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MR. C. G. KNELLER has been appointed advertisitg and sales promotion manager of the British Division of The Yale and Towne Manufacturing CO.
MR. A. D. DANIEL, general manager since 1959 of Townsends (Carriers), Ltd., Newton Road, Higham Ferrers, Northants, has been appointed a director of the company, MR. K. H. PLATT, deputy secretary of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, is to be made secretary of the Institution in place of MR. B. G. ROBBINS, who is retiring on June 1.
MR. B. A. THURGOOD, after 31 years' service with George Cohen Sons and Co., Ltd., has been appointed resident director of George Cohen Australian Scrap Co. Proprietary, Ltd., Sydney.
MR. R. F. DEAN.SMITH has been appointed general sales manager of K.T. (Dartford), Ltd. He was previously
commercial vehicle and fleet sales manager of Dagenham Motors, Ltd., Woolwich.
MR. R. J. L. PERFITT has been appointed by the British Transport Commission to the position of assistant director of studies, British Transport Staff College, Woking. Other B.T.C. appointments are MR. H. SAMUEL as assistant principal, British Railways School of Transport, Derby, and MR, E. A. TONER! as international liaison assistant of the Shipping and International Services Department.
MR, I. THOMSEN, treasurer of The Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co. (Great Britain), Ltd., has become financial director and secretary of the company, and his vacated position is to be taken by MR. D. G. BIRCH, With MR. J. N. LAW as assistant treasurer. Other Goodyear appointments are MR. L. A. GIBBS as executive officer, MR. R. SENIOR as chief accountant and MR. N. H. SMITH to be the newly appointed comptroller, with MR. N. CORNER as his assistant.
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Ma. D. G. STOKES, managing director, Scammell Lorries, Ltd., and a director of Leyland Motors, Ltd., will be a member of a Federation of British Industries delegation to visit Spain on February 12 to discuss opportunities for increasing Anglo-Spanish trade.
MR. F. J. HOPE, of F. J. Hope (Transport), Ltd., has been elected chairman for 1961-62 of the London and Home Counties area of the National Conference of Road Transport Clearing Houses. MR. GRAHAM ADAMS (Graham Adams, Ltd.) has been elected vice-chairman.
MR. JAMES S. COUSINS has been appointed to the new post of purchasing liaison officer of the Council of Industrial Design. He will be concerned with the design policy of corporate buyers, such as industrial corporations, government departments, the Services and transport undertakings. MR. C. G. M. SMITH has been appointed Lubrequipment manager of the Castro! Division of Castroi Limited. His responsibility will be to promote the sales of lubrication equipment to motor manufacturers and to the motor trade.
MR. E. W. A. BUTCHER, Ribble Motor Services' eastern area superintendent since 1958, has been transferred to headquarters at Preston to take up a new appointment as assistant to the traffic manager. MR. L. J. MOORE, Ripple's south western area (Merseyside) superintendent since 1952, has been appointed to succeed Mr. Butcher as eastern area superintendent. MR. J. BALDERSTON, district traffic superintendent at Bootle, takes over from Mr. Moore, and MR. E. W. SPENCER succeeds Mr. Balderston at Bootle.
MR. NEVILLE SMITH who, as previously announced, has been appointed to succeed MR. W. F. BROOKS as secretary of the British Electric Traction Co., Ltd., has also been appointed secretary of the B.E.T. Federation, Ltd., in succession to Mr. Brooks, who has taken up an executive appointment with B.E.T.'s associate, Rediffusion, Ltd. MR. R. ST. C. SANDALL has been appointed assistant secretary of the B.E.T. Federation, Ltd., and secretary of B.E.T. Omnibus Services, Ltd., in the place of MR. D. A. SMITH, who succeeds Mr. Neville Smith as secretary of Rediffusion, Ltd.
Obituary
WE record with deep regret the deaths of MR. WILLIAM WARRINGTON, MR. LIONEL C. GOSLING and MR. HAMISH KIRKWOOD.
Mr. Warrington, who was 84, was founder of Warrington's Transport, Ltd., Sheffield.
MR. GosurNo, transport manager of Blue Peter Retreads, Ltd., was 61. He had been with the company for 32 years.
Mr. Kirkwood was secretary of both the British Starter Battery Association and the Accumulator Manufacturers' . Association. He was 54.