Men in the News MR. A. WALTER DAVIES has been appointed South Wales area representative of Lombard Banking, Ltd.
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MR. DUDLEY THOMAS has joined the sales staff of C.A.V., Ltd. He was formerly with Hubert H. P. Trist, Ltd.
MR. JACK CASSON, a director of Myers and Bowman, Ltd., has retired. He was in charge of the coachbuilding department.
MR. S. H. FLETCHER has been appointed service manager for the commercial-vehicle activities of Transport Equipment (Thornycroft), Ltd.
MR. R. T. Him has succeeded MR. P. A. ANDREW as sales director of the Export Packing Service, Ltd. Mr. Andrew has retired for health reasons.
MR. A. T. BARNICOAT, manager of the Plymouth branch of Pickfords, has retired after 52 years in the transport industry. His successor is MR. J. B. Sims.
Ma. E. S. MOUN TAM, general manager and engineer of the Sunderland District Omnibus Co., Ltd., for the past 27 years, has retired after 40 years in public transport.
MR. G. ALAN ROBERTS, formerly London publicity officer of the David Brown group, has been appointed publicity manager of the Daimler and Lanehester companies.
MR. L. M. BROADWAY has been appointed chairman of John B. Pillin, Ltd., in succession to MR. ALONZO LIMB, who has retired because of ill health. MR. C. E. R. MILLIDGF. and MR, J. J. BROOKMAN have been appointed directors.
MR. S. C. ROWELL, group traffic manager of the Co-operative Wholesale Society, Ltd., Manchester, and Cult. W. H. POWELL, vice-chairman of Portsmouth Transport 'Committee, are new members of the reconstituted Central Tr an sp or t Consultative Committee which will serve until December 31, 1957, under the chairmanship of LORD COLERAINE. Other new members are MR. I. HOOPER and PROVOST A. MACLEAN.
MR. C. B. CLAPHAM, assistant to the works manager (buses and coaches) of the London Transport Executive, has become assistant to the chief mechanical engineer (road services). Ma.. A. G. HIGGINS, chief development assistant (buses and coaches), has been appointed principal executive assistant. His duties will include the general oversight of the experimental shops at Chiswick Works and both the electrical and mechanical work of the development section (road services).
o2 MR. E. F. CHOPPEN has been appointed costs and operations manager of the Esso Petroleum Co., Ltd., whose general sales department has been reorganized. MR. A. W. WOOLDRIDGE now manages the southern region, and MR. E. W. HARDIMAN the northern region in succession to MR. R. A.
1-IvstoP, assistant general sales manager, who has retired after 44 years' service with the company. The southwestern division is now managed by MR. R. D. STREETON, in place of Mr. Hardiman, and MR. T. C. G. THORPE succeeds •Mr. Streeton as manager of the wholesale department. MR. H. W. WRIGHT has been appointed manager of the marketing secretariat in succession to MR. T. Boutunti, who has retired after 43 years' service. MR. H. A. D. Amy has become manager of the newly formed national trade division.
MR. GRESHAM COOKE'S PROMISE ON ROADS
HISintentions to give special attention in industrial matters and to take an active interest in securing better roads were stated this week by Mr. R. Gresham Cooke, director of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, who has been adopted as Conservative candidate at Twickenham. Polling is on Tuesday week.
Sir William Rootes. chairmag of the Rootes Group and of the Dollar Exports Council, spoke in support of Mr. Cooke at Twickenham on Tuesday. It was important, said Sir William, for Parliament to have men with an intimate knowledge of exports and world trade