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MR. BERNARD R. FARROW has been appointed a director of Wellworthy, Ltd. Mr. Farrow has been home sales manager for a number of years, and latterly general sales manager.
MR. R. F. GROVES has been appointed to the Board of Joseph Lucas (Sales and Service) Limited, as service director, following the retirement of MR. F. E. I. BROWN. Mr. Groves, a former R.E.M.E. officer, spent two years with AvelingBarford, Ltd., before joining the engineering and design department of Joseph Lucas (Electrical), Ltd., in 1949. He was chief design engineer at the time of his move to Joseph Lucas (Sales and Service), Ltd.
'Ma. P. B. H. BROWN has been appointed chairman, Worthington-Simpson, Ltd., the Newark engineering firm, following the retirement of SIR SAMUEL R. BEALE. Mr. Brown is chairman and managing director of L. Sterne and Company, a director of the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Management Board of the Engineering Employers' Federation, and a member of the Scottish Committee of the Council of Industrial Design.
SIR GERARD CLAUSON has accepted the invitation of the Board of Pirelli Limited to become chairman of the company in succession to the RT. HON. PETER THORNEYCROFT who resigned in July on his appointment as Minister of Aviation. Sir Gerard, who is 69, has had a distinguished career in the Army and the Colonial Office where he was Assistant Under-Secretary of State from 1940 until his retirement, Before joining the Pirelli board of directors in 1953, he took a keen interest in the world rubber industry and in 1951 was chairman of the International Rubber Conference.'
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MR. H. Hatdm has been appointed manager at the Nottingham branch of the Mercantile Credit Co.. Ltd.
REAR-ADMIRAL A. J. TYNDALE-BISCOE has been elected to the board of directors of flaw Knox, Ltd., and appointed assistant managing director.
MR. PETER Davis has been appointed London manager of Repco, Ltd., Australia, makers of the Replex electronic wheel balancer and other servicing equipment. He is responsible for sales in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the rest of Europe.
MR. M. G. GUTHRIE has been appointed publicity manager of the Automotive and Industrial Products Division of Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co., Ltd., operating froin Hanham Road, Bristol. MR. GUTHRIE was previously with The Sperry Gyroscope Co., Ltd.
MR. W. M. DRAVERS has been appointed chairman of Thomas Bros. (Port Talbot), Ltd., in succession to Mr, W. T. James, who has resigned from the board of the company in view of his impending retirement. MR. F. K. Powrom has been appointed a director of the company.
MR. W. A. PRINCE, new manager for Ferodo, Ltd., in the Republic of Ireland, joined the company in 1947 and worked on export and home sales at the head office until 1949. During the past 12 years he has worked chiefly in West and North London, and he took up his new post on November 14.
MR, A, I. HELM, plant engineer of the Skefko Ball Bearing Co., Ltd., of Luton, has been appointed works manager of the company's proposed new factory at Irvine, Ayrshire. Mr. Helm, married, with one son, lives at I Carlton Road, Harpenden, Herts. It is not yet certain when he will move to Irvine.
MR. RAYMOND W. BIRCH, a director of South Wales Transport Co., Ltd., has been appointed chairman of the company in succession to Mr. W. T. James, who is shortly retiring. Owing to the pressure of other business commitments, MR. JOHN SPENCER WILLS has also resigned from the Board of the company. MR. E. L. TAYLOR and MR, F. K. POINFON have been appointed directors of the company.
BLACKPOOL PARKING METERS IMPROVED loading and unloading I facilities for goods vehicles are expected to follow Blackpool Town Council's decision last week to have 546 parking meters in the town centre. The scheme has to have the approval of the Minister of Transport, and there has to be 'an inquiry for the hearing of objections.