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Mr. G. N. Higgs informs us that he has resigned his position as managing director of SpecieHold, Ltd., and has disposed of his interests in that company. Mr. Higgs is now the proprietor of the Midland Hotel at Hemel Hempsted, Herts.
Mr. George E. Willis, manager of the export sales for the Studebaker Corporation of America since January, 1924, has just vacated that position to accept the post of managing director of the Studebaker Corporation of Australasia, Ltd., with headquarters at Sydney, Australia.
Mr. Willis began his career with the company in 1911 as manager of the Studebaker branch in Berlin, and he continued in that position until 1914.
In the following two years he served as the company's special representative in Russia, and subsequently was manager of branches in America, until he joined the headquarters staff to take charge of the export sales department. Mr. Willis is an authority on export problems, and is well known in Australia and New Zealand.
Mr. Ernest Cock has been appointed publicity manager to the United Automobile Services, Ltd., and has taken up his duties at the head offices at Lowestoft. There is now in process of formation a publicity department, in which will be centred the whole of the company's advertising and publicity activities, including the control of the advertisement spaces in and on the company's vehicles and property.
Mr. Cock has had considerable experience in transport advertising, having continuously for a number of years been engaged in railway publicity, first with the Great Northern Railway Co. and latterly serving on the personal staff of Mr. W. M. Teesdale, the advertising manager of the London and North Eastern Railway Co.
The fundamental points of the policy of the publicity department of the United Automobile Services,. Ltd., will be to cultivate the :goodwill of the travelling public by efficiently advertising all the facilities the company have to offer ; to ensure that reasonable NMI, plaints and requests for additional Services receive due and proper attention ; and at all times to assist by propaganda the well-ordered development of the carrying of passenger 'traffic by road. With regard to the displaying of advertisements on the company's vehicles,steps will be taken to ensure that only
standard advertisements are accepted, and that these are neatly displayed and maintained in good condition. It is fully recognized that in carrying out these principles a two-fold object will be achieved.
Popular Guy Products.
The products of Guy Motors, Ltd., Fallings Park, Wolverhampton, continue to make considerable headway In municipal service, and the names of three more local authorities have just been added to the long list of municipalities who have ordered Machines of this make. Amongst orders which the company have recently received from such sources are several for six-wheelers, -the names of them being given in our centre pages article. A tipping wagon has been ordered by the Aberystwyth Council, and a vehicle for refuse collection is being built for the Heath Town Council, whilst the West Ham Union is buying Guy ainbulances. Take Care in Portsmouth.
By far the greater part of Portsmouth is located on what is known as the Island of Portsea, which is cut off from the mainland by a tidal stream known as Ports Creek. The only means of crossing this stream is by Ports Bridge. The old bridge is an iron one capable of carrying only one line of traffic each way. Fully cognizant of the increasing growth of traffic and of the need for an improved structure, the corporation is now actively proceeding with the construction of a bridge 80 ft. wide which will rake three lines of traffic each way.
The reconstruction work has now reached a stage when it is essential that drivers crossing Ports Bridge should proceed at a slow pace. Unfortunately, notices which have been erected by Mr.
Arthur Ward, A.M.Inst.C.E., the borough engineer, are not being carefully observed, and it is emphasized that motor-coach drivers and others coming into the town from a distance do not pay heed to the regulation.
As there is an element of danger if the bridge be crossed at an excessive pace, the borough engineer asks us to make known the need for considerable caution on the part of drivers.
A.E.C.'s in Demand.
The Associated Daimler Co., Ltd., Walthamstow, London, E.17, received orders for over 60 commercial vehicles during a recent period of a fortnight, amongst them being one for 17 Model 506 chassis for Australia. Orders which have been received from users in this country include that for seven 80seater single-deck buses for the Bradford City Corporation, another for four Model 414 buses for an Irish user, and others from the Doncaster Corporation, Silvertown Lubricants, Ltd., East Surrey Traction Co., Ltd., and the L.N.E. Railway.
Coach Passengers Take Note.
The following notice is now placed on the backs of the seats of motor coaches run in Paris by the T.C.R.P.
S. V. P.
Le cuir eat char Les glaces sent cheres Ne montez pas sur les banquettes Fermez les portes tres doucement.