J. R. Edwards, 59. managing director of BMC, is relinquishing
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his group directorships as from April 30. He has agreed to act as consultant to the British Leyland board and will advise Sir Donald Stokes, who will be BLMC's chief executive, on aspects of the new organization on both home and overseas fronts. Before his BMC board appointment in 1966 Mr. Edwards was managing director of Pressed Steel.
Ronald W. Davis, district traffic superintendent at the South Shields depot of the Northern General Transport Co. Ltd.. has been appointed assistant transport manager with South Shields Corporation. He succeeds M. Smith. who has been promoted to Corporation transport manager.
Gordon Clements, 31, company secretary of Auto Freight Network Ltd., Coventry. since 1963, is now planning and development executive with Morton's (BRS) Ltd. Mr. Clements is acting as personal assistant to Geoff Mousley, director and general manager of Morton's and to Eric Shortland, the company's transport director. Mr. Clements' post at Auto Freight Network has been taken by David Paxton, 25, who was formerly with a firm of Coventry accountants. C. T. Busch has been appointed group commercial manager of the Automotive Products Group. He moves from the BSA Group in Birmingham where he was group financial controller and served on the boards of several subsidiary companies. In his new capacity he will be responsible to S. M. Parker, AP Group deputy managing director (Group development).
Sir Arnold Lindley, 65, chairman of the Engineering Industry Training Board, has been elected president of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in succession to H. G. Conway, managing director of Bristol engine division, Rolls-Royce Ltd.
Alan Price has been appointed City of Oxford Motor Services traffic manager in succession to R. G. Roberts. who has taken up a similar post with the Potteries Motor Traction Co. Mr. Price is at present manager of Mexborough and Swinton Traction Co.
H. 0. Lochen has been appointed sales director of Adamson and Hatchett Ltd., Dukinfield, which recently began construction of trailers and containers (CM March 22). Adamson and Hatchett is an Acrow company. R. P. Miers has been elected chairman of the RHA milk carriers committee; J. L Boughey is vicechairman. G. W. Pell has been elected chairman of the agricultural hauliers committee; vice-chairman J. B. Dailey.
J. P. Grierson has been elected chairman of the TRTA Scottish division; W. Grant Spence, A. G. Hunter and J. C. Guthrie are vice-chairmen. Other TRTA elections: Yorkshire chairman A. Utley: vicechairmen G. L Hutchinson, N. Mower. Northern chairman F. Keir; S. S. Robson, P. Kemp vicechairmen. North Western, Merseyside and North Wales chairman H. Lowe; vice-chairman F. Charles. Somerset area chairman J. B. Oliver; vice-chairman L. A. Richardson. Gloucestershire' area chairman Maj. J. W. E. Godfrey; vice-chairman R. H. P. Philby. Bristol area chairman E. J. Taylor; vicechairmen T. W. Rossiter, G. W. Townsend.
James Drake, who has been on loan to the Ministry of Transport from the Lancashire County Council to act as first director of the North Western Road Construction Unit, will be resuming his duties as county surveyor and bridgemaster at the end of November. When he joined the Ministry at the beginning of 1967, it was agreed between him, the County Council and the Ministry that his loan to the Ministry should be reconsidered when J. H. Dean, who was appointed acting county surveyor and bridgemaster in Mr. Drake's absence, reached retiring age next July.
ITA admissions
N. J. Archer, W. R. Batchen and S. M. Kendal have been admitted as members to the Industrial TransportAssociation. Admitted as associate members were: E. Adshead, F. Attwood, D. M. Booth, K. 0. Baido, R. V. Bentley, T. F. Burley, T. M. Collins, G. Cox, J. D. Cooper, P.M. Clowes, Capt. C. F. Douglas, Maj. C. J. Doland, L. W. Dallison, J. D. Elliott, Lt.-Col. M. Evans, J. S. Evans, J. Foley, J. P. Finney. J. Gilchrist, S. C. Hale. E. Holdsworth, H. Johns, J. C. Jackson, W. C. Jones, R. G. Latheron, Maj. J. Langdon, R. Liggitt, A. Littlejohn, H. Lea, T. Maxon, R. Mason, J. E. McQuin, L. Nainby, T. F. Powell, J. A. E. Probitts, J. H. Quinn, C. R. Rodgers, J. W. Smith, A. M. Struthers, D. G. Sweet, Capt. A. J. Swan, M. J. Sissons, J. L Scholes, W. R. Us-ter, D. J. Venn, T. P. warts, R. Widgery, A. P. Wellbelove, A. V. Walker.
OBITUARY
We record with regret the death of A Barry Cullen.
Mr. Cullen, who died at the age of 31. represented the York Trailer Co. Ltd. in South West England. He joined York in 1967 from Telehoist Ltd. of Cheltenham.