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MR. G. E. BEHARRELL, managing director of the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., has been re-elected president of the Tyre 'Manufacturers' Conference.
MR. F. EASTWOOD has been appointed national officer of the Commercial Road Transport Group of the Transport and General Workers' Union.
Ma. J. WALLIS has been elected chair man of Leeds Sub-area of the Road Haulage Association. COUN, J. T. GEE has become chairman at Huddersfield and MR. W. BRIDGE at York.
MR. N. V. H. THomas has been appointed chairman of the Birmingham branch of the huh:Istria! Transport Association, with MR. G. L. EADES as secretary and Ma. J. N. 'HomEn, treasurer.
MR, E. S. H. EALES, commercial manager of Nottingham Transport Department, has been appointed principal executive assistant in charge of the audit office of the London Transport Executive.
MR. FRANK F. CROWE has been re-elected chairman of Wrexham and District sub-area of the Traders' Road Transport Association. MR. EDWIN
Skirrti continues as his deputy. The secretary is MR. W. KINGTON, MR. E. V. DYSON has been appointed general manager and engineer of Warrington Corporation Transport department, in succession to MR. R. MACKENZIE, who has become divisional engineer, Road Transport Executive, Midlands Division,
MR. F. G. FAGARD has resigned his position of Midland area manager of the Clayton Dewandre Co., Ltd., and is joining Wilmot Breeden, Ltd. Ilis first appointment will be that of sales manager of W. W. Jenkins, Ltd., Cheltenham.
• MR. G. H. ROBINSON has been appointed assistant divisional superintendent (Central Buses), Division C, of London Transport. MR. M. J. McCoy has become executive assistant to the divisional superintendent (Central Buses), Division A.
MR. J. CHIsHout, of Warrington, succeeds Mr. T. LAWRENSON as chairman of the North Western (Western) Area Committee of the Road Haulage Association. MESSRS. J. F. SUPPLIES, C. HININS and S. E. JONES have been elected vice-chairmen.
MR. K. McLtNNAN, of the Rover C_0., Ltd., is due to reach Canada on April 19, where he will act as " ambassador " for the Land-Rover. MR, •R. E. BUTCHER, export sales manager, will leave early next month for a six-week tour of Africa.
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MR. B. G. TURNER, M.1NST.T., has been appointed chairman of the Road Haulage Association for the second year in succession. MR. FRANK F. Fowt ER, MR. JOHN STRANG, MR. HARTLEY WILKINSON and MR. B„ WINTERROTTOM have been reappointed vice-chairmen.
COL. ARTHUR JERRETL M.INST.T., president of the Traders' Road Transport Association, and MR. F. D. FITZGERALD. F.C.1.S., national secretary, attended the council meeting of the International Road Transport Union, which opened in Geneva last Friday.
MR. S. A. C. HAYNES, who wds formerly in charge of publicity for Morris Commercial Cars, Ltd., has joined the sales staff of that company. Publicity for the Nuffield Organisation is now being concentrated in a department at Cowley under the control 'Of., MR. R. A. BISHOP, general publicity manager.
MR. NORRIS MARSDEN, export manager of Henry W. Peabody and Co., Ltd., 3, Lloyds Avenue, London, E.C.3, overseas distributor of Tilling-Stevens and Vulcan vehicles, is flying to South Africa on April 22 for a tour of the Union, Rhodesia and East Africa. MR. J. K. HODGSON, of--the same concern, is at present visiting Pakistan and India.
MR. H. M. AINSWORTH, chairman and managing director of the French Hotchkiss Company, was recently created a Commander of the Legion of Honour. It is most unusual for a Briton to reach such high honour in the Legion, but he has built up a fine reputation for the company's vehicles since he joined Hotchkiss as a youth over 40 years ago.
MR, D. M. SINCLAIR is the new chairroan of the Birmingham Centre of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (Automobile Division). MR. T. H. PARKINSON has been appointed chairman of the North-Eastern Centre, MR. W. M. HALL of, the North-Western Centre, MR. R. F. HARVEY of the Scottish Centre, and MR. B. V. Smrut of the Western Centre. • MR. R.. G. CROWTHER, 0.B.E., managing director of Fred 'Crowther and Son (Wakefield), Ltd., has succeeded ALD. CHARLES HOLDSWORTH as chairman of the Road Haulage Association's Yorkshire West Riding 'Area. He has been acting chairman for nearly 18 months duringAid. Holdsworth's extended term of office as Mayor of Halifax, and has been chairman of "Wakefield Sub-area ever since the merger of operators' associations. In the area deputy-chairmanship, Mr. Crowther is succeeded by MR. W. BRIDGE MR. J. WALLIS, MR. G. E. GILBEY and MR. E. WEST have been appointed vice-chairmen.