Men in the News

21st September 1956, Page 90

21st September 1956

Page 90

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MR. C. T. HOLMES has been appointed Midland area public service vehicle representative of British Belting and Asbestos, Ltd.

MR. F. BRIGGS has succeeded the late MR. J. N. FORSTER as London region sales manager of Pirelli, Ltd. Mr. Briggs joined the Pirelli company in 1937.

MR. GEORGE KENNING has been appointed chairman of Kennings, Ltd., and joint managing director with MR. DAVID B. KENNING, MR. FRANK KENNING has resigned the offices of chairman and managing director for reasons of health, but remains a director. MR. A. B. GRIFFIT HS has joined the board.

MR. W. MARTIN has been appointed senior vehicle examiner at the Pilot Vehicle Testing Station; Hendon, London, N.W.4. For 22 years he has been public service vehicle examiner in South Scotland. His earlier training and work were with Albion Motors, Ltd., whom he joined in 1916. He is a council member of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers and was honorary secretary of the Scottish centre for the first six years; subsequently he became vice-chairman and then chairman of that centre.

MR. G. W. HARRIMAN has been appointed deputy chairman of the British Motor Corporation, Ltd., and joint managing director with Six LEONARD LORD, MR. J. R. WOODCOCK, deputy chairman of Morris Motors, Ltd., has become deputy managing director of B.M.C. MR. ARTHUR KEATS is to retire and relinquish his B.M.C. directorship and his posts as chairman and managing director of Fisher and Ludlow. Ltd.. whom he has served for over 40 years. Sir Leonard is to succeed him as head of Fisher and Ludlow, and MR. E. PRICE, special director and chief accountant, is appointed deputy chairman of that company. MR. H. W. SANSU m has been appointed assistant sales manager of E.R.F., Ltd. He was formerly sales and service manager of the vehicle division of Sentinel (Shrewsbury), Ltd.

MR. R. A. FEARNLEY was last week elected president of the Municipal Passenger Transport Association for 1956-57. He is general manager at Coventry. ALD. J. H. WHITAK ER. chairman of Todrnorden Transport Committee, is the new vice-president. Mr. E. R. L. FITZPAYNE, general manager, Glasgow, was re-elected treasurer.

ILK. SIGNS INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT CONVENTIONS rUSTOMS conventions on the temporary importation of goods vehicles and containers, and a convention on the taxation of road vehicles used privately for the carriage of international traffic, have been signed by the United Kingdom and a number of Continental countries.

Other parties to the Customs conventions are Austria, Belgium, Federal Republic ot Germany, France, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden and Switzerland.

With the exception of the German Federal Republic, Hungary, Italy and Switzerland, these countries, together with Finland and Yugoslavia, were also parties to the taxation convention.

The United Kingdom has not, so far, signed a convention on the contract for the international carriage of goods by road, to which Austria, Belgium, the German Federal Republic, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland and Yugoslavia have agreed.

All signings are subject to ratification by the governments concerned. A convention enters into force after ratification by any five countries.

The conventions were prepared by working parties of the inland transport committee of the United Nations F.conoinic Commission for Europe..