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MR. JACK HARRISON, one of the joint managing directors of A. W. Chapman, Ltd., is now Mayor-elect of Surbiton.
MR. FRANK BRYAN, who has been traffic manager of the Eastern National Omnibus Co., Ltd., since 1932, will retire on May 31.
MR. HORACE G. THOMPSON, transport liaison officer for T. Wall and Sons (Meat Products), Ltd., has retired after 22 years' service.
MR. J. W. BANNARD was last week elected chairman of the Mansion House Association on Transport. MR. M. F. BARNARD Was re-elected president.
MR. R. JOHNSON has been appointed managing director of Dunlop (Rhodesia). Ltd., and will take charge of a new tyre factory being built in Bulawayo to supply the Central African Federation.
MR. C. G. tvIcGasni, chairman and managing director of Repco, Ltd., will shortly arrive in Britain during a world tour. Repco are Australia's largest manufacturers of automotive component parts.
MR. F. A. DuistsioRE has been appointed national motor sales executive for Brown Brothers, Ltd. MR. C. BIGGS takes a similar post for tyres, and MR. G. B. SPENCE for radio and electrical goods.
MR. F. S. MITMAN has joined the board of Rubery, Owen and Co., Ltd., the parent company in the Owen Organiza
tion. He is relinquishing his directorships in several of the subsidiary companies.
MR. GEORGE BELL, publicity officer, MR. L. J. MOORE, south-western area traffic superintendent, and MR. JOHN HEATON, Southport district traffic superintendent, have received awards for 25 years' service with Ribble Motor Services, Ltd.
MR. H. HUGHES has been elected chairman of Portsmouth Sub-area of the Road Haulage Association, with MR. T. G. V. COBB as vice-chairman. Southampton Sub-area have re-elected MR. J. H. G. BARBER f0 the chair. MR. D. S. COTTELL is their vice-chairman.
MR. E. M. GIBBS, export sales manager of the Austin Motor Export Corporation, Ltd., has been appointed general export sales manager, with MR. S. A. WOODGATE and MR. E. RoGElls as his assistants. New export sales executives are MR. L. C. HALL and MR. B. F. PINFIELD.
M. GEORGE MARSHALL, transport foreman of St. Cuthbert's Co-operative Association, Edinburgh, has been appointed transport manager of Cowdenbeath Co-operative Society, Ltd. He succeeds MR. ROBERT STEELE, who has retired after 36 years' service.
MR. PETER K. HOGLUND has succeeded MR. GEORGE M. PERRY as managing director of Euclid (Great Britain). Ltd. Mr. Perry will continue to serve on the board, but is to return to America to become director of sales for the Euclid division of General Motors Corporation.
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Ma. S. C. BOYS, of the Geo. Cohen 600 Group, Ltd., has again been elected chairman of the Southampton and Bournemouth Area of the Traders' Road Transport Association. MR. P. W. APPLEBY remains vice-chairman. The Peterborough Area have re-elected MR. L. W. BUGG as their chairman, with MR. E. BLAN-fERN continuing in the office of vice-chairman.
MR. EDWARD J. PARSONS has been appointed sales manager of the friction materials division of Small and Parkes, Ltd. He is replaced as London sales manager by MR. W. A. PARKES, MR. HAROLD Hickura, works manager, is to retire on April 1 after more than 50 years with the company. MR. W. L. VARTY has been appointed textiles works manager.
MR. H. G. FUCKS, formerly production manager at the Basildon works of BonaIlack and Sons, Ltd., has been appointed West of England representative for the company. Mr. Hicks is a past president of the National Federation of Vehicle Trades. MR. F. J. PALMER, formerly assistant works manager at Basildon, is now South-east London representative, succeeding MR. Coart WOODCOCK, now in charge of sales promotion and market research.