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MR. A. Wicot.E.swoRTH, works superintendent with Bradford Corporation Transport Department, has retired after 39 years' service.
MR P. Osmorto, sales manager of Wadhams, Ltd., at the Avenue, Southampton, has been appointed to the company's executive.
MR. PERCY SMITH, traffic supervisor at Loftus (Yorks) for United Automobile Services, Ltd., has become the company's traffic supervisor at Middlesbrough, MR. ERNEST SPENCER, chief staff officer with the Trent Motor Traction Co., Ltd., for the past 11 years, is leaving the industry. He has been with Trent since 1918.
MR. F. A. FIELD has been appointed general sales manager of Firth Cleveland Tools, Ltd. For many years he held a similar executive position with Black and Decker, Ltd.
Ma. F. J. BILLYARD, formerly sales manager for W. S. Yeates, Ltd., Loughborough, will become northern sales Manager of Thomas Harrington, Ltd.. Hove, on January 1.
MR. J. GREEN; traffic manager of the North Western Road Car Co., Ltd., who recently received the M.B.E., is to retire at the end of January. The company are advertising for a successor.
M. M. M. TIMMINS has been appointed manager of the tyre mileage division of the Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co. (Gt. Britain), Ltd. He was previously assistant manager, after joining the company in 1949.
MR. R. T. RICHEY, manager of the Motor Industry Division of Expandite, Ltd., is on a visit to Belgium, Holland, Austria and Germany. Accompanying him is MR. A. J. ORBELL, of the Overseas Division, wh3 intends to stay in Germany for some weeks.
MR. WALTER WEST, deputy managing director of Leyland Motors, Ltd., and chairman of Scammell Lorries, Ltd., is to make a 12-week tour of India, Ceylon, New Zealand and Australia accompanied by MR. F. GRIMSHAW, Leyland general works .engineer. Mr. West is to survey the establishment of foundries in India, and examine how the use of heavy allwheel-drive vehicles can be expanded. In Australia he will attend the inauguration of the new Leyland factory which has been built at Melbourne.
PHILLIPS GET FULL GRANT A N application by Frank Phillips (Haulage), Ltd (The Commercial Motor, October 31) to transfer five B-licence vehicles to A licences has been granted in full by Mr. J. H. A. Randolph, Yorkshire Deputy Licensing Authority. The B-licence vehicles were restricted to radii varying from five to 35 miles, Four hauliers and the British Transport Commission objected.