PERSONAL PARS MR. A. Picr,crrr has been appointed sales manager of Simms Motor Units, Ltd.
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MR. K. A. P. DALBY, F.C.A., has been appointed a director of Douglas (Kingswood), Ltd.
MR. JOHN B. PERRETT, A.M.I.A.E., M.S.A.E., has been appointed technical manager, of Trojan, Ltd.
• Ma. G. likruaLE and MR. J. WOODS have been appointed assistant production managers at the Triplex Safety Glass Works, King's Norton, Birmingham.
MR. CYRII DARw1NT, traffic superintendent of the Sheffield municipal passenger transport undertaking, has been' selectedfor appointment as deputy general manager. He has been with the Sheffield undertaking for 27 years.
MR. RICHARD BOOTH, M.Sc., production director of Northern Coachbuilders, Ltd., has resigned his directorship of that company to devote his full time to the development of personal interests in the steel and allied trades.
SIR HAROLD KENWARD, president of the Tyre Manufacturers' Conference, was recently entertained to dinner by the Conference, in honour of the
, knighthood conferred upon him. MR. A. S. BISHOP, sales director of the Goodyear company, MR. P. W. HowAnD, general sales manager of the British Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., THE EARL OF ROTHES, and MR F. G. W. Kiwi, technical director of the Dunlop
• Rubber Co., Ltd.. spoke.
SURPLUS VEHICLE PRICES UP
THE second sale of 2,764 Govern
ment surplus vehicles at Byram Park, Brotherton, West Yorkshire, realized a total of £321,900. The average price of £116 10s. per vehicle was about 25 per cent, higher than the price level at the sale held at the same depot last summer. Seven hundred trailers were included in the recent sale, which was conducted by Messrs. Hollis and Webb, 3, Park Place, Leeds, 1. • M.A.A. FIGHTS 40-MILE LIMIT
I N a letter to the Minister of Trans
port, the Motor Agents' Association asks for the removal from the Transport Bill of the clause prohibiting C-licence vehicles from exceeding a 40-mile radius without a special permit.
The Association also asks for amendments to the clauses which enable the Commission to acquire property, such as retail motor and petrol businesses, held only partly for the purposes of vehicle operation.
The M.A.A. stresses the importance of low production and distribution costs at the present time, and points to the benefit to manufacturers of the use of their own vehicles.
It is also contended that to handle applications from C-licensees, for permits to travel outside the 40-mile limit will require an elaborate and wasteful organization which will itself be a distracting burden on industry.
SCHOOLS THAT GO TO THE STUDENT
EVERY phase of servicing, ranging La from minor adjustments to major overhauls, is to be covered in a sales of lectures to be given, in conjunction with Ford dealers, in many parts of the country. The lecturers will be equipped with Fordson 10-cwt. vans, fitted with tools, charts, demonstration equipment, decorative and informative panels, and a 16 mm. sound film projector.
At a recent meeting in Newcastle, arranged in conjunction with the local Ford dealers, R. H. Patterson and Co., Ltd., and Strakers (Newcastle), Ltd., more than 100 fleet owners attended. NO MEASURE OF EFFICIENCY
RESTRICTION of he C-licensee under the Transport Bill would remove the yardstick by which the efficiency of the British Transport Commission could be measured, said Mr. F. G. Smith, president of the Motor Agents' Association, speaking at the annual dinner of the Bradford section of the Association, last week.
Replying to the contention that • if ancillary users were allowed to operate freely, they would divert too much business from the nationalized transport undertaking, he suggested that if the Government could provide a cheaper and better service, the trader would use it. If, on the other hand, the service was bad, the number of C-licensees would rise.
CARBURATION--AND PAINT
AR. L. J. SPENCER, of the Zenith In Carburetter Co., Ltd., will speak on" Carburation." before the members of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers, at the Royal Society of Arts, John Adam Street, London, W.C.2, at 6 p.m., on March 20.
Members in the Midlands will hear Mr. Thursbyis paper on "Paints for Road Transport" at the Chamber of Commerce, New Street, Birmingham, on March 26, at 7 p.m. .
DAMAGES AGAINST P.O. DRIVER
THE new Crown Proceedings Act was mentioned in a case at Leeds County Court. on March 5. West Riding Automobile Co., Ltd., Wakefield, sued a Leeds Post Office van driver for £31 2s 10d. damages in respect of alleged negligence in an accident. The Attorney-General sued the bus company for £84 5s. damages.
For the bus company, Mr. Stanley Price denied negligence. Remarking that he could not plead contributory negligence by the Attorney-General, he said this was a difficulty which he hoped would be obviated by the new Act. Judgment was given for the West -Riding Company.