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MR. A. N. DUCKILANI, 0.13.E., vicechairman of Alexander Drickham and Co., Ltd., and director of the Supply Plans Division of the Ministry of Food, has , been appointed Agricultural Attaché at the British Embassy in Washington and Agricultural Adviser to the High Commissioner in Canada.
MR. J. A. V. WATSON has returned to his position as advertising manager to C. C. Wakefield and Co., Ltd. He celebrated this in a most agreeable manner by giving a cocktail party at the company's new London offices, 33, Grosvenor Street, W.1. We are glad to see that he is looking as fit and energetic as ever.
MR. A, L. S. COPE, M.A., M.B.E., M.I.Ex., has been appointed to take charge of the export organization of Simms Motor Units, Ltd. He has had
experience in all branches of the export trade, and has established many contacts in Europe and South America, as well as in other parts of the world. He was for many years manager of the Dunlop Rubber Co 's organization in Spain, after which he was European representative for Rootes, Ltd. More recently he was overseas manager for Tyresoles, Ltd MR. G. F. WATTS, joint managing director of Duple Bodies and Motors. Ltd., was recently taken ill, and is likely to be away for many weeks. We know that his large circle of friends throughout the industry will join with • us in wishing him a speedy recovery.
MAJOR TON't FRENCH, who has now been released from the Army, must be well known to most Allied war correspondents. A full-time journalist for 20 years, during which he specialized in motoring subjects in London and abroad, and was for some years. on the staffs of the " Cape Argus " and the "Rand Daily Mail," most of his Service career was with Army operational public relations. One _of the original Press conducting officers in France and Belgium in the early days, he became D.A.D.P.R, Eastern Command and London. Recovering from a serious injury while on duty, he landed with the Allied Forces in North Africa and Italy. During the past year he wasPress Officer on the staff of 'FieldMarshal Alexander, and previously was with other great commanders, including Field-Marshal Montgomery and General Eisenhower During the battles in Italy he produced the official communiqués and operational background for the guidance of Press and radio. Incidentally, be was twice wounded as an infantryman • in the war of 1914-18.