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26th May 1961, Page 38
26th May 1961
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Mr. F. M. Fieldhouse has been appointed group traffic manager by British Ropes, Ltd., of Doncaster and branches. He was formerly transport manager of Tarmac Roadstone, Ltd.

Mr. J. E. Read, general sales manager. Car and Truck Domestic Division, Ford Motor Co., Ltd., Dagenham, and Mr. J. Butler, secretary and controller of Henry Ford and Son, Ltd., Cork, have been appointed to the board of the Cork company.

Mr. R. H. knoll, who became an executive officer of the Road Haulage Association last year, is to • take charge of the secretarial side of the R.H.A. and will be responsible for many of the committees. Mr. A. E. Sherlock-.Mesher has been appointed press officer, with responsibility for editing Road Way. Mr. Frank Lyon, public relations officer, will retain his overall responsibility for public relations and the publication of Road Way.

Mr. T. G. Hillion, a transport finishes representative of paint manufacturers Blundell, Spence and Co., Ltd. (Industrial Division), is on a four months' special sales drive in Northern and Southern Rhodesia. The trip is part of the Blundell Industrial Division's campaign for more transport refinishing and other business in these territories. Recently the company appointed Stansfield. Ratcliffe and Co., Ltd., as their agents for N. and S. Rhodesia.

Mr. E. L. Oates, district accountant, Preston, British Road Services, has been appointed divisional accountant, North Western Division, in place of Mr. C. P. Gormley, who has been appointed divisional accountant, Pickford Division, to succeed Mr. R. Semple, Mr. W. Parkinson, district manager. Preston, has been appointed commercial assistant to the divisional manager, North Western Division. and Mr. W. N. Cherry, branch manager, Irish Ferry Branch, Preston, has been appointed district manager, Preston.

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Mr. P. Rodney Pollard has been appointed to the board of Mercantile Leasing Co., Ltd. Mr. Pollard is on the group management committee of the Mercantile Credit companies.

Mr. H. I. Arnold has been appointed export fleet sales manager of A.E.C. (Sales), Ltd. Mr. Arnold has been associated with the export of Thornycroft vehicles for a number of years.

Mr. S. H. Ireland, assistant managing director, Mr. L. S. Bright, financial director, and Mr. A. 0. Miller, director, have been appointed to the board of the Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co., Ltd.

Mr. R. T. Miller has been appointed managing director. and Mr. A. George has been appointed assistant managing director of Fletcher Miller, Ltd., a member of the Castrol Group of Companies.

Mr. E. H. Carr, bus proprietor, of Annfield Plain, Co. Durham, has retired after nearly 40 years in the business. He started on his own account in 1923, and operated buses between Stanley and Durham City.

Mr. A. E. Guy, son of the late Mr. W. Ewart Guy, who was for many years sales director of Guy Motors, Ltd., has been appointed general sales manager to the company in succession to Mr. W. L. Drummond. Prior to serving the company overseas for the past five years, Mr. A. E. Guy was service manager at the company's Wolverhampton headquarters.

Following the acquisition of StandardTriumph International by Leyland Motors, Ltd., it is announced that in order to integrate the operation of the two companies, Sir Henry Spurrier has become chairman of Standard-Triumph International, Ltd.. with Mr. Alick S. Dick continuing as managing director. Mr. S. Markland, Mr. S. Baybutt and Mr. D. G. Stokes have also joined the board. It is also announced that Mr. A. S. Dick and Mr. S. B. Dixon have been invited to join the board of Leyland Motors, Ltd. Mr. L. J. R. Holt has been appointed municipal equipment sales manager of the Leyland group. Mr. Holt has worked for Scammell Lorries. Ltd.. since 1928.

Mr. H. A. Hulks, a senior sales representative of Joseph Lucas (Export), Ltd., leaves England this week-end on market surveys and sales and service visits in Mexico and Jamaica. During his tour, which will take approximately eight weeks, he will make a short liaison visit to the recently formed company, Lucas (America Latina) S.A., in the Free Zone of Colon, Republic of Panama.

Obituary

We record with deep regret the death of Ma. ANDREW DICK SON SANDERSON, MR. DOUGLAS S. H1NC.HC LIFFE, MR. W. R. J. BOWHEY, MR. ALBERT L1NGLEY and MR. W. J. McCALLum.

Mr. Sanderson, a haulage contractor of Croft Street, Galashiels, Selkirk, was 58.

Mr. Hinchcliffe. head of the firm of J. F. Hinchcliffe and Sons, Ltd., coach proprietors and haulage contractors, Penistone. was 50.

Mr. Bowhey, who was depot superintendent, Aberdare U.D.C. Transport Department, from 1945 until last month. died suddenly. He was 59.

Mr. Lingley was chairman and managing director of the Sale-Away Touring Co.. Ltd., Stretford, and one of the oldest independent operators in the North West. He was 70.

Mr. McCallum, a popular figure in the commercial vehicle industry, was advertising manager of Albion Motors, Ltd., at the time of his retirement at the end of last year. He had been with the company for 50 years and was factory representative for India. Ceylon and Burma from 1929 until 1948 when he returned to Glasgow. Mr. McCallum, who died on Monday, was 65.


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