Mr. R. E. M. Hughes is shortly to retire from
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his position as road transport manager (operating) of the Ulster Transport Authority. He became passenger manager of the U.T.A. on its inception in 1948 and in recent years one of his main interests has been the expansion of special services to meet Ulster's inereas:ng tourist demand.
Mr. L. Manning has been appointed ass:stant manager of the Market Harborough depot of Federated Road Transport Services Ltd. Mr. T. A. Gartside has been appointed engineer at the depot.
Mr. F. Malcolm Ling has been appointed general manager of The Plymouth Transport Co. Ltd. in succession to Mr. H. F. Gray who has left the company to take up an appointment outside the Wes:cm Motor Holdings Group. Mr. Ling has also been appointed a director of The Plymouth Transport Co. Ltd. He will cont:nue as director and general manager of Drake Hire Ltd.
Mr. W. H. Boardman, chief accountant of Standard-Triumph International Ltd., has now assumed the additional duties of chief accountant of the parent company of the Leyland Group, in succession to Mr. S. Baybutt. Mr. T. L. Hill continues as chief accountant of the manufacturing company at Leyland.
Mr. James Law, solicitor and a wellknown figure in the Scottish traffic courts for the past 28 years, has now taken up his appointment as solicitor for British Road Services in the Scottish (Southern) traffic area. His appointment will make no difference to his present passenger licensing work and he will still act for private haulage companies.
Mr. A. Kelly, chief designer, has been appointed to the board of J. Bamford (Excavators) Ltd. Mr. E. R. Dawtrey has been appointed technical sales manager of Automotive Engineering Ltd. and Light Production Ltd., two companies in the Sheepbridge Engineering Group. As chief engineer he has been responsible for research and development; he will now concentrate on the piston ring and cylinder liner activities. Mr. E. A. Cooke takes over Mr. Dawtrey's position as chief engineer of Sheepbridge Engineering Ltd. As head of the centralized engineering and development organization his responsibilities will embrace both product and production development.
Mr. J. L. Holden has been appointed service superintendent of Atkinson Vehicles Ltd. He succeeds Mr. J. Little, who has joined C.V. (Sales and Repairs) Ltd., Cardiff. Mr. Holden was an Atkinson apprentice and, at 23, was the company's youngest-ever foreman—in the service department. Since 1956 he has been a director of Blackburn Haulage (Lanes) Ltd., Preston. Mr. D. Cooney continues as senior foreman in the service department.
Mr. J. Delicate, general transport manager of Courtaulds Ltd., has been appointed a member of the special panel of four set up under the Transport Act, 1962, to advise the Transport Tribunal. He is the nominee of the Ministry of Transport to the panel and is the only representative of industrial transport. Mr. Delicate is a national vice-chairman of the Traders Road Transport Association; vice-chairman of the T.R.T.A.'s West Midland division; and chairman of the Coventry area.
Bowmaker Ltd. has appointed Mr. S. F. Thomas as manager of the Leeds branch, Mr. D. W. Butler manager of the Doncaster branch, Mr. T. C. Payne manager of the Sheffield branch, Mr. R. K. Patterson manager of the Worcester branch, Mr. F. J. Fletcher manager of the Taunton branch, Mr. G. F. Makey manager of the Wrexham branch, Mr. K. H. Moores manager of the Truro branch and Mr. A. G. Matthews acting manager at the Crawley branch. Mr. B. D. Meddings has been promoted from assistant manager to manager of the Bradford branch.
Mr. A. I. Barton has been appointed sales d:rector of Dispatch Motor Co. Ltd. Mr. A. N. Davies has been appointed deputy manag:ng director of All Wheel Drive Ltd., of Camberley. Mr. Davies has been a director of All Wheel Drive since December, 1954, and general manager of the company since the beginning of 1962.
Mr. John Roy, sales manager, and Mr. R. C. Pulley, have been appointed directors of Champion Sparking Plug Co. (Ireland) Ltd.
Mr. R. G. Redgwell, managing director of the Wayne Tank and Pump Co. Ltd. has been elected chairman of the Southern Regional Committee of the Industrial Training Council in succession to Mr. A. F. Hetherington.
Suffolk Iron Foundry (1920) Ltd. has appointed Mr. E. J. Porter as technical representative for the Birmingham and Midlands areas.
Herr Rolf Breuning and Dipl.-Kfm Giinter Nawrath have been elected to the board of directors of the Cassel, West
Germany, vehicle manufacturers, Henschel-Werke AG.
The David Brown Corporation (Sales) Ltd., Huddersfield, announces the appointment of Mr. R. A. Wenham as general sales manager, Gear Divisions.
Mr. P. F. Ward, previously branch manager of the Lincoln branch of the Mercantile Credit Co. Ltd., has been appointed area manager, East Midlands. Mr. A. E. Morrey, previously a representative at Wolverhampton, has been appointed branch manager at Coventry and Mr. A. J. Dwane, previously branch manager at Spalding, has been appointed branch manager at Lincoln.
Obituary
WE regret to record the deaths of Mr. VY D. G. L. John and Mr. J. Rothwell. Mr. John was Birmingham and Midlands representative of Bonallack and Sons Ltd,, and died last week after along lness.
Mr. Rothwell, formerly a director of J. and G. Rothwell Ltd., Accrington haulage contractor, and also of James Atkinson and Sons (Blackburn) Ltd., was 55.