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John Shufflebotham has been appointed deputy Licensing Authority and deputy chairman of the Traffic Commissioners for the West Midlands with effect from September 1 1968. Mr. Shufflebotham, senior partner in Glaisyer, Porter and Mason, Birmingham solicitors, is a past president of Birmingham Law Society, a past chairman of West Midlands Legal Aid Area Committee, member of the West Midlands Mental Health Review Tribunal and member of the Lord Chancellor's Committee on the Enforcement of Judgment Debts,
Neville Patterson has been appointed central training manager for British Leyland Motor Corporation. Mr. Patterson was previously in charge of training and productivity services for BMC. Alan Bradley has been appointed organization and staff relations manager. David Lloyd has been appointed staff policies and salaries administration manager responsible to Mr. Bradley.
George Turner, chairman of Alford and Alder lEngineers) Ltd., has been appointed director and general manager of the Foundry and General Engineering division—one of the seven operating divisions which comprise the initial management structure of British Leyland Motor Corporation. As chief executive of the division he reports directly to Sir Donald Stokes.
D. P. Hickle, previously assistant chief engineer of AEC Ltd. is taking over as engineering manager— current vehicles, This is a new appointment caused by the reorganization of the Engineering division at Southall. Three new engineering groups have been created on a functional basis, all under the control ' of D. K. Roberts, director and chief engineer. P. E. Baker, 32, has been appointed engineering manager— new vehicles, Mr. Baker was previously AEC's experimental engineer. Mr. Baker is 8180 8 member of Motor Industry Research Association advisory panels on vehicles noise and braking; following his new appointment, B. M. Rushby has been appointed experimental engineer. A. M. Porkess has been appointed engineering manager—engines and units. Mr. Porkess has recently Joined AEC from Perkins Engines A. M. Company. In addition to the three group appointments, J. S. Moon has been appointed vehicle specification engineer. Mr. Moon was formerly chassis safes engineer.
J, S. Moon Norman Bezzant has been made Master-elect of the Worshipful Company of Carmen and will succeed G. W. Quick Smith as Master in October. At last week's election court, J. M. B. Gotch and J. H. R. Haswell were elected liverymen of the company.
Sir Frederick Warner, 58, has been elected president of the Federation of European National Associations of Engineers IFEANI)—the first time a British professional engineer has held this post. Sir Frederick succeeds Senator Battista, of Italy.
Norman Morton, who resigned as Sunderland Corporation transport manager last October is to take up an appointment at Newcastle upon Tyne University next month. Mr. Morton will become senior research officer in traffic engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering. Mr. Morton resigned over policy disagreements with the corporation. P. Chalmers Somerville, managing director, George Gibson and Co. Ltd., has been elected chairman of the Scottish section of the Institute of Transport, and D. Herlihy, deputy general manager. Cores lompair Eireann, chairman of the Irish section. They become ex-officio members of the Institute's council from October 1. Elected to the council as ordinary members from that date: W. S. Barry, M. R. Bonavia, J. Delicate, G. Edney, L. S. Higgins, Sir Anthony Milward, W. 0. Reynolds, R. A. Saville, L. P. Walsh, F. R. L Wentworth. Mr. Delicate is group transport adviser, Courtaulds: Mr. Higgins, general manager. City of Oxford Motor Services; Mr, Walsh, managing director, Ameys Transport (Oxford); and Mr. Wentworth. distribution director, Schweppes (Home).
ClIr. Neville G. Trotter, chairman of Newcastle upon Tyne Corporation's, traffic, highways and transport committee, has been elected chairman of Area B (Northern) of the MPTA and Federation of Municipal Passenger Transport Employers.
P. Yorke has been appointed a director of the Potteries Motor Traction Co. Ltd. in place of J. H. Richardson, who has resigned. Mr. Yorke also has been appointed a director of the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co. Ltd., and has joined the boards of its two wholly owned subsidiaries, Leamington and Warwick Transport Co. Ltd. and Stratford-upon-Avon Blue Motors Ltd. Lord Buckhurst and R. A. Taylor have resigned from the board of the Birmingham company, and Mr. J. H. Richardson has resigned from the boards of the subsidiaries. G. M. Newberry has been appointed director of the North Western Road Car Co. Ltd. in place of Mr. Richardson, who has resigned.
Michael Chandler, 35, has been appointed an inspector in the TRTA's maintenance inspection service and will be responsible for the area centred on Leighton Buzzard. Mr. Chandler was formerly employed by the Esso Petroleum Co. Ltd.
Sam Buckley, for the past 11 years on the staff of Commercial Motor, has joined the Road Transport Industry Training Board as information officer in the public relations department. He will be largely responsible for writing the Board's monthly newaheet Transport Training, the first issue of which has been published this month.
Peter Stott, the GLC's traffic commissioner, left by air for Australia yesterday where he is to address the fourth biennial conference of the Australian Road Research Board. Mr. Stott will speak on "City development—the management and structure of movement".
J. Niblock has been elected chairman, and G. McKay a director, of East Midland Motor Services Ltd., Chesterfield, and of Trent Motor Traction Co. Ltd., Derby, in succession to R. J. Ellery. who has retired from the boards of both companies. Mr. Ellery had been chairman for the past 12 years.
OBITUARY
We record with regret the death of Edward Cyril Edmonds.
Mr. Edmonds, 72, was president and former chairman and joint managing director of Hallam. Sleigh and Cheston Ltd., Birmingham. In 1966, after 50 years' service with the company, Mr. Edmonds was elected to the presidency and retired to live in Jersey, where he died last week.