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Mn. ARTHUR GILES has been appointed a director of H. Leverton and Ca., Ltd.
• Ma. W. J. MCCARTHY, Mn. G. E. PHIPPS and MR. T. R. TWIGGER have been elected directors of the British Piston Ring Co., Ltd., and their two subsidiaries.
MR. L. J. CULSHAW and MR. J. F. T. NANGLE have been appointed by the Minister of Transport auditors of the ,accounts of the British Transport Commission for 1957.
MR. CHARLES E.. MARTIN has been appointed general service manager and a member of the executive committee of the Cummins Engine Co., Inc., of Columbus, Indiana.
ALD. T. GRIEVE, of the Grieve Haulage Co., Stretford, and chairman of Stretford Highways Committee, has been nominated to the panel of the North Western Traffic Commissioners.
MR. N. G. BAssErr SMITFI has been promoted to general manager of the compositions division of the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd. He will be in charge of the company's £350,000 new factory situated between Fort Dunlop and Castle Bromwich.
MR. A. G. C. BAKER has been appointed assistant to MR. D. M. SINCLAIR, general manager of the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd., after 27 years with the company. His father and grandfather were both general managers of Birmingham City Transport.
MR. R. F. BUSHROD, director and general manager of the Southern Vectis Omnibus Co., Ltd., has been appointed director and general manager of the Lincolnshire Road Car Co., Ltd., in succession to MR. G. H. Itts, who is retiring. The appointment will take effect from October 1.
BIGGER LOADS FOR BARRIERS
vulTH immediate effect, Karrier W Motors, Ltd., announce the uprating of their Bantam 8-ft 2-in. and 104t. 2-in.-wheelbase 2-ton petrol and oil-engined vehicles. The gross vehicle weight on standard 25 x 6 tyres is increased from 85 cwt. to 99 cwt. For the optional tyre equipment of 27 x 6 or 6.50-20 (8-ply) the gross vehicle weight will be 102 cwt. The vehicles will be known as Bantam 2-3-tonners.
RELIEF AT STAINES?
RECOM MENDATIONS for avoiding traffic congestion in Staines at weekends are being considered by the Minister of Transport. They have been submitted by Mr. A. Samuels, chairman of the London and Home Counties Traffic Advisory Committee. They are said to include one-way working across the Thames by the use 'of a Bailey bridge beside the existing bridge.