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CLLR. R. LtolD,,chairman of Southport Transport Committee, is to be the town's next mayor.
MR. G. H. B. WILSON, deputy chairman and managing director of Raleigh Industries, Ltd.. has been re-elected president of The Motor and Cycle Trades Benevolent Fund.
MR. J. H. BRESNER, 0.B.E., chief public relations and publicity officer of the British Transport Commission, is to visit Oslo and Bergen at the invitation of the Norwegian government. .
MR. I. BYFIELD, after 22 years in the export division of Rootes, Ltd., has become a director of Kimpt on s (Bulawayo). Ltd.. Rootes Group distributor foi the district. His activities have been centred on India, Africa and the Far East.
MR. R. W. B. HAWKSLEY and MR. E. W BtaxErr have been appointed to the board of Mann Eger-ton and Co., Ltd. Mr. Hawksley will continue as general manager of all motor departments, and Mr. Birkett will have particular interest in the company's activities in Ipswich.
MR. H. IRWIN, director and general manager of Triplex (Northern), Ltd., has been elected to the committee of the north-western branch of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, and nominated by that committee to serve on the north-western centre committee of the Automobile Division.
MR. S. PEERS has been appointed chairman of the livestock carriers' functional group of the Road Haulage Association. MR. E. W. Wsrrs, the previous chairman, and MR. S. C. HARVEY are the new vice-chairmen. MR. H. H. CROW and MR. A. BIBBY have been re-elected chairman and vicechairman. respectively, of the bulk liquids group. CAPT. G. A. P. UPSTON 'has been re-elected chairman and MR. J. V. ELLIS vice-chairman, of the clearing house group.
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MR. S. R. SYKES has been appointed A.C.V. Sales representative in the southwest.
MR. R. F. ELLIOTT has been appointed general manager of the Light Production Co., Ltd.
MR. A. A. NIPPIER% of the motor fuel department of Shell-Mex and B.P., Ltd., is ill and is likely to be absent from duty for a few weeks.
MR. W. Y. SMITH-SAVILLE has resigned, on grounds of ill-health, from his position as general manager and engineer of Exeter Transport Department. He has held this post since 1925.
FIRE PREVENTION EXHIBITION
AN exhibition on fire prevention in the home was opened in the showrooms of Rootes Motors, Ltd., Devonshire House, Piccadilly, London, W.1, last Monday.
A large part of it is a touring show, including a film display, which is on view for the first time. It has been prepared by the Home Office, and the London Fire Brigade has participated in the exhibition at Devonshire House.
COSTS OVERTAKE REVENUE
THE main fares structure of the York' shire Traction Co., Ltd., had not altered since before the 1930 Act, but at long last the steep rise in operating costs had overtaken revenue. Mr. Raymond Birch, chairman of the company, made this statement recently, when he presented awards to 34 employees who had each completed 25 years of service to the concern.