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position of controller of road transport, Coastlines Ltd., one of the largest coaster-operating shipping concerns in the British Isles, at the company's Liverpool headquarters. Mr. Turner, a national vice-chairman of the Road Haulage Association, was appointed to this position on May I.
Mr. J. R. Woodcock, a deputy managing director of the British Motor Corporation and deputy chairman of Morris Motors Ltd., is retiring for personal reasons. Mr. H. J. L. Suffield and Mr. P. N. Davies have joined the board of directors. Mr. Suffield, aged 53, is the president of B.M.C./Hambro Inc., U.S.A., and will now direct the whole of the home and export sales of the corporation. His experience of export marketing covers the past 14 years and he was, until 1962, responsible for the corporation's subsidiaries in Canada. Mr. Suffield joined Morris Commercial Cars Ltd. in 1935. Mr. Davies, aged 45, is the managing director of B.M.C. Service Ltd., and lie has been connected with the spare parts and service operations of the corporation for the past eight years.
Following the announcement of the appointment of Mr. Frank Lemass as president of the Institute of Transport (last week's The Commercial Motor), the vice-presidents have now been announced and include Mr. Anthony Bull (member, London Transport Board), Mr. R. L. H. Fanner (managing director, Atlas Expre6s Co. Ltd.) and Mr. W. M. Little (chairman, Scottish Bus Group Ltd.). Mr. D. H. F. Joyce (operations development manager, Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd.) has been appointed hon. treasurer and Col. Sir Ralf Emerson (chairman, Metropolitan-Cammell-Weymann Ltd.) hon. librarian.
Mr. H. Weedy, who has been general manager of the South Wales Transport Company Ltd. for the past nine years, will be retiring, at his own request. on September 30. Mr. Weedy enterd the bus industry 40 years ago when he joined the engineering department of the East Kent Road Car Co. Ltd. From 1930 to 1947 he held various appointments with United Automobile Services Ltd. and The Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co. Ltd., and in the latter year became chief engineer of The City of Oxford Motor Services Ltd. In 1948 he was appointed general manager of that company. In 1953 Mr. Weedy became the first general manager of the newly formed Jamaica Omnibus Services Ltd. and was responsible for the initial development of that undertaking. In July, 1955, Mr. Weedy returned to take up his present appointment with the South Wales Company. Mr. W. Swallow, chairman and managing director of Vauxhall Motors Ltd., has been elected president of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. Mr. L. G. T. Farmer, chairman of the Rover Company, president for the past two years, becomes deputy president. Mr. J. J. Parkes, chairman and managing director of Alvis Ltd., continues in office for a second term as a vice-president, and Mr. I. D. Richards, chairman of the Zenith Carburetter Company, becomes a vice-president in succession to Mr.
Swallow. H o n. treasurer of the Society, for the fifth year. is Mr. M. L, Breeden, joint managing director of Wilmot-Breeden Ltd. Sir William Black, chairman of the Leyland Mot or Corporation, a s chairman of the British Manufacturers' Section of the Society, continues as an honorary officer.
Mr. William Bailey, director and secretary of Gardner Engines (Sales) Ltd., has retired from the secretaryship of the company after 45 years' service, but will be continuing his association as an active member of the board of directors. Mr. F. G. Wilkinson, a present director of the company, who for 30 years has been secretary of the parent company, L. Gardner and Sons Ltd., has been appointed in succession to Mr. Bailey. Following the merger of Pilot Works Ltd. and Edbro Ltd., both of Bolton, Mr. 41iles Edwards has decided to retire. He las, accordingly, relinquished his posiions as managing director of Pilot and is a director , of Edbro. Aged 49, Mr. Edwards has been connected with tipping ;ears all his life. He is a son of the ate Mr. Miles Edwards who, together with his seven brothers, pioneered the ievelopment of hydraulic tipping gears in Britain. Mr. Edwards' retirement comes ust a little more than two years after Pilot was sold to Edbro.
Mr. Anthony H. Summers has been Ippointed sales engineer for the southvest of England by Tvletalastik Ltd. He worked with the Austin Motor Co. Ltd. 'or eight years as a chassis designer, and ryas a liaison engineer with the Ford Vlotor Co. Ltd. before joining Metalastik Ad.
. Mr. Edgar Oldham has been appointed to the.board of Oldham and Son Ltd., the Denton, Manchester,' battery and dectrical equipment manufacturers. . Mr. Oldham, who is 52, joined the laboratory staff of the company at its Denton works in 1934.
Mr. L. C. Hall has been appointed :hid service engineer of Vickers Sperry Rand Ltd., mamifacturers in the United Kingdom of Vickers-Detroit oil hydraulic quip men t.
Mr. J. Newton, traffic manager of the 3unlop Rubber Co. Ltd., general rubber goods division and hose division, has been elected chairman of the transport ommittee of the Federation of British Rubber and Allied Manufacturers. Mr. Newton is chairman of the Manchester branch of the Institute of Traffic Administration and a member of the Institute of Traffic Managers.
Mr. D. W. Mansell, of Cummins Diesel International Ltd. and Cumrnins Engine 7.o. Ltd., has been appointed general ;ales and service manager for the United Kingdom and Scandinavia. Mr. N. 0. 7;rohmann is to take up a similar ippointrnent for Central Europe and Vorthern Africa.
Mr. F. Garner, deputy-chairman of loseph Lucas (Industries) Ltd., Mr. J. A. Flunt, director and general manager of Plymatic Engineering Co. and Mr. Frank Cousins, general secretary of the Translz:irt and General Workers' Union, are tmong the 28 members of the Central training Council which the Minister of Labour has appointed to advise him on he practical implementation of the industrial Training Act, 1964.
Mr. E. Tyson has been made a director )f Crompton Parkinson (Batteries) Ltd., bllowing, his appointment at the begin7 ling of the year as general manager of he Newport works.