PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
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Road Haulage Association functional groups officers for 1967-68 are:—Tipping vehicles: Chairman, A. E. Winchcomb; vice-chairman, H. Taller. Long-distance: Chairman, J. E. Kirby; vice-chairman, K. S. Robinson. Agricultural: Chairman, G. W. Pell, vice-chairman, G. James.
RHA sub area elections: Mansfield: Chair man, 1. Brantley; vice-chairmen, J. A. Pegg, G. R. Hill. Nottingham: Chairman, K. S. Robinson; vice-chairmen, W. M. Wood, M. J. Hemphrey, E. H. Shardlow. Boston: Chairman, J. W. H. Smith; vice-chairmen, M. G. Bellamy, G. W. Pell, G. James. Darlington: Chairman, F. Simmons; vice-chairmen, G. Stiller, A. G. D. Craig.
RHA officers elected recently are: East Midland: Chairman, K. S. Robinson; vice-chairmen, H. Bonsall, M. 2. Hemphrey and G. W. Pell. Mid-Cornwall sub-area: Chairman, Captain 2. H. Allison, vice-chairman, N. J. Grose. Honiton sub-area: Chairman, F. J. Perry; vice-chairman, W. R. G. Hansford. Exeter sub-area: Chairman, F. G. Heale; vice-chairman, R. Bowden; nymouth sub-area: Chairman, W. R. Eddison; vicechairman, F. W. Goldsworthy.
P. W. Eberall has been appointed London Transport Board's financial investigations officer.
Edgar Shackleton, Exide's North-West England and North Wales area sales manager, is retiring after more than 42 years with the company. His successor is L. E. Bodicoat.
G. J. Brook has been appointed chief engineer of Eaton Axles Ltd. He was previously with Vauxhall Motors Ltd.
The following TRTA officers have been elected: Southampton: Chairman, E. W. Mitchell; vice-chairman, J. Perry. Bournemouth, Poole and district: Chairman: R. M. Clayden; vice-chairman, J. Q. Worrall. Kent: Chairman, T. Hampshire; vice-chairman, F. Wood. Aberdeen and North of Scoiland: Chairman, R. Lawson, Jnr.; vicechairman, R. Nairn. West Midland: Chairman, G. A. Morgan; deputy chairman, J. Harrison; vice-chairmen, G. C. W. Nabb and C. R. Lynam.
Elected at TRTA London and Home Counties division area meetings were:—Sussex: Chairman, B. A. Budd; vice-chairmen, A. A. Coates, J. Jotham. Eastern: Chairman, N. S. Hunter; vice-chairmen, F. D. Palmer, D. N. Dagwell, A. E. Prescott, S. G. Watson, E. W. Hearne, M. F. Horton, W. Alderton. Thames Valley: Chairman, R. G. Stockman; vice-chairmen, A. L. Taylor, D. P. Macdonald, L. J. Wilkins, J. L. Bozward.
J. H. Richardson has been appointed chairman of County Motors (Lepton) Ltd., in succession to R. W. Birch, who has resigned. P. Yorke, has been appointed a director.
New chairman of the West Midland Maintenance Advisory Committee for Goods Vehicles is D. R. Miers, of the RHA. Vice-chairman is A. S. Gilman, of BRS Ltd., and hon. secretary L. Patrick, of the TRTA.
Stephen Swingler, MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, has appointed D. A. R. Peel to be his private secretary in succession to 2. W. S. Dempster.
W. D. (Bill) Brookes, for the past 4+ years publicity manager of FRF Ltd., has joined Small and Parkes Ltd., as press officer at its Hendham Vale, Manchester factory. E. van der Hall, who, as secretary of Van Deudekom-Timmerman NV, presented a paper to the 1966 COMMERCIAL MOTOR Fleet Management Conference, has been made managing director of a new company. ibis new haulage concern is A. J. A. Van Deudekom Rotterdam NV and results from the agreed withdrawal from the partnership of C. Timmerman of Amsterdam.
The new managing director of Rootes Motors Ltd., will be Gilbert Hunt, 52. He has resigned as managing director Of Massey-Ferguson (United Kingdom) Ltd. and will be taking up his new appointment on May 1.
D. H. Stephens has been elected chairman and J. Tomlinson vice-chairman of the Leeds division of the Industrial Transport Association.
A. R. A. Hall, export manager of Powell Duffryn Engineering Co.'s materials handling division, is on a five-week sales tour of Africa.
OBITUARY
We regret to record the death of Mr. A. M. Barrack.
Mr. Barrack, 80, was head of the road transport firm of A. M. Barrack and Son Ltd. He grew up with steam machinery, switching to petrol and diesel propulsion. He built up a considerable local and long-distance haulage business.