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Mr. D. H. Lindley, a member of Small and Parkes, Ltd., London sales staff for the past twelve years. has been appointed contracts manager.
Mr. A. T. D. Davies, Firestone sales representative in Bristol since 1957. has been appointed district manager, Wrexham. Mr. Davies joined Firestone in 1932 and became sales representative in Hampshire in 1948.
London Transport announces that Dr. .1. Fairlee, medical officer in charge of the South-East Medical Division, and Dr. G. C. Acres, medical officer in charge of the North-East Medical Division, have been appointed Officers of the London Transport Executive.
Mr. B. F. Client, managing director of Atkinson Vehicles, Ltd., Preston, left this country on July 11 for Amsterdam, the first stop in an eight weeks' tour of Atkinson agents and distributors in South Africa, New Zealand. Australia, Cyprus, Italy, Libya and Portugal.
Following the recent reorganization of the Alexander Co. in the Scottish Bus Group, the following appointments have been made: Mr. P. G. Armstrong. assistant general manager, W. Alexander and Sons, Ltd., to be general manager, W. Alexander and Sons (Midland), Ltd., with headquarters at Falkirk; Mr, R. Forrester, area manager, Fife, to be general manager. W. Alexander and Sons (Fife), Ltd., with headquarters at Kirkcaldy; Mr. W. B. Christison, Northern area manager, to be general manager, W. Alexander and Sons (Northern), Ltd., with headquarters at Aberdeen. Mr. John M. Howard has been appointed a director of B.E.T. Omnibus Services, Ltd., in place of the late Lord Gifford.
The George Cohen 600 Group. Ltd., announce that Mr. John P. Bolton has been appointed managing director for their Australian subsidiary, George Cohen Sons and Co. (Australia) Pty., Ltd., of Sydney. He succeeds the late Mr. C. A. Bell.
Mr. H. E. Martin4Rake has been appointed general manager (Engineering and Production) of Kismet. Ltd., of
Bedford and Sheffield. This is a new appointment. For the past two years Mr. Martin-Leake has been chief industrial engineer of the Iranian Oil Refining Company at Abadan.
Obituary
We record with deep regret the deaths of Mr. Herbert Cooke and Mr. W. Storey.
Mr. Cooke, managing director of H. Cooke (Removals), Ltd., Nuneaton, was 67.
Mr. Storey was a former pit boy who rose to be owner or director of about 30 companies employing 600 men with headquarters at South Elmsall, Yorks. He started his one-lorry haulage business in the '30s and in the past 20 years he acquired ownership of many transport and quarry companies which included Woodseats (Sheffield) Transport, Ltd., C. H. Parker Transport (Barnsley), Ltd., Barnsley and District Transport Co., Ltd.. Blaxton Sand and Gravel Co., Ltd., the Long Lane Hard Limestone Co. (Bakewell), Ltd., and the West Riding Wagon Co., Ltd. He was 54 and leaves a widow, two sons and two daughters.