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Ma. J. CREEK has been appointed general sales manager of Fibreglass, Ltd.
MR. J. L. THORLEY has joined Smiths Motor Accessories, Ltd., as representative for the east of Scotland.
CLLR. J. RAFFERTY, deputy chairman of Leeds Transport Committee, has been appointed Deputy Lord Mayor of Leeds.
MR. 0. F. G1NGELL has been appointed principal private secretary (transport) to the Minister of Transport, MR. A. T. LENNOX-BOYD.
MR. E. E. WALKER has been appointed publicity manager of the Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., in succession to LT.-Con. K. G. Maxwm, who has retired.
MR. SrANLEY DUDMAN has succeeded MR. W. T. JAMES, O.B.E., as chairman of the Public Transport Association. MR. R. W. BIRCH and Mr. E. L. TAYLOR have been elected vice-chairmen.
MR. W. C. W1SHART, C.A., managing director of Rowlands, Ltd., Ceylon, has been appointed a member of the Ceylon Motor Traffic Advisory Council. He will be the only European to sit on that body.
MR. A. HASELDEN has relinquished his post as director of manufacture of the Ford Motor Co., Ltd., and is succeeded by MR. C. THACKER. Mr. Haselden, who has reached retiring age, will continue in an advisory capacity.
Ma. D. J. F. JACKSON has been re-elected chairman of the western division of the Traders' Road Transport Association, together with MR, C. J. HORSLEY who also represents the area on the national council. /1/41r. Jackson remains a member of the national executive.
MR. A. J. PURVES, managing director of the International Harvester Co. of Great Britain, Ltd., since 1947, has retired from the organization, but will remain a director. MR. BROOKS MCCORMICK, who has been joint managing director with Mr. Purves since 1951, now becomes sole managing director.
LT.-COL. W. E. CASTELLO, M.I.MECH.E., has been appointed chairman and joint managing director of Godfreys, Ltd., following the death of MR. F. A. APPLEBEE. MR. H. E. Dowtsr, F.C.A., has been appointed joint managing director, and MR. G. R. W. CRuonas, M.I.M.I., takes up the general managership. He is also a director.
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MR. JAMES WALKER, past-president of. the Liverpool Cart and Motor Owners' Association, was made a presentation last week as a mark of appreciation of his services.
MR. G. L. lihNcatam, transport controller of the Pilkington group, St. Helens, was recently admitted to the freedom of the City of London and installed as a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Carmen.
MR. R. EDGLEY COX 1s to take up the general managership of Walsall Transport Department, next month, in ,succession to MR. M. J. SOMERFIELD. Since September, 1949, Mr. Cox has been general manager and engineer of St. Helens Transport Department.
MR. L. J. MooRE has become southwestern area superintendent of Ribble Motor Services, Ltd. He was formerly district traffic superintendent at Bootle depot. MR. L. S. HIGGINS, assistant south-western area superintendent, is to take over Mr. Moore's position at Bootle.