Bedford prices up
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• Higher prices for Bedford trucks and p.s.v. chassis and Vauxhall cars took effect on Tuesday. Examples of the new prices are:— HAE 6cwt van £424; J2S chassis-cab £833 petrol. £964 diesel; KA chassis-cab £861 petrol, £992 diesel: KFA tractor chassis-cab, £1,334 (diesel); KGA £1,637 (diesel); VAS chassis 959 (petrol); VAM chassis £1.675 (diesel): VAL £1,971 (diesel): SB £1137 (petrol).
• The jacking arrangement on the demountable bodies illustrated in CM on March 15. page 35, is a Bonallack design but incorporates hand-operated hydraulic jacks manufactured by Cocker of Southport. G. S. Taylor has been appointed chief engineer of Yorkshire Woollen District Transport Co. Ltd. from May 1 in succession to H. Chappell. Mr. Taylor is assistant engineer of North Western Road Car Co. Ltd., having formerly served with Northern General and Sunderland District.
R. E. Faulkner is shortly to become group executive. vehicle sales. Wadham (Holdings) Ltd.
Marcus H. Bower has been appointed to the main board of the John Thompson group of companies.
James Blythe has been appointed distribution manager to Berry Wiggins and Co. Ltd. and will be responsible for all the company's road and rail traffic and shipping, as well as controlling internal movements and handling of products. He was formerly assistant group distribution manager of United Glass Co. Ltd.
F. W. Lambert has been appointed company reliability engineer of Hoffmann Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
F. Simmons has been elected chairman of Darlington sub-area of the BHA: P. Stiller and A. G. D. Craig are vice-chairmen. In the Newton Abbot and Torbay sub-area N. Rogers has been elected chairman and G. Harvey vice-chairman.
R. A. Jothan has been elected chairman of the Sussex area of TATA: C. L. Cobb is vice-chairman. Other TRTA elections: Surrey and South Middlesex area: chairman A. M. Lawforcl; vice-chairmen,
A. G. Evans and G. D. Gates. Eastern area: chairman, W. Walden, vice-chairmen J. P. Newman, D. W. Bagwell, A. E. Prescott, S. G. Watson, W. Alderton, E. R. W. Hearne, M. E. Horton. Merseyside and N. Wales: chairman, G. Wilmshurst, vice-chairman E. J. Bibby.