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Mr. N. L. Howell, General Manager, has been appointed to the board of The D.P. Battery Co., Ltd., of Bakewell, Derbyshire, Mr. H. Nunn has been appointed a principal executive assistant in the office of the Civil Engineer (General) of London Transport.
The London Chamber of Commerce has re-elected Mr. Allen L. Stock as chairman, Mr; Richard L. Wills as deputychairman and Mr. F. H. Tate as treasurer.
Mr, G. R. G. Watkins has been appointed managing director of Charles Pitt (Barton Stacey), Ltd„ the trailer manufacturers. He was until recently with Tube Investments, Ltd., having formerly been assistant managing director of their South African subsidiaries.
Mr. Charles Calderwood, chairman of the Spurting Group of Companies, has been appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Middlesex. In additiori to his public`service activities in Middlesex, Mr. Calderwood is a Liveryman of the City of London arid is vice-president of the National Federation of Vehicle Trades.
Councillor L. B. Parkes and Mr. Royston have been appointed members of the Transport Users' Consultative Committee for the West Midland Area until June 30, 1962. Councillor Parkes is chairman of Walsall transport committee. Mr. Royston is the Line Traffic Manager. British Railways, London Midland Region, Crewe. Mr. A. L. Nowell has been appointed works director of Matthews Oils, Ltd., West Bromwich.
Mr. R. R. Meyric Hughes, deputy secretary of the County Councils Association, has been appointed secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society of England to succeed Mr. Alec Hobson, who is to retire at the end of the year.
Mr. Arthur Payne, 4I-year-old director of Payne's Garage, Ltd., Hinckley, Leics, travelling with two co-drivers in a Ford Classic, has just completed a trip of 1,126 miles through England in 25 hours 50 minutes at an average speed of 43 m.p.h.
The retirement is announced of Mr. Eustace Price, managing director of Steels (Hereford), Ltd., formerly County Motors (Hereford). Ltd. The new managing director is Mr. L. D. Scott who has been with the Steels Group for some 10 years in various managerial capacities.
Mr. H. J. Camplin has relinquished his position as southern divisional manager of the sales organization of Leyland Motors, Ltd., after 51 years with the Group. He will continue to be a director of Albion Motors, Ltd. Mr. G. Bart Taylor, who has been Leyland's southern regional sales manager for the past five years, will succeed Mr. Camplin as southern divisional manager. Mr. W. Mills has been appointed secretary of the Northern Division, Traders Road Transport Association. Mr. Mills is well known in the division through his honorary secretaryship of the Northern Section of the Institute of Transport.
Obituary
We record with deep regret the death of Mr. George F. Sinclair, deputy chairman of the Board of Management of British Road Services. He was 64. Mr. Sinclair had a special responsibility for technical services and had been a wholetime member of the Board since he was appointed to the then Road Haulage Executive in December, 1950. He was a former member of the council of the Institute of Transport, arid former chairman of its Metropolitan section. He was also a past chairman of the Public Transport Association.