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• MR. A. G. GRANT has been appointed general commercial manager of the Cape Asbestos Co., Ltd. MR. M. A. F. NEWTON has become sales manager (overseas).
MR. F. F. M. FERGUSON, manag:ng director of Dunlop South Africa, Ltd., since 1952, is to retire. His successor will be MR. H. F. GORMLEY, sales director.
MR. LEONARD BLOOMFIELD, managing director of the Barking Garage and Engineering Co., Ltd., was installed this week as president of the National Chamber of Trade.
MR. A. H. WESTON has recently been appointed sales representative in southwest England for Smiths MotoP. Accessories, Ltd. He will be responsible for Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Cornwall.
SIR REGINALD BIDDER has succeeded MR. A. R. M. GEDDES as chairman of the International Road Federation. New council members are MR. D. P. :11ARRIOTT, MR. E. G. WHITAKER and MR.J. A. E. REISS.
MR. D. S. DODSLEY WILLIAMS, editor of our associated journal, The Oil Engine and Gas Turbine, has been awarded the Percy Still Medal by the Diesel Engineers and Users Association for his paper, "Engine Evolution: Non-Marine Engines over a Quarter of a Century."
MR. E. H. BURTON has resigned his appointment as head of the sales department of Keith and Boyle (London), Ltd., to concentrate on other commitments, and will for the time being act as fleet and .trade area sales manager. MR. J. A. TEARE has become general sales manager.
M. A. E. WEST, Office manager of the Glasgow branch of the Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co. (Great Britain), Ltd., has become field operating manager and will work from the company's head office at Wolverhampton. MR. D. V. CHAMINGS has been appointed assistant field operating manager.
MR. L. C. HARRISON, general manager of West Bridgford Transport Department, has been elected chairman of the East Midlands Centre of the Institute of Traffic Administration. MR. H. BROOKS (British Railways) becomes vice-chairman and MR. J. TRUNDLE (Chesterfield Transport Department) honorary secretary and treasurer.
MR. H. N. TUFF, general manager of West YorkshireRoad Car Co., Ltd., has been elected chairman of the Yorkshire Section of the Institute of Transport for 1958-1959. He succeeds MR. R. E. CLOUGH. Other officers elected include MR. W. H. VINE, MR. C. T. HUMPIDGE and MR. J. T. CHADWICK as vicechairmen. MR. A. STONE and MR, E. M. POLLARD continue in office as honorary secretary and honorary treasurer respectively.
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Ma. D. A. W. LEWIS has been elected a director of Clifford Motor Components, Ltd.
LORD TF.DDER is IO be inducted next Tuesday as the Golden Jubilee president of the Institute of Metals.
MR, GEORGE R. WINTERS has succeeded MR. HARRY BANKS as manager of Auto Auctions, Ltd., Birmingham.
MR. CLEMENT P. COLLIER, formerly of Renold Chains, Ltd., has become production controller of Small and Parkes, Ltd.
MR. S. C. TYRRELL and ADMIRAL R. S. WARNE have been appointed joint managing directors of Ransomes and Rapier, Ltd.
MR. R. G. GIRLING has joined the commercial-vehicle retail sales staff of Boon and Porter, Ltd., 159-167 Casteinau, London, S.W.13.
SIR LEONARD SINCLAIR, chairman of the Esso Petroleum Co., Ltd., has relinquished his directorship of the Esso Petroleum Co. (Ireland), Ltd.
MR. G. E. BEHARRELL, chairman and managing director of the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., has been elected chairman of the John Bull Rubber Co., Ltd. MR. J. WRIGHT has also been appointed a director of John Bull.
PARKING DISCS NOT FOR BRITAIN
THAT they "order things better in France" is not the opinion of a party of experts under the chairmanship of Mr. Alexander Samuels, when considering the merits of the Paris parking disc.
Introduced last November, the scheme requires a driver seeking to park in the "Blue Zone" (congested central area) to affix to the inside of the windscreen a parking control disc on which he records his time of arrival. The device then automatically displays the time at which he must leave.
The Ministry of Transport has stated that the Samuels report concludes that the Paris system is effective under adequate surveillance, but that it has disadvantages when compared with the British type of parking meter.
ABOLISH THE HAND SIGNAL?. A PROPOSAL that hand driving signals should be abolished and illuminated direction indicators standardized was made last week to Nottingham Road Safety Council by Mr. J. R. Sylvester. The council supported the proposal and decided to forward their recommendation to the North Midland Accident Prevention Federation.
SEVERN BRIDGE SOON? THE Severn bridge is at the head of the Minister of Transport's list of major projects, an all-party deputation of M.P.s has been told. The scheme, estimated to cost £14m., is being considered by the Treasury. Work may start within two years.
Paper Makers Demand Road Transport
SO long as there was a haulier available . in the area, C. Davidson and Sons, Ltd., paper makers, of Mugiemoss, would give preference to road transport over rail for the carriage of their products, the Scottish Deputy Licensing Authority was told at Aberdeen last week.
The company were supporting an application by Mr. David Yule, of Dyce, for a licence to carry their goods to Glasgow, Edinburgh, the Midlands and North of England.
Objecting for British Railways, Mr. Percy J. Turner, assistant district traffic superintendent at Aberdeen, said that the railways had ample facilities for the carriage of all grades of paper product and were experienced in handling the commodity. Last year, they had earned more than £175,000 from such traffic in the Aberdeen area.
Mr. James H. Wilson, transport manager for Davidson's, said that his company preferred to use road transport for the carriage of such goods as waste paper and special white-line board, because some of these products would not stand up to the double handling necessary in rail transport: there was no railway siding at Mugiemoss,
The licence was granted.
STAGGERED HOURS TO END CONGESTION
A SCHEME for staggering working F-1. hours to avoid congestion was the subject of a report by Capt. Athelstan Popkess, Chief Constable of Nottingham, to the Nottingham Road Safety Council last week.
The intention is to test the scheme over a six-month period, beginning in June. Capt. Popkess said that a variation of no more than a quarter of an hour in starting and finishing times would make a tre mendous difference. The scheme had attracted great interest in other towns, particularly in London, and the Ministry of Transport were watching developments. It was hoped that the congestion problem would be solved within a year.
B.R.S. CHIEFS CONFER
A DEMONSTRATION of mechanical Pi handling and an exhibition of new vehicle equipment were given at the annual conference of British Road Services district managers in Scarborough last week. The conference was attended by board members, divisional managers and other senior officials as well as district managers. Maj.:Gen. G. N. Russell, general manager, presided.
BLACKWALL SCHEME STARTS WORK has started on the northern YV approach to the Blackwall Tunnel, under the Thames, with a two-level junction where the approach crosses the East India Dock Road. The £1.6m. scheme, to which the Minister of Transport has made a 75-per-cent. grant, includes means for access to a second tunnel to be built alongside the existing one, and it is hoped to begin work on this as soon as plans have been approved.