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MR. A. G. FtrasE-ROBERTS has succeeded MR. H. C. BAIGENT as secretary of the A.P.V. Co., Ltd. Mr. Baigent continues as financial director.
MR. J. IL PITCHFORD, M.A., managing director of Ricardo and Co., Ltd., was on Tuesday elected chairman of the Automobile Division of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. He afterwards delivered an address at the opening general meeting of the division on "Engine Research and Development as a Service to Industry."
MR. WILLIAM FISH has resigned from the joint managing directorship of Dennis Bros., Ltd. He will continue as deputy managing director and retain his position as deputy chairman. He joined the concern 35 years ago as secretary and was elected to the board in 1928. He became joint managing director in 1939 and deputy chairman in 1942. His successor as joint managing director will be MR. H. W. DAWES, who joined the company as an apprentice and has been largely responsible for the expansion of the municipal. department. He was elected to the board in 1942.
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MR. W. J. BIRD has been appointed deputy sales manager of the General Electric Co., Ltd., in addition to his existing position as London and Southern England area sales manager.
MR. C, Scott has become commercial vehicles sales manager of H.T.P. Motors, Ltd., Truro, and MR. GEOFFREY TAYLOR, general sales manager. Mr. Scott has been the company's senior sales representative for some years.
MR. ARTHUR PENtavaToN has retired after 43 years' service with the Avon India Rubber Co., Ltd. After being manager of the Manchester and London depots, he became field manager for the company's sales throughout the south of England in 1949.
MR. B. Smim, chairman of London Coastal Coaches, Ltd., is to retire at the end of the year for reasons of health. He has been with the company since its inception in 1925, and was the first chairman. He will be succeeded by MR. R. P. BEDDOW. --Meantime MR. A, F. R. CARLING has been appointed managing director with effect from November 1.