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MR. W. NEWLAND, commercial anager of Simms Motor Units, Ltd., visiting India, the Far East and Africa. _ MR. WINTHROP W. ALDRICH, the merican ambassador, will attend the Aden jubilee dinner of the Motor and ycle Trades Benevolent Fund on ay 3.
MR. JACK BINNS, formerly sales anager (trucks) of Rootes, Ltd., in the idlands. has been appointed to a milar position with the company for andon and the Home Counties.
MR. C. R. YOUNG. assistant to the anager of the Esso refinery at Fawley. Ls won the Bessemer award of the 'clay of Engineers for one of the outanding papers presented to the Society 1954.
M. S. F. H. PARSONS, formerly rector and chief engineer of C.A.V.. td., is now acting as a special-duty. 'rector in a consultative capacity. [R. K. BROOK, previously chief experiental engineer, has become executive rector.
MR. S. E. Goss has been elected 'airman of the Swindon Sub-area mumittee of the Road Haulage Associion. MR. F. C. GRAHAME HILL is ce-chairman and MR. R. WistramociE anorary secretary. The sub-area has ist been formed.
MR. A. Elam, Atuas has been elected Lairman of the East Midland Area of ie National Association of Furniture farehousemen and Removers. The ce-chairman k MR. G. F. JONES, the easurer MR. E. W. SMITH, and the ;cretary MR. S. L. STANTON.
MR. F. Vst.;N..of the Brick Marketing o., Ltd.. Doncaster. has resigned from ic South Yorkshire Divisional Cornittee of the Traders' Road Transport ssociation. He has been a member mtinuously since 1946, and is to retire om business at the end of this month. IR. D. J. F. JACKSON IS to give up the iairmanship of the Western Division ; he is leaving the transport industry :xt month. He has been chairman nee 1951 and represented the division is the national council of the T.R.T.A. Lt. the past eight 'sears. MR. E. H. C. LEATHER, M.P., has been retained by Leyland Motors, Ltd., in a consultative capacity on economic affairs, particularly in connection with export activities.
SIR EDWARD BRIDGES, Permanent Secretary of the Treasury, and MR. KENNETH HORNE, sales director of the Triplex Safety Glass Co., Ltd., are to speak at 'the annual dinner of the Institute of Transport to be held on March 18 at the Dorchester Hotel. London, W.1.
MR. STANLEY CLARK has beers appointed chief executive of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. Official confirmation of his appointment, reported in The Commercial Motor last week, has now been given. A reorganization of the S.M.M.T. has Laken place since the resignation or MR. R. GRESHAM COOKE as director, following his election to Parliament. Mr. Clark joined the Society in 1946 as secretary. He will continue to have control of the organization of the exhibitions promoted by the Society. MR. DAN TAYLOR, chief driviniv instructor of London Transport since it formation in 1933, is to retire tomorrow Some 25,000 bus drivers have passed through his hands during his 32 years' service.
MRS. D. M. CLARK has been electeil chairman of the London and Home Counties centre of the Motor and Cycle Trades Benevolent Fund. The deputy chairman IS MR. C. P. HARTREY. advertisement manager of The Commercial Motor. MR. T. r"......,RDF.RY i5 honorary relief secretary and MR. G SELWYN SMITH, honorary treasurer. The honorary secretary of the centre is Miss M. BUTCHER.