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13th November 1959, Page 78
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MR. D. LESLIE PICKERING becomes general sales manager of Clarkson and Co. (Scotland), Ltd., on December 1.

MR. F. J. AttGRovz has been appointed organizer of the Western Division of the Traders' Road Transport Association.

MR. WALTER BURMANN is to retire from the boards of Ault and Wiborg, Ltd., and General and Industrial Paints, Ltd., at the end of the year.

MR. ALEXANDER GRANT, manager of George and Jobling, Ltd., Hexham, coachbuilders, has retired. He joined the company 38 years ago.

MR. H. HEAP and MR. N. POlTS have been elected president and chairman respectively of the Manchester • and District Traffic Association.

MR. CHARLES E. M. HARDIE has been appointed a director of Mann Egerton and Co., Ltd., and of its subsidiary, W. H. Johnson and Sons, Ltd.

MR. G. W. ARTHUR, formerly a London retail representative, has been appointed -a district manager in the eastern division of the National Benzole Co., Ltd.

MR. IAN A. Ross has been made a director of Kerry's (Great Britain), Ltd. He will continue as secretary of the company and its subsidiaries, a post he has occupied since 1950.

MR. G. W. IRWIN, secretary of the Eastern Area of the Road Haulage Association for more than 21 years, is to retire at the end of the year. Members are making a presentation to him.

MR. CLIVE FRANCIS has arrived in London from Sydney, Australia, to take up the appointment of London manager of Repco, Ltd. MR. ROBERT PADDON, the previous manager, returned to the head office in Melbourne last week.

MR. FRANK PERKINS, head of F. Perkins, Ltd., has been elected chairman, and MR. J. C. PaocoFour managing director, of Ambrose Shadow and Co., Ltd. The appointments follow the sudden death last month of MR. T. P. N. BURGESS, Ma. PAUL N. MATTON, managing director of Trico-Folberth, Ltd., left this country last Saturday for a world tour. His itinerary will include visits to the company's new factory at Melbourne and Trico Products Corporation, Buffalo, U.S.A.

Mr. J. D. R. T. TILNEY has been appointed Parliamentary private secretary to the Minister of Transport. MR. J. GARLICK has been made the Minister's principal private secretary, and MR. L. A. PRIOR private secretary to LORD CHESHAM, Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry.

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MR. H. 0. S. BRIDCUTT has been appointed advertisement manager of Temple Press Ltd. Joining the company in 1949 from industry, he became advertisement manager of The Motor in 1950 and deputy advertisement manager of the company in 1957.

MR. W. SMITH, until recently sales manager 'of the Blackheath branch of Simms Motor Units, Ltd., • has been appointed service engineer and factory representative for the company in Australia and New Zealand. He succeeds MR. J. E. MAUND, who is returning to England after seven years overseas.

• MR. T. L. Boom,previously director and general manager of Hepworth and Grandage (Yeadon), Ltd., has joined the board of the parent company. MR. H. FORREST, director and works general manager of the Hepworth and. Grandage main factory at Bradford, has been appointed, to the board of the Yeadon company.

PROFIT AND LOSS QuIcktho HMO, Ltd., £46,453 group net profit after £41,637 tax, Year's dividends 17% per cent.

E. G. Brown and Co., Ltd. £18,817 net profit after £16,780 tax. Year's dividend 11 11124 per cent.

Moss Gear Co., Ltd., £235,566 net profit after £233,636 tax. Year's dividends equal to 17% per cent, Standard Triumph International, Ltd., £2,223,739 net profit after £1,857,154 tax. Year's dividend 12 per cent.

British Motor Corporation, Ltd., £8,732.417 net profit after £8.392,567 tax. Year's dividend equal to 18.27 per cent.

S. Smith and Sons (England), Ltd.. £1,907,730 profit to parent company after £1,673,357 tax. Year's dividends 17% per cent,'

Halifax Passenger Transport Department. £31,004 net surplus. A services (operating entirely within Use borough and controlled by the passenger transPOrt committee), gross surplus, £58.832; net surplus after tax, £17,394, B services (operated partly or wholly outside the borough and controlled by the Joint omnibus committee, with equal representation by Halifax Corporation and the British Transport Commission). £62,386 gross surplus; net surplus after tax, £13,610.

Bradford Transport Department, £60,033 loss, nolleybuses: Total working expenses, £854,488 (3641d. per trollcybus-mile); income, £972,421 (41.44d. per trolleybus-mile); loss after debt. taxation and other charges, £59.269. Motorbuses: Total working expenses, £898,367 (38.43d. per busmile); income £968,686 (41.444. per bus-mile); loss after debt. tax and other charges,. £764. Mileage: Trofieybuses. 5.6m.; motorbuses 5.605.: Passengers: Trolleybuses„ 66.2m.; motorbuses, 60.2m.