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MR. J. M. D. Scanhas been appointed assistant traffic manager of the Rhondda Transport Co., Ltd. He was formerly with the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd.
MR. C. G. LINES, J.P., has been elected president, and MR. C. H. K. TYE. vice-president, of the Motor Vehicle Dismantlers Association. MR. G. H. BERE-SFORD is the chairman and MR. JOHN GREEN, vice-chairman.
MR. T. DAWSON, D.A.A., A.S.M.A., has been appointed assistant publicity manager of Leyland Motors, Ltd. Two field service engineers of the company, MR. D. G. JONES and M. D. H. GRIFFIN, have flown to Latin America.
MR. ARTHUR DARREN has been appointed West Midland Deputy Licensing Authority. He is a barrister and has held legal appointments at Halesowen and Birmingham, 'was a member of Bilston Town Council for 16 years, and was mayor in 1944-45.
M. GEORGE H. UPJOHN has resigned from his position of chairman and joint managing-director of Stewart and Ardern. Ltd. He had been with the company for 37 years. M. GEORGE F. BAKER, formerly one of the joint managing-directors and who has been with the concern for 33 years, has been elected chairman.
MR. J. R. MILLER, M.Inst.T., traffic manager of the Auckland Harbour Board, has been appointed by the council of the Institute of Transport to be its honorary corresponding member for New Zealand. in succession to MR. F. W. Atctum, 0.B.E., M.Ims-r.T., the former general manager of the New Zealand Government Railways.
Tuesday. graduated from Sheffield University in 1919. He then became a technical assistant in the experimental department of Albion Motors, Ltd. Following a period of lecturing at West Ham Technical College. he was appointed technical editor of "The Motor" in 1934, but in 1937 joined the engineering department of Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., and was responsible for the design and development of Vauxhall and Bedford engines throughout the war. Later he became passenger vehicle engineer and is now executive engineer. He contributed many papers to the proceedings of the old Institution of Automobile Engineers and was awarded the Crompton Medal for one of them. For two years he has been chairman of the Luton A.D. centre.
M. F. B. WATTS, F.I.A.C., accountant of the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd., has been appointed to succeed MR. W. J. COAD, A.C.A., as secretary, and is performing both duties. This follows the decision of the board to make the office of secretary a local one and the registered office has been transferred from Stratton House, Piccadilly, London, W.1, to Birmingham.
MR. ro A UWE PLATT, M.ENo., M.I.MEcti.E., who was elected chairman of the Automobile Division of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers last
Anti-theft Device Locks Brakes
ADEVICE by means of which the hydraulic brakes of a vehicle can be locked in the fully applied position, has recently been made available in this country. It is known as the Auto-Safe and was originally patented in Holland.
It consists of a fitting containing a valve, which is piped into the output end of the master cylinder. The fitting is arranged on the dashboard within convenient reach of the driver.
To set the brakes, the key of the device is inserted and turned to the right, after which the brake pedal is pushed fully down. The effect is that the fluid which has pushed the wheel cylinders out is held under pressure by the action of a non-return valve contained in the device.
When a vehicle is parked, the key can be turned to the right without applying the foot brake. This leaves the vehicle free to be pushed. Should an unauthorized person attempt to steal the vehicle the first application of the foot brake would lock the wheels.
The Auto-Safe is easy to install, as all the necessary piping and nipples are supplied. The sole selling agent for the Commonwealth is Parksidc Garage (Mere), Ltd., Mere, near Knutsford. Cheshire.
IN THEFRONT LINE IN THEFRONT LINE
ANCILLARY users were in the front line of attack, said Mr. S. J. Lamborn, a member of the committee of London and Home Counties Division of the Traders' Road Transport Association, at Brighton, last week. It was clear, he stated, that in the months ahead C-licence holders would not be free from further assaults.