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Mr. Douglas Buchanan-Smith, chief inspector of Scarnmell Lorries, Ltd., is retiring this month.
Mr. P. L. McIlmoyle has been appointed assistant manager, purchasing department, of Castrol, Ltd.
Mr. A. F. Duncan has been appointed district manager for the Power Petroleum Co., Ltd., Scottish division, based in Dundee.
Mr. J. P. Moyses, general manager and director, Sunniways Coachways, Liverpool, has been elected a Liverpool City Councillor.
Mr. Jack Brunwin and Mr. John Palmer have been appointed sales engineers by Polypenco, Ltd., manufacturers of industrial plastics. Mr. Brunwin will cover the southern counties and Mr. Palmer the east and west Midlands.
Col Donald Cameron of Lochiel has been reappointed a part-time 'member of the British Transport Commission. until August 31, 1962. Col. Cameron is chairman of the Scottish Area Board of the British Transport Commission.
Obituary
wE regret to record the deaths of Major F. Chapple and Mr. H. Howard Robinson.
Major F. Chapple, formerly chairman and general manager of the Bristol Omnibus Co., Ltd., was 81. He joined the Potteries Electric Traction Co., Ltd., in 1899 as assistant engineer, and was at first engaged on general construction work in connection with the electrification of tramways, later being appointed engineer to the company. During the 1914-1918 war, on military service, he was awarded the D.S.O., Legion of Honour and Croix de Guerre. In 1919 Major Chapple returned to Potteries and in 1921 was appointed general manager of. the Yorkshire (Woollen District) Electric Tramways, Ltd. In 1929 he became general manager of the West Yorkshire Road Car Co., Ltd., and was actively concerned in extending the system and particularly with joint running agreements with the Keighley and York Corporations. In 1935 he became general manager of the Bristol Tramway and Carriage Co., Ltd. (now the Bristol Omnibus Co., Ltd.), where he remained until 1950 when he became chairman of the company until his retirement in 1954.
Mr. Robinson was 70. For many years he was a familiar figure at. traffic courts in tfie north-west, and for a considerable period held the position of area secretary to the Commercial Motor Users' Association at Manchester, later setting up in business as a transport consultant. He had a keen interest in local authority work, and at the time of his death was s Cheshire County Alderman.