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MR. E. J. 'F OURACRE sales manager, and MR D. F, BROWN, assistant to the managing director, have been appointed to the Board of the Westinghouse Biake and Signal Co., Ltd.
Mn. F. H. BOOTH, chief planning engineer of Dennis Bros:, Ltd., has taken up an appointment with the Allied Control Commission for Germany, and was recently the recipient of gifts from his colleagues at Guildford.
MR. R. G. SPRAKE, who has been serving ks assistant to the Director of Vehicle Maintenance (M.O.W.Te) it leaving the Ministry. He will become general manager of Edmund Walker ard Co. Incidentally, before joining tbe Ministry he was service manager with Car Mart; Ltd..
MR. A. H. SOUTER, one of the senior executives of the Rootes Group, has joined the Nuffield Organization. He will augment the staff of finance • and accountaticy' executives, who are under the' control of Mr.. B. C. Williams, director and secretary. He has had 20 years' experience of the motor industry on. the -distributing side.
MR. ALAN 0. Tomeev, .B.Com., who has been in charge of the overseas organization of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders since 1933, has been appointed deputy secretary of the Society. He began his career in . 1921 in the .underwriting room at Lloyds, following which he was for 10 years with Marconi's WirelesS Tele. graph Co., Ltd. . There he became deputy chief of shipping and transport and, subsequently, as a member of the management staff, travelled in 14 European countries. In 1934 he accompanied the motor delegation to 'Poland, which he revisited in 1935 as a member of' the United Kingdom Trade Mission. In 1940-41 he visited West, South and East Africa, India and Burma. As a technical adviser to the Ministry of Supply Mission in India, he attended the Eastern Group Supply Conference at Delhi, where he acted as secretary of the armaments committee.
MAion H. M. WEIR; general sales manager of Jensen Motors, Ltd., West Bromwich, has rejoined the company after nearly six years in the Forces. He served in the Army for over five years in the 1914-18 war, was recalled from the reserve in August, 1939, and was among those evacuated from Dunkirk in 1940.
'MR. 1'. W. GRAHAM, after nearly 40 : years with the Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd., has retired. For the.past 20 yeers or more he has been advertising and publicity manager for the company, and during this time his genial personality has made for him a great many staunch friends- in the industry. Despite his official, retirement, 'his interest in the welfare of Vacuum products will be maintained in the Isle of Man, where he has made his new home.
MR. T. P. Norfets has been appointed by Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., as adviser pn all matters concerning labour relations, welfare, apprentice training, medical services and kindred subjects, The Board of the company is anxious tci extend and co-ordinate the present arrangements in these con nections. Mr. Norris has had wide experience in this sphere, having for many years been concerned with the handling of similar matters in another large organization.
MR. A. N. HOTTER, unit controller of 12 R 1, Chatham, and, since 1941, manager of Gammen and Dicker, Ltd. (a subsidiary of Transport Services, Ltd.), has been appointed director and secretary of the Ballast, . Sand and Allied Trades Association (London 'Area). From 1936 to 1941 he was London operating manager of Red Arrow Deliveries, Ltd. He is the son of Mr. George A. Hotter, one-time secretary of the original Road Haulage Association. '
Ma. H. T. Dueereen (chairman of the National Road Trahsport Federation and director of H. and G. Datfield, Ltd.) has been elected a member of the Council of the Institute of Transport, as have MR. C. JACKSON, M.C. (general manager of the transport department of Plymouth Corporation), MR. S_ KENNEDY (director of Thomas Tilling, Ltd.), and MR. R. 0. SQuAREY, M C. (transport officer, Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.), and, with others-, they will fill vacancies which will arise on September 30 next.