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Ms J. BAXTER has been appointed central area engineer Ribble Motor Services, Ltd.
MR. G. B. G. POTTER has retired from the Board Of S. Smith and Sons (England), Ltd.
MR. W, H. PARRY has been elected president of the Purchasing Officers Association for 1960-61.
MR. C. T. Buscut, chief accountant, Rover Co., Ltd., has been appointed chief accountant of the B.S.A. Group.
MR, M. P. CULT IGAN has been appointed assistant secretary, Coras fompair Eireann, MR. P. D. LAVEI has been appointed assistant to the chief accountant.
ALD. E. E. WYNNE, chairman of Blackpool Transport Committee, is to serve on a special sub-committee set up by the town council to investigate traffic problems in the town centre.
MR. 14. V. ROWLANDS has been appointed sales director, Burtonwood Engineering Co.. Ltd. Mr. RoWlands, who is 60, joined the company in 1930 and became a director five years ago. Mk. RoNAi ID ELLIS has been appointed assistant general sates and service manager. Leyland Motors, Ltd.
COL. H. DE GREY-WARTER, .public relations officer of the Regent Oil Co., Ltd., has been appointed district commissioner, Boy Scouts, City of Westminster.
MR. ALAN ALEXANDER, MR. C. ELSWOOD and MR. G. A. CALLABY have been appointed sub-branch managers for Mercantile Credit Co., Ltd., at—
respect ively—Sca rborough, Canterbury and Guildford.
MR. JAMES WEATHERUP, Newry district passenger manager, Ulster Transport Authority, has retired. He began as an independent operator in 1923, being taken over by the former Northern Ireland Road Transport Board, in 1935.
MR. J. H. RtatAitosoN, traffic manager, Northern General Transport Co., Ltd., has been appointed to succeed MR. F. K. POINTON, as general manager, East Midland Motor Services, Ltd. Mr. Pointon is on January 1, next, joining the executive staff of the British Electric Traction Co., Ltd. MR. R. C. BALLARD hasbeen appointed manager of the Lincoln Branch of Forward Trust, .Ltd., a subsidiary of the Midland Bank, Ltd.
LT.-COL. F. A. HOUGH has been appointed chief motor transport officer to the Post Office. He is at present chief regional engineer in the London Postal Region. Col. Hough who is 49 years old, joined the Post office in 1932.
M. R. COOKE has been appointed managing director of the recently formed British Crane Co., Ltd., which is part of the Steel Group of companies.
MR, RONALD ELLIS, general manager of British United Traction, Ltd., has relinquished his executive duties on appointment to the board of directors. MR. F. G. HEAVEN, secretary, has been appointed manager. MR. J. D. SLATER has been appointed a director.
OBITUARY VUE regret to record the death of Mr. VI' George Bracegirdle.
Mr. Bracegirdle wag 72. He had been a haulier at Partington. Cheshire, since 1933.