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Am MARSHAL SIR ALICK C. STEVENS ' has resigned from the board of Douglas Equipment, Ltd.
MR. B. A. SHORTMAN, budget manager of the British divisions of the Yale and Towne Manufacturing Co., has retired after 30 years' service.
M. W. BINGLEY has been re-elected chairman of the South Yorkshire Area of .the Road Haulage Association. MR. HARRY Boom is the chairman-elect.
SIR MILES THOMAS has resigned his directorship of Harry Ferguson Research, Ltd.. on his appointment as chairman of Monsanto Chemicals, Ltd.
MR, JAMES WATT, former sales manager of the Bristol Motor Co., has joined the export division of the Rootes Group as an overseas sales representative.
MR. J. H. BUSCOMBE, general manager—finance and accounts, has been appointed a director of Shell-Mex and B.P., Ltd., upon the retirement of MR. F. A. REELING.
MR. S. H. LEAKE, chairman of Selfridges, Ltd., and chairman and senior managing director of Lewis's Investment Trust, Ltd., has been appointed a part-time member of the London Transport Executive.
MR. E. E. JOHNSON, accountant of the Northern General group of companies, has retired after 45 years' service with the B.E.T. organization. MR. I. M. SMITH, secretary of the group, will combine the office of secretary and accountant.
MR. FRANK PERKINS, chairman and managing director of F. Perkins, Ltd., was among the High Sheriffs appointed by the Queen at the traditional ceremony of pricking the roll with a steel bodkin. He is the new High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire.
MR. E. A. MURPHY has become director of research of the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., in charge of the central research division. MR. HENRY TREVASKIS, director of the Dunlop Rim and Wheel Co., Ltd., becomes director of development of the research and development organization.
SIR PATRICK HENNESSY, deputy chairman and managing director of the Ford Motor Co., Ltd., will on April 20 succeed SIR ROWLAND SMITH as chairman. He will continue as managing director. Sir Patrick joined Henry Ford and Son in Cork in 1920. Sir Rowland, who will remain on the Ford board, started in the motor industry 52 years ago as a Humber apprentice.
al8 MR. ION GARNETT-ORME has joined the board of the Avon India Rubber Co., Ltd, MR. JAMES HUTTON, M.B.E., assembly superintendent of Albion Motors, Ltd., Scotstoun, retired last Friday after 49 years' service MR. F. E. V. SPENCER, works manager of Lodge Plugs, Ltd., and Ma, D. TURNER, chief chemist, have been appointed executive directors.
MR. H. 1. HELI MAN has been appointed director of European distribution of the Borg-Warner international Corporation. He will have headquarters in London.
MR. I. BOLLARD, personal assistant to the general manager of Bournemouth Transport Department, has been appointed head of the Rio de Janeiro Tramways Co., operators of 1,200 trams.
MR. B. G. Su-rroN, chief engineer of the Thames Valley Traction Co., Ltd., for the past 36 years, has retired. When he joined the company in 1920, they had 10 solid-tyred vehicles. There are now 430 buses and coaches. Mr. Sutton was a pioneer user of low-viscosity oils.
MR. S. H. JONES has been re-elected chairman of the Scottish Division of the Traders' Road Transport Association, MR. W. FATRRAIRN, honorary treasurer, and MR, J. O. HASTIE, secretary. Ma. C. 1. HORSLEY has been re-elected chairman of the Western Division, with MR. E. W. PRESTON as vice-chairman.
RISING OIL CONSUMPTION
THE future increase in consumption of petroleum products was estimated at 12 per cent. a year, said Mr. A. T. Hills, of Shell-Mex and B.P., Ltd., when he addressed the London Centre of the Institute of Traffic Administration. Each additional ton of oil required about £40 of capital to market. To meet rising consumption in this country, £100m. would have to be invested each year.
More Killed in " 30 " Areas
IN the second half of 1955, 1,835 1 persons, of whom 1,061 were pedestrians, were killed on roads with • a speed limit and 1,395; of whom 278 were pedestrians, on derestrictecl roads, Mr. H. Molson, Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, said last week.
He added that about two-thirds of the road programme each year was devoted to improvements in urban areas, or to by-passes.
The Minister of Transport stated in reply to Mr. G. Thomas (Lab., Cardiff West) that he was examining a memorandum submitted to him by the Industrial Association of Wales and Monmouthshire concerning the serious effects upon industry caused by bad roads.
This year a total of £90m. would be spent on roads, the Minister told Maj. Anstruther-Gray. Acquisition of land for the Ross Spur motorway was about to start, and contract details were being prepared for the London-Birmingham section of the London-Yorkshire motorway.
MURPHY INTRODUCE TWO-WAY RADIO SETS
TWO-WAY radio equipment is now 1 being produced by Murphy Radio, Ltd. (Electronics Division), Welwyn Garden City, Herts. Base transmitterreceivers cost £150 and units for installation in vehicles £85.
The equipment is of the widely used amplitude-modulated type, and the operating range is stated to be 15 miles, or 25 miles in favourable circumstances. Designed for use in the V.H.F. 60-90 Mk., 100-135 M/c. and 135-174 Mk. bands, the sets are available for 6v. or 12v. circuits.
Many parts are common to both base and mobile sets. The mobile set can quickly be installed, and the power unit can be mounted at the rear of the main unit, on one side or separately.
Current consumption of 12v. types is 3 amp. on receive, 3.5 amp. on stand-by and 4 amp: on transmit. The mobile set, with power unit mounted at the back, measures 5 in. high, 8/ in. wide and 12 in. deep.