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Mr. S. F. Edge is leaving for Australia and Tasmania on December 28 by the " Moldavia," and will not return to this country until early in May. He is willing to consider executing commissions for British concerns.
Mr. A. H. R. Fedden, chief engineer of the engine department of the Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., has recently been awarded the Simms Gold Medal by the Insertution of Automobile Engineers for his paper on " The Development of Air-cooled Engines."
Mr. S. J. Suter, the East Midland representative for the D.P. Battery Co., Ltd., is retiring at the end of the year, and Mr, H. Ellithorne, who has been with the company for more than eight years, will take over this area as from the beginning of the New Year.
Mr. A. W. Grafton has been appointed assistant secretary of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. He is 81 years old and was educated at Aberdeen, where he qualified as a chartered accountant, He joined the S.M.M. and T. in July, 1933.
Mr. C. W. Hyde has, we learn, been appointed South Wales manager, with headquarters at Cardiff, of the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., in succession to Mr. Ridgeway Fitzgerald, who resigned through ill-health. Mr. Fitzgerald, however, will continue to act for the Dunlop company in an advisory capacity.
We learn that Mr. George E. Jenkins has been appointed manager for the -Swansea area of Pickfords, Ltd., in succession to Mr. a P. Watts, who has been transferred to the company's
B14 Croydon branch. Mr. Jenkins has been with the concern since 1926 and has served in other centres, including Newport. At Swansea he was manager of the travel section of the business, but has now taken over full management.
Mr. James Watt, M.I.A.E., who, until last November, was chief engineer at Albion Motors, Ltd., has just been elected an Associate of the Institute of Transport. He is now acting as a consulting automobile and transport engineer in the South of England, the centre of his activities being Brighton.
We are glad to learn that Mr. E. C. Walters, who, from 1924 to 1932, was service manager in control of the home and export service organization of Morris-Commercial Cars Ltd., Birmingham, has now completely recovered from a, long illness. We understand The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has decided to establish an office in India and has appointed Mr. Dennis Edward Gough, B.Sc.., as its representative. The territory to be covered will include Ceylon and Burma. The Society alreactp has representatives in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, as well as correspondents in Canada, the Middle East and the Netherland East Indies.
Mr. Gough was educated at Bristol University, where he graduated with first-class honours in mechanical engineering. During the war he was engaged on experimental work in connection with Tanks, under the direction of the Mechanical. NVarfare Department. After the war he spent 12 years in India, Burma and Ceylon, representing British engineering interests, whilst he has recently carried out an extensive trade-investigation tour in the Far East. It is expected that he will sail for India in February next.
On December 81, Mr. J. C. Mitchell will sever his connection with London Transport. He has had a long and intimate association with passenger road transport, having been appointed to the staff of the secretary of the London Road Car Co., Ltd., in September, 1886, In 1889 he became accountant and cashier of the company, and, ultimately, succeeded to the secretaryship in 1905.
In 1908, upon the amalgamation of the bus companies, he was appointed secretary of the London General Omnibus Co., Ltd. Later, after the fusion of interests of the Underground Electric Railway Co. of London and the L.G.O.C., he became secretary and treasurer of all the companies in the Underground group. On June 30, 1933, he was secretary of 12 companies and a director of three.
Ire was a member of Lambeth Borough Council from 1912-22 and, in 1923, was appointed a Justice of the Peace for the County of London.
On December 14, Lord Ashfield presided over a gathering, when Mr. Mitchell received presentations from those with whom he has been associated.