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MR. R. B. STOCKDALE, Of Motor Carriers, Ltd., Liverpool, has been reelected chairman of the road transport section of Liverpool Chamber of Commerce. The retiring members of the committee re-elected were :--Transport Economy, Ltd., Stevensons Transport, Ltd., and Motor Carriers, Ltd,
Mn. ALLAN BOTWOOD has been appointed chief buyer to Humber, Ltd., and its associated companies, including Commer Cars, Ltd., Harrier Motors, Ltd., and the Hillman Motor Car Co., Ltd., etc„ in succession to Mr. C. W. Suffolk, who has retired after a service amounting to 32 years.
Mn. C. H. SWANZY, traffiL. manager of Meade-King Robinson and Co., Ltd., Liverpool, was elected, on Monday, chairman of the Liverpool branch of the Industrial Transport Association, of which he was a founder member and the first branch secretary.
He commenced his transport. career with the Midland Railway Co., at Liverpool, in 1909, and joined MeadeKing Robinson and Co. in 1911, being promoted to the position of traffic manager in 1920. In 1925-26 he was a member of the Traders Traffic Conference, Birmingham.
Mr. Swanzy recently put' forward a scheme for the construction of a series of tubes radiating from the centre of the city as a means for relieving traffic congestion. MR. C. H. LEONARD, the senior partner of Messrs. Carless, Capel and Leonard, has just retired from business after 54 years in the service of the firm. He and his brother, the late Mr. W. J. Leonard, were the first 'producers of motor spirit in this country, to which they gave the distinctive name of " petrol." The firm is also well known as the pioneers of " Coalene," the new motor spirit largely comprised of liquid fuel produced from coal. The business of the firm will be carried on in the same manner as before by the remaining partners, Messrs. H. R. Leonard, J. G. Leonard, and J. M. Leonard.
At a general meeting of the Institution of Automobile Engineers, held on Tuesday, the Institution medal was awarded to MR. W. A. Tommy "for his influence on the advancement of 'automobile engineering by the application of his abilities to the work of the research and standardization committee of the Institution." The medal was established in 1922, and has been awarded on 10 occasions.
Mr. Tookey was elected a member of the Institution in 1911 and a member of the Council in 1925, on which he has
served continuously ever since. In 1928 he was elected a vice-president, whilst in the 1931-32 session he was president
It was during that period that the Institution assumed responsibility for research and standardization,. and Mr. Tookey has been concerned since that time with the organization of this important branch.