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MR. R. W. K. BLAGBROUGH has been appointed secretary of the Electric Traction Section of the British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers' Association.
MR. J. M. BALDOCK, chairman of Lenscrete, Ltd., and a former Tory M.P. for the Harborough division of Leicestershire, has accepted an invitation to join the board of CIBA United Kingdom, Ltd.
MR. A. A. BRUNEAU and MR. R. J. MOYSE have been appointed to the board of Alcan Industries, Ltd. Mr. Moyse was appointed chief financial officer and treasurer of the company last year, and Mr. Bruneau joined Alcan Industries (then Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd.) last year as secretary.
MR. J. D. CAMPBELL and MR. H. N. W. D. CARTER have been elected to the board of Mann Egerton and Co., Ltd. Mr. Campbell is director and general manager of one of the company's subsidiaries, W. H. Johnson and Sons, Ltd., King's Lynn. Mr. Carter is general manager of one of the company's depots in Norwich.
MR. J. A. BARKE and MR. H. H. JEFFRIES have been appointed executive directors of the Ford Motor Co., Ltd. Mr. Barke joined the company in 1932. In 1948 he was appointed manager of the Leamington Foundry and five years later, upon the acquisition of Briggs Motor Bodies, Ltd., he became director and general manager of that subsidiary. He was appointed director of Product Divisions with responsibility for all sales activities in both the domestic and export markets in April, 1959. He is also a director of British Indestructo Glass Ltd. Mr. Jeffries joined the company in 1932. He became general works manager at Dagenham in 1953 and general manager of the Chassis Manufacture Group in 1955. He took up his present appointment as director of manufacture, with responsibility for all manufacturing activities, in April, 1959.
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MR. A. E. KNIGHT, traffic superintendent with West Hartlepool Corporation, has retired after 41 years' service.
MR. R. E. MOORE has been appointed secretary of the Institute of Metals to succeed Lt.-Col. S. C. Guillan who retires on April 30. Before joining the Institute of Metals, Mr. Moore was assistant to the Registrar of the then recently formed Institution of Metallurgists.
THE Horg. BRIAN ROOTES, managing director of Rootes, Ltd., left London Airport on Sunday on a seven-week sales tour which will take him to 10 countries in North and South America. At the end of his American tour, Mr. Rootes will switch his search for new sales to Eastern Europe where he will visit Moscow for the British Trade Fair, at which Rootes are providing the largest display of cars and commercial vehicles.
MR. J. A. LAND, technical manager of the Rootes Group, has been appointed to the Export Divisional Board. MR, H. DIXON-BARRATT has joined the Group as overseas commercial vehicle representative at Devonshire House, an appointment conferred also on MR. P. A. MACCARTY, who has been transferred from Commer Cars, Ltd. MR. L. T. SHOOSMITH has been transferred from Humber, Ltd., to Rootes, Ltd., and has been appointed overseas service representative, specializing in oil engines.
MR. J. B. BURNELL, operating manager (Central Road Services, London Transport), is to retire on July 8. He has been responsible since 1945 for the operation of London Transport's Central buses and since 1948 for both Central buses and trolleybuses—and also for trams between 1948 and their final withdrawal in 1952. Mr. Burnell joined the London General Omnibus Company in 1926 as a traffic observer. In May, 1940, he became divisional superintendent, Eastern Division, Central buses, and in October, 1945, operating manager, Central buses. He was made operating manager, Central Road Services in November, 1948. MR. GEOFFREY D. LAVERS has been appointed assistant managing director of the parent company of the Hargreaves Group of companies, whose interests include transport, fuels and road materials.
MR. T. W. JACKSON, of Key Warehousing and Transport Co., Ltd., Hull, has been re-elected chairman of the National Conference of Road Transport Clearing Houses. MR, R. W. TREE, 20th Century Transport, Ltd:, and MR. S. MARSH, Transmotors, Ltd., are re-elected vicechairmen and MR. STEVE EASTMEAD, of S. Eastmead, has been re-elected honorary treasurer.
Obituary
wE record with deep regret the deaths of MR. ROBERT A. WARD and MR, J. H. MALE.
Mr. Ward was founder and governing director of Ward Transport and Shipping, Ltd., Dronfield, Derbyshire. For many years he was associated with the transport and shipping firm of Henry Johnson Sons and Co. (U.K. Branches), Ltd.
Mr. Male, chairman of Male and Son (Pensnett), Ltd., was 65. He was deputy chairman of the R.H.A., West Midland area, and was an honorary member of the Association. For many years he was National Vice-Chairman and at the time of his death he was serving on the National Council_