mr. Volpe has made it clear that two of his particular interests will he to cut road casualties and to stimulate mass-transit systems for cities and high-speed city-to-city train services. Concentration on the development of mass-transit systems is also the stated intention of New York's new traffic commissioner, Theodore Karagheuzoff. Aged 33, he is a professional engineer and succeeds the late Henry Barnes, who became well known in the UK for his outspoken views on London's traffic problems and their solution.