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MR. A. W. WAGS1AFF has been appointed a director of Thompson Bros. (Bilston), Ltd.
MR. H. LESLIE BOWES has been appointed to the Central Transport Consultative Committee to represent shipping, in place of the late MR. IAN HOOPER.
MR. W. G. D. BONE has been appointed North London district manager of the India Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., in succession to Ma. W. J. NAVE, now national sales manager.
MR. T. POOLEY, joint managing director of Expandite. Ltd., and Ma E. L. TOWNSEND, overseas director, are visiting their distributors and manufacturing units in Scandinavia.
MR. J. C. RADCLIFFE, field service engineer of Leyland Motors, Ltd„ is touring Nigeria, Ghana and Angola, and will return, after five weeks, through Spain and Portugal.
Ma. A. B. WARING, chairman and managing director of Joseph Lucas (Industries), Ltd., will be a member of the British trade mission which will visit Ghana from March 8-24.
CLLR. W. G. DYER, East Midlands divisional secretary of the Traders' Road Transport Association, and leader of the Conservative group on Nottingham City Council, has been nominated for election as an alderman.
MR. G. N. SIMMONS has been appointed service superintendent at the London depot of Guy Motors, Ltd. He was previously mechanical transport engineer with the Sekondi-Takoradi Municipal Council, Ghana.
MR, H. 0. HALLAS, Middle East zone manager for F. Perkins, Ltd., is spending a month visiting Egypt, Greece, Turkey. Lebanon, Jordan and the Sudan. MR.
C. H. G. FOAN, export sales representative for the Middle East, has begun a 12.000-mile tour, .taking in Libya, Ethiopia, Aden. Bahrein. Qattar. Kuwait. Iraq and Iran.
MR. R. J. M. PERRETT, WOIVerhallIpton district manager of The Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co. (Great Britain), Ltd.. has become Birmingham district manager, and is succeeded by MR. B. C. COLSON, who moves from the sales development division at head office. MR.
D. F. TOWERS, a salesman of the Midland division, is now Nottingham district manager.
MR. J. H. MALE, of Male and Son (Pensnett), Ltd., Dudley, is to be made an honorary member of the Road Haulage Association. This is a rare distinction, for there are only four honorary members. Mr. Male has served in every capacity in the Association up to that of national vice-chairman, and he is still a member of the national council. He has been a representative of the employers on the Wages Board and Wages Council since 1938. MR. A. V. LovELL has been appointed by Bonallack and Sons. Ltd., as technical representative for the greater part of Essex. MR. J. G. LAWRENCE has taken up a similar post in certain of the North London areas.
MR. R. R. PARKER has become general sales manager of Tecalemit, Ltd.. Plymouth. He was previously manager of the manufacturers' division. MR. S. C. KENNETT, formerly manager of the northern sales region, has been appointed deputy to Mr. Parker. MR. D. M. BRUCE has become marketing manager.
£3m. FOR B.T.C. TO MAINTAIN BRIDGES
A CONTRIBUTION of £3m. is to be (.paid by the Government to the British Transport Commission to help them to meet their liabilities for the maintenance of road bridges over railways and level crossings. The amount will be paid as Elm. for the second half of last year and £2m. for this year.
Announcing this on Monday, the Minister of Transport said that the burden of maintenance had become more onerous. Highway authorities also received assistance from the Exchequer for road works. The Government recognized the need to accelerate the modernization of level crossings and road bridges. and would examine more fully the obligations of the B.T.C. in this respect.
The B.T.C. had asked to be relieved of their road liabilities, but this request raised complicated issues.