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MR. T. //I.E.Li.oa, of Salford, has been elected chairman of the East Lancashire and Cheshire Division of the Motor Agents' Associatien.. He -is a member of Salford City Council.
MR. T. H. 'BARTON, managing director of )3arton Transport, Ltd., Beestone Notts, is, we are pleased to ,learn, making a good recovery from an operation that he recently underwent.
MR. J. SI FERRIER, chief statistics officer, has been appointed by Glasgow Transport Committee to the position of personnel superintendent, rendered vacant by the death of Mr. W. A. Irvine.
MR. FREDERICK A. UPPERTON, general sales manager of the Firestone Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., who, a few months ago was compelled to take leave of absence on the adyice of his doctor, has, we are pleased to _ hear, now resumed his duties.
MR, W. YOUNG has been' confirmed in his appointment as assistant sales manager of ,the Firestone Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd. Herecently completed 23 years' service with the company, and it widely known in the North of England, where he was regional manager, although during the war he
has spent several years in an executive position at the factory.
MR. ' ERNESI. J. P.. TAYLOR has been appointed registrar of the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., in succession to MR. A. J. BRAY, who has retired after -38. years! service, Mr. Taylor has been the. latter's' assistant since 1935, and joined the company in 1919.
• MR. W. T. JAMES has been appointed chairman of East Midland Motor Services, Ltd., in succession to Mr. J._ S. Wills, whi) has resigned from the Board owing to pressure' of other duties and MR. R. W. BIRCH fills the vacancy on the directorate. The " East Midland " concern is an associate of the B.E.T. Federation, .
".• MR. HENRY T. DUTFIELD was elected chairman of the new Road Haulage Association aethe first meeting of this body's national council. At the same time, Messrs. B. G. Turner, Charles Holclsworth, Isaac Barrier and J. A. M. Bright were elected vice-chairmen. Mr. Roger W. Sewill, M.A., is, of course, the director.
LIEUT.-COLONEL S. E. CROOKE, MC., the genial works manager of Crossley Motors, Ltd:, commanded the 49th County of Lancaster Battalion of theHome Guard since its inception. Ineluded-in it -was a: strong detachment of employees of the Crossley Company, and it was one of the largest battalions in: the country, if not the largest. Lieut.-Colonel Crooke was, in 1911, a member of theefarnous "F " Company of the London Scottish._ He went to France in September, 1914, was invalided home in January, 1915, and commissioned five months later in the R.A. T.F. 286 Btigade-2nd West Lancs. He was promoted major in the field and given command of a 4.5 howitzer . battery in 1918, in which year he won the M.C. Associated with him as the first quartermaster and, later, assistant adjutant to the Battalion, was CaPtana A.., P. . WELLS, the -Crossley sales manager, :who; last December, . was awarded the M.B.E. for meritorious service. He also served throughout the war of 1914-18.