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MR. G. R. FRENCH has resigned his directorship of Lindsay Motors, Ltd.
MR. L. V. Burr has been appointed Firestone representative in Liverpool.
Ma. C. F. M IDDLE1 ON, chairman of Romac Industries, Ltd:, has resigned from the board.
MR. DONALDSON WRIGHT has had to relinquish his asSociation with the haulage company that recently bore his name, following its acquisition by the British Transport Commission.
COL. A. JERREIT, MINST.T.., Was elected chairman of the newly formed experts committee on traders' transport of the International Road Transport Union, at a recent meeting in Geneva.
DR. I. G. SLATER, formerly director of operational research at the Admiralty, has been appointed director of research and development of the Aluminium Division of Tube Investments, Ltd.
Ma. A. H. BULL, export manager of Oldham and Son, Ltd., is making a 40,000-mile tour by air. He is proceeding first to America, and later will visit Australia, New Zealand, India, Egypt, Turkey and Greece.
MIL A. L. S. COPE, export manager of Simms Motor Units, Ltd., has
• returned from a tour of Canada, • Australia, and New Zealand, unfortunately interrupted by a severe illness while he was in Melbourne.
MR. H. J. Thom, C.I.E., M.C., M.A., South Wales Licensing Authority, will act in a similar capacity in the Western Traffic Area in the absence on leave of SIR ARNOLD M USTO, C.I.E., M.I.C.E., during the next three months.
• SENOR JUAN I. WALLACE from Argentina is in this country under the auspices of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders to visit commercial-vehicle manufacturers. He is transport adviser to PRESIDENT PERON.
MR. J. A. 1113NT, general manager of the Hymatic Engineering Co., Ltd., accompanied by MR. A. H. A. %STABLE, is visiting Sweden, Denmark and Holland with a view to establishing a technical service for Hymatic compressed-air equipment in those countries.
MR. F. V. HODGK INSON has been -appointed chief sales executive in the south for the Avon India Rubber Co., Ltd. Similar positions have been taken up by MR. H. HARWOOD, MR. C. S. PEARSON and MR. H. WARLAND in the west, north and Scotland respectively. Field managers covering sales in the south and west, the north and Scotland are, respectively, MR. A. PEMBERTON, MR. H. L. STANLEY and Mn. E. P. M ORLAND. MR. T. M ERRITT has been made , manager of the Birmingham depot: . MR. C. B. NIXON, M.I.Mech.E., chairman of Leyland Motors, Ltd., is to visit South America.
MR. A. G. OGDEN has been appointed London and South-eastern Counties sales representative of William E: Cary, Ltd.
MR. G. LinsioDEN, founder and senior director of G. L. Baker, Ltd., a haulage concern recently acquired by the British Transport Commission, received a presentation from his employees as a mark of esteem and regret that his connection with the concern was to be ended. MR. M. R. PEASE, sales director of Sentinel (Shrewsbury), Ltd., is paying a visit to South America.
MR. ALLAN MILLER has resigned from the board of the British Electric Traction Co., Ltd. MR. KENNETH GARCKE has been appointed his successor.
MR. R. G. SMITH, a Ministry of Transport clerk, achieved the highest aggregate of marks amongst Scottish entrants for the Royal Society of Arts Scheme B diploma in road transport during the years 1947-49. He has been awarded £5 5s. by the Scottish Road Passenger Transport Association. The three Scottish candidates who gained the highest totals for the three yearly group certificate examinations have been awarded £2 2s. by the S.R.P.T.A. They are: MR. J. A. BARNETT, motor mechanic, Gilbertfield Co-operative Society: Mr. R. A. Thomson. garage manager, Scottish C.W.S.;. and MR. J. Forrester, clerk, Arthur and Co., Glasgow.