British Railways has appointed a director of marketing to cover
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railborne exports and imports. He is Mr. T. V. Nicholson, charged with developing export traffic suitable for rail.
Pollard Bearings Ltd. have set up a new sales organization on an area basis and promoted four senior representatives to area managers. They are Mr. I. M. Galan (Scotland); Mr. F. B. Robinson (Northern Counties); Mr. L. D. Clayson (Midland Counties); and Mr. I. R. I. Perry (Southern Counties). Mr. W. D. Steadman has been appointed road transport engineer in the marketing division of Alcan Industries Ltd., at Banbury. Aged 35, Mr. Steadman was educated at Acton Technical College but from 1955 until last year he worked in Canada. first with the Fruehauf Trailer Co. and later with Wilson Motor Bodies Co. Ltd.
Mann Egerton and Co. Ltd. have announced the election of directors to subsidiary companies in the group. They are Mr. H. K. Sbersby, Mann Egerton Vehicle Contracts Ltd.; Mr. P. V. Aldiss. W. H. Johnson and Sons Ltd.: and Mr. J. S. Hurry, Mann Egerton (Midlands) Ltd. Mr. J. G. Sherwill has been appointed a local director of Mann Egerton at certain depots in Ipswich and Suffolk.
Mr. W. E. Collard has relinquished his post with Ford of Britain as executive engineer, heavy commercial vehicles, to become assistant general manager, assembly 'division.
Mr. Alex M. Donnet, district secretary of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers, has been nominated by the Secretary of State for Scotland to be a Government director of David MacBrayne Ltd. The other Government director is Maj. I. A. Campbell.
Mr. J. F. McConnell has joined J. Collis and Sons Ltd., mechanical handling engineers, as technical sales representative in Scotland and North East England, and Mr. R. Alcoek has been appointed to a similar position in the North West.
Mr. P. C. H. Newton, who became chairman and managing director of General Motors Ltd. recently, has joined the board of Vauxhall Motors Ltd. The Minister of Transport has appointed Mr. B, Shorten and Mr. J. Lloyd-Morris as members of the Transport Users' Consultative Committee for Wales and Monmouthshire.
Mr. N. H. Dean, general manager of The Yorkshire Traction Co. Ltd., is to retire shortly and the company is advertising for a replacement.
Following t h e retirement of Mr. Noel Marsden as managing director of Kelly-Springfield Tyre Co. Ltd., Mr. N. W. Willis has been appointed to succeed him. Mr. Marsden entered the tyre industry as a salesman with the parent company in 1928. Mr. Willis, who is 37, joined
Kelly in 1957 as district manager and became sales manager soon afterwards.
Mr. J. W. Kinchin and Mr. D. H. Ballard, managing director and technical director respectively of Clayton Dewandre Co. Ltd., left London on Monday for Germany to assess the market potential there for air-pressure braking equipment.
Obituary
WE regret to record the death of Mr. Ralph Gill.
Mr. Gill was p.s.v. representative for Shaw and Kilburn Ltd. and had been with the company for two )ears. He was 43.