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Mr. A. A. Halley has been elected president of the Scottish Motor Trade Association.
Mr. N. T. O'Reilly has been re-elected chairman of the Road Haulage Association Finance Committee.
Mr. W. R. Alexander has been appointed to the board of Rossleigh, Ltd., motor engineers. of Edinburgh.
Mr. E. G. A. Singleton, at present Swindon's transport manager, has been appointed manager of the Cardiff Transport undertaking.
Mr. R. F. Cox has been appointed a director of Fisher Renwick Services. Ltd., Wimbledon. Mr. L. A. Perkins has also been made a director of the company and of Fisher Renwick Contracts, Ltd.
Mr. C. T. Humpidge, general manager of the Sheffield Transport Department, has been appointed chairman of Area " D " of the Municipal Passenger Transport Association. The area includes Yorks, Lines and Derbys.
The Tilling Group announce that Mr. K. IL Wellman, at present assistant traffic. manager of the Bristol Omnibus Co., Ltd., has been appointed traffic manager of the United Counties Omnibus Co., Ltd., with effect from August I.
Mr. L. L. Christie, traffic superintendent of Bradford Corporation Transport Department, is to retire in October. He took up his post 24 years ago after 10 years as assistant to the traffic manager of the Midland Red Company, Mr. S. Johnson, a nominee of the B.T.C., has been appointed a member of the Transport Users' Consultative Committee for the Yorkshire area in place of Mr. T. S. Roberts. Mr. Johnson is chief docks manager of the British Transport Docks, Hull.
Mr. T. S. Roberts, a nominee of the B.T.C., has been appointed a member of the Transport Users' Consultative Committee for Wales and Monmouthshire.
Mr.E. T. Hammond has been appointed a member of the Transport Users' Consultative Committee for the London area as a representative of commerce.
At a farewell function last week Mr. George Brook, general manager of the North Western Road Car Co., Ltd., received presentations on behalf of members of the staff of all grades and separate presentations from the bus station staff at Manchester and the employees' social club at Macclesfield. At a luncheon on the same day, company officials made their own presentation to him. Mr. Brook took up his new position as general manager of Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., on Monday last.
Mr. R. W. Cooper has been appointed transport engineer to The British Oxygen Co., Ltd. Mr.. Cooper was formerly assistant divisional engineer and assistant rolling stock engineer with British. Road Services.
Mr. J. W. Eaton has been appointed deputy general service manager of A.E.C., Ltd., following the resignation of Mr. A. V. Head. Mr. Eaton has been with A.E,C.'s engineering department for 10 years, the past four as experimental engineer. He was formerly chief designer of Guy Motors, Ltd. Mr. F. .1 Stephens, chairman and managing director of the Shell Transport and Trading Co., and chairman of the Shell Petroleum. Co., has been elected a member of the executive committee of the British Council.
Mr. P. C. Aspinall has been appointed general sales manager of Pritchett and Gold and E.P.S. Co., Ltd., manufacturers of Dagenite batteries.
After more than 54 years' service with Fodens, Ltd., Sandbach, Cheshire, Mr. A. H. L. Thompson, publicity officer, will retire on July 13. He will be succeeded by Mr. C. Pass.