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Men in the News
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MR. W. L. WILSON has resigned as director of the Skefko Ball Bearing Co., Ltd„ on account of ill-health.
MR. E. H. ROBINSON has been appointed deputy to MR. LEsuR HARTRIDGE, managing director of Leslie Hartriclge, Ltd.
MR. J. A. T. HANLON, Northern Licensing Authority, has been awointed deputy chairman of Northumberland Quarter Sessions.
MR. R. McGEAcHv has been appointed permanent instructor at a new school to be opened soon by the Australian subsidiary of F. Perkins, Ltd., at Dandenong, Victoria.
MR. L. T. CARTER, traffic manager of Stockport Co-operative Society, has retired after 37 years' service. • He is vice-chairman of the National Cooperative Traffic Managers' Association.
• MR. S. J. Vos has ceased to be chairman and director of the Trinidad Oil Co., which has been acquired by the Texas Oil Co. MR. J.. P. CHRISTIAN, MR. N. M. L. PARKINSON, MR. H. W. MACNAUGHTON-JONES and M. DE VERTEUIL have joined the board.
MR. J. WALKER has been appointed general manager of Phillip Smith, Michael and Partners, Ltd., who, as reported in The Commercial Motor last week, offer transport services in northeast Derbyshire. Mr. Walker was formerly transport manager of William Jessop and Sons, Ltd.
MR. W. A. STAcE, Brighton area manager of Southdown Motor Services, Ltd., is to retire and will be succeeded by MR. R. J. DALLINIORE. MR. G. R. WAKELING, Portsmouth area manager, has become licensing officer of the company and is succeeded at Portsmouth by MR. F. A. PRICE, MR. F. H. REEVES takes Mr. Price's post as manager of the Chichester-Bognor area.
MR. E. J. WaoLF has resigned his appointment as joint managing director
of W. E. Bray and Co., Ltd. MR. R. W. T. BRAY has become managing director. MR. H. GUNNER, managing director of the southern companies in the Sheepbridge Engineering group, has joined the Bray board. MR. D. J. HARROWELL has been appointed technical director and MR. C. EDWARDS, works manager.
MR. G. MACLEAN, traffic officer of the Special Traffics (Pickfords) Division of British Road Services, has been appointed chief removals and travel manager in place of MR. T. H. STACEY, who is retiring on October 12. Mr. Maclean joined the Hay's Wharf Cartage Co., Ltd., and Pickfords, Ltd., in 1926. Mr. Stacey joined Pickfords in 1906 and during the past 11 years has been chief removals and travel manager.
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MR. A. 0. JORDAN has resigned his post as assistant managing director of General and Industrial Paints, Ltd., because of ill health. Be will continue as a director. MR. E C. HALL, who was appointed director and general sales manager in March, is now sates director.
SIR HERBERT MANZONI, Birmingham city engineer, has been elected president of the British Standards Institution. The offices of president and chairman of the general council have been combined. Sir Herbert was already chairman of the council. As president he succeeds SIR ROGER DUNCALFE. MR. JouN RYAN has been re-elected vice-president.
MR. J. V. WOODS and MR. 0. HuRRLE, production managers at the King's Norton works of the Triplex Safety Glass Co., Ltd., are to visit American factories to study methods of making curved windscreens. They will be accompanied by MR, H: GOL7G11, development engineer at King's Norton, and MR. W. GRomFiELD, technical manager at Willesden. .
MR. J. H. Lots4As has been appointed managing director of Harold Andrews Sheepbridge, Ltd., a subsidiary of Sheepbridge Engineering, Ltd. Mr. Lomas is also managing director of Sheep bridge Equipment, Ltd., Sheepbridge Stokes, Ltd., and British Van der Horst, Ltd. MR. W. J. COLLARD, secretary, is to become director and general manager of Harold Andrews Sheepbridge, Ltd.
1v1R. NORMAN C. BREARLEv has resigned his posts as deputy managing director and general works manager of Hepworth and Grandage, Ltd., to take up a high executive appointment with the parent concern, Associated Engineering Holdings, Ltd. He was a director of Hepworth and Grandage for 33 years. MR. J. L. HEFWORTH, previously technical director, becomes engineering director, and MR. B. McMAtioN production engineering director. MR. (3. CoLLIN HEFWORM has been appointed general works manager of all the Hepworth and Grandage factories, TANKER SWEPT OFF PIER
1-1. A LARGE petrol tanker was swept
off Aust ferry pier, Gloucestershire, into the Severn last Saturday by one of the highest tides of the year. The almost empty tank gave the vehicle buoyancy, but the tide became too high and rescue attempts had to be abandoned.
JAIL FOR DRUNKEN DRIVERS IN future, drivers convicted at Ludlow I magistrates court of offences while driving under the influence of alcohol will be sentenced to a month's imprisonment and will be disqualified from driving for five years, unless the circumstances warrant a heavier penalty. This was announced in the court last week.