Holding Company Appointments

21st September 1962, Page 7

21st September 1962

Page 7

Page 7, 21st September 1962 — Holding Company Appointments

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THE chairman of the Transport Hold • 11ing Company, set up by the 1962 Transport Act, will be Sir Philip Warter. who is at present deputy_ chairman of the British Transport Commission. His appointment is on a part-time basis. Sir Reginald Wilson, a meth14.of the B.T.C., is to become full-time deputy chairman and managing director of the Holding Company.

The Holding Company is to take over (probably on January 1 next) the assets Of British Road Services, the Atlantic Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.--ferry services to the Continent and Ireland—and the Tilling and Scottish Omnibuses bus groups. Details of other appointments under the 1962 Act are on page 9.

Ineffective Rear Lights —Minister's Warning

PERATORS of commercial vehicles were warned on Sunday to ensure that the rear lights of their vehicles were working. Mr. Ernest Marples, Minister of Transport, gave the warning when speaking before presenting the awards at the Lorry Driver of the Year national finals in Coventry (see page 110).

A series of spot checks, he said, had revealed that a quarter, of the vehicles examined had rear lights that were too dim or too dirty to be effective, or else one or more of the rear lights was not working.

"A few minutes spent examining and cleaning them before leaving a pull-in ' is a simple remedy," he said.

The Minister also uttered a warning about black smoke. He said he would persevere in his efforts to get a suitable measuring device. Exhausts discharging above the cab were useless, he added, because the fumes were heavier than air.