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MR. D. E. HUGHES, secretary of Guy Motors, Ltd., has been elected financial director.
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MR. E. W. I. ARKLE and MR. B. JESSOP have resigned from the board of the Northern General Transport Co., Ltd., and have been succeeded by MR. T. GRUNDY and MR. A. 12, DUNBAR.
MR. P. A. HoaNatow has been appointed manager of Thomas Bros. (Port Talbot), Ltd. A former B.E.T. trainee, he has lately been with the South Wales Transport Co., Ltd., as Swansea area traffic superintendent.
MR. GEOFFREY HARDING has been appointed deputy transport manager of Rochdale Transport Department. He is at present with the Halifax undertaking and was formerly with the Road Haulage Executive and Birmingham Transport Department.
MR. A. MYCOE has been elected president of the Manchester and District Traffic Association. The life vice-president is MR. J. A. Powell., and MR. P. W. LUNN and MR. P. E. CAFFREY are vice-presidents. The chairman is MR. S. FOULKES and the vice-chairman MR. H. HEAP.
MR. G. H. SEARLE has resigned his position as director of transport of the Ministry of Food. He has given his services to the department for 15 years and is a member of the council of the Institute of Transport and chairman of the Metropolitan Section. The transport and warehousing divisions of the Ministry will be amalgamated under MR. C. E. R. INcE. present director of the warehousing division.
MR. W. LEESE has been appointed to succeed MR. J. FORSTER as general manager of the Trent Motor Traction Co., Ltd., when Mr. Forster takes up his post as general manager of the Northern General Transport Co., Ltd., on January 1. Mr. Leese is at present general manager of East Midland Motor Services, Ltd. His successor will be MR. S. J. B. SKYRME, at present chief engineer of the North Western Road Car Co., Ltd.
MR. R. L. ALLEN has become divisional manager of the Firestone Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., responsible for branches in Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester and Liverpool. He was formerly Yorkshire district manager. MR. J. A. OWEN. previously north of England' district manager, has become divisional manager controlling Newcastle and the Stockton branches and the whole of Scotland and Ulster. MR. L. B. J. axis, former Bristol district manager, has taken charge of a division in the West Country. including Bristol, Plymouth, Cardiff and Swansea branches.
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MR. WALTER BLADES, export sales manager of Scammell Lorries, Ltd., leaves for Kuwait today.
MR. A. C. BADEN PICKFORD has been elected a director of the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd.
MR. J. GREEN has been elected chairman of the Motor Vehicle Dismantlers' Association. MR. F. H. Bum is vicechairman and MR. C. RAmstiorrom treasurer.
MR. S. W. LETCHFORD, A.I.M.I., formerly proprietor of Penhale Motors, Fraddon, Cornwall, is flying to Trinidad on October 21 to take up the position of transport manager of Woodford Lodge Estates, Ltd.
MR. CLAUD BARRINGTON, a member of the board of management of British Road Services, has been appointed deputy chairman of the Atlantic Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., and their subsidiar. Frank Bustard and Sons. Ltd.
MR. G. C. DURTNAL, a director of University Commercials and Coachwork, Ltd., has been elected to the board of the parent company, University Motors, Ltd., and their subsidiaries, University Marine, Ltd., and University Electrics, Ltd., as from today.
COMMERS AT BAGHDAD
AMONG the exhibits at the Baghdad Trade Fair, which opens on October 25, will be a range of Commer vehicles. These will include an Express delivery van, a light pick-up, a 25-cwt. van. 5-ton long-wheelbase and tipping models, a four-wheel-drive 3-tonner and a Commer-Beadle chassisless coach. A sectioned TS3 oil engine will also be on view.
140 MORE BUSES FOR DELHI
ORDERS have been placed for the delivery of 140 more buses for Delhi Transport Authority by the middle of 1955, by which time the fleet strength will be 400. The undertaking now carries 127,000 passengers and covers 24,000 'miles a day, compared with 62,000 passengers and 14,000 miles in 1948.