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Miss G. A. JONES has been appointed private secretary to MR. G. R. STRAUSS, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry
of Transport.
MR. F. C. LOUGHBOROUGH has been appointed sales manager of the equipment division (commercial) of the Plessey Co.; Ltd.
MR. CECIL MYERS, senior representative of Edgar Allen and Co., Ltd., in Lancashire and North-west England, has retired after 46 years' service,
Ain, 3. Pnitoo,s, one of the first members of the Sentinel Drivers' Club and a confirmed enthusiast in connection with steam road transport, is recovering in Whipps Cross Hospital from a serious illness,
MIL H. F. TOMKINS has been elected chairman of the London Branch of the Industrial Transport Association. The vice-chairmen are MR, W. G. WIDNELL and MR. N. G. BROOK ES, with MR.• Al W. FERGUSON as hon. secretary, MR. C. A. ELLIO1T hon. assistant secretary, and MR. F. CORKE hon. treasurer.
MR. F, H. WELLS has been appointed chairman of the Bristol Branch of the Industrial Transport Association. MR. A. J. V. COVE is vice-chairman. Other officers are: MR. R. S. MARR, secretary, MR. W. E. BENNETT, assistant secretary and treasurer, and MR. T. F. C. BELL and MR. H. A. BRIGGS, publicity officers.
MR. G. F. LINDSAY has been re-elected chairman of the Livestock Carriers' Functional Group for the Road Haulage Association's West Riding (Leeds) Area. He has also been reappointed as the group's representative to the livestock carriers' national functional group. MR. J. C. ASHWORTH has been re-elected
vice-chairman.
MR. E. J. BOORMAN has been elected chairman of the Yorkshire Express Carriers' Functional Group of the Road Haulage Association, in succession to MR. W. W WOOD. MESSRS. J. BUCKINGHAM, R. E. BRrrroN and J. V. GREEN have been re-elected as representatives to the express carriers' national functional group.
MR. G. F. Wooers, managing director of Duple Motor Bodies, Ltd., has been elected president of the National Federation of Vehicle Trades, in succession to MR. W. BRAMHAM. MR. H. T. JOHNSTONE (H. J. Mulliner, Ltd.) and MR. W. SUTTON (Willowbrook, Ltd.) have been elected vice-presidents, with MR. H. G. HicRs as hon. treasurer.
MR. A. D. BURDEN, until recently north-western area manager of Simms Motor Units, Ltd., has been transferred to the head office, where he will be responsible for municipal and fleet contacts throughout the .vestern half of the British Isles. MR. W. W. WHITAKER is acting in a similar capacity throughout the eastern half of the British Isles, having rejoined the company after war service. MR. S. G. GORRILL, of Newcastle-onTyne, has been elected president of the National Tyre Distributors' Association.
LORD DUDLEY GLADSTONE GORDON, D.S.O., M.I.Mech.E., is the new president of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
MR, J. W. NORTON has been appointed Dunlop's visiting, representative for the Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and Saudi Arabia, and is now on his way to the Middle East.
MR. N. B. PROCTOR, manager of Dunlop's Latin-American Division, has arrived from Jamaica after a successful air tour of Cuba, Jamaica, Colombia, Venezuela, Curacao and Mexico.
DR. A. J. HOLLAND, formerly lecturer and research assistant at the Department of Glass Technology, Sheffield University, has joined the research department of the Triplex Safety Glass Co., Ltd.
COUNCILLOR J. GRAY, chairman of West Bridgford Urban District Council's transport committee, has been nominated as vice-president of the Municipal Passenger Transport Association. He has been associated with municipal transport since 1929.
Three new directors have been appointed to the board of Martin Walter, Ltd. MR. C. BRAowEr.t is now works director, MR. W. H. NEWMAN sales director, and MR. C. JACK HELLRERG (formerly with the Nuffield Organisation and the Austin Motor Co., Ltd.) director of production.
TWO SCOTTISH APPEALS
ON May I, the Appeal Tribunal will hear the appeals of Mr. John Thomson and Mr. James Cosgrove against decisions of the Scottish Deputy Licensing Authority. They will be heard at the Scottish Land Court, 1, Grosvenor Crescent, Edinburgh, at 10.30 a.m.