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MR. GUY SCOITORN has been appointed to the board of Scottorn, Ltd.
MR. G. J. RACKHAM, director.. and chief engineer of Simms Motor Units, Ltd., has returned from a visit to the U.S.A.
ALM A. L CHOWN has been appointed a member of the East Midland Transport Users' Consultative Committee.
MR. D. H. STROUD and MR. H. W. HAwatto have been appointed directors of G. Stevenson (Kent and Sussex Garage), Ltd.
MR. ANDREW ARCHIBALD has been re-elected chairman of the United Kingdom Joint Wages Board for the Vehicle Building Industry.
COL. G. W. PURSER, general sales manager of Guy Motors, Ltd., has left for a three-month business tour of Pakistan, India and Ceylon.
MR. WILLIAM FODF.N, 83-year-old governing director of Fodens, Ltd., is to fly to Australia in April. He will be accompanied by his &tighter.
MR. RATE DON, managing director of U.S. Concessionaires, Ltd., is to visit Africa in connection with the company's business as manufacturer of Latil tractors.
MR. L. E. MASHETER, tyre technical superintendent at Fort Dunlop, has been appointed technical manager of tyre production there under the technical director, MR. F. G, W. KING.
MR. W. G.COPESTAKE, has succeeded the late MR. H. PARKER as chief engineer of Birmingham Transport Department. He has been with the department for 22 years and became Mr. Parker's assistant in 1948.
MR. L. C. HAWKINS, a member of the London Transport Executive, and M. G. DODSON-WELLS, chief public relations officer, who recently visited Berlin to attend celebrations marking the jubilee of the city's underground railway system, were conducted over the Berliner Verkehrs-Betriebe, inspecting workshops and road and rail operational methods.
MR. W. R. WYLLIE has been appointed chairman of the Ayr branch of the Motor and Cycle Trades Benevolent Fund. Other branch chairman Lppointments are as follows: Glasgow, M. C. STEWART; North-western, MR. R. S. MYHILL; Hants and Dorset, MR. E. J. GARLAND; Eire, MR. D. E. STEVENS; Manchester, MR. A. HUFFEY; Coventry, MISS E. PAYNE; Southeastern, MR. J. M. REES; Birmingham, MR. C. G. SMITH; North Midland, MR. W. GKrEtt; Edinburgh, MR. R. McEwaN; North-eastern, MR. H. BARNET.
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M. CLAUDE LEBLANC, delegate-general of the F&Ieration Nationale des Transports koutiers (the French road transport association) and formerly its secretary-general, has been elected Chevalier of the Legion of Honour.
MR. W. J. M. LAWFORD, who has been acting secretary of the National Road Transport Federation, vacated that office last Friday. For the time being, MR. R. MORTON MITCHELL, chief executive officer of the Road Haulage Association, 146, New Bond Street. London, W.1, is dealing with correspondence for the Federation.
Ma. C. MICHIE has been re-elected chairman of the Aberdeen sub-area of the Road Haulage Association. MR. J. Joss has become vice-chairman, and MR. J. SCOTT MACLACHLAN honorary secretary. MR. R. W. AMEY has been re-elected chairman of the Oxford subarea and MR. G. T. Wu_snoN honorary secretary. In the Birmingham subarea, Ma. A. S. WARD has become chairman and MR. G. E. JACKSON honorary secretary.
COUNCIL TO RUN TOURS?
MYSTERY tours around the city's beauty spots and places where building development has changed the appearance of the districts, are planned for this year's Bank Holiday weeks by Leicester Transport Department. The trips would be about 20 miles long and it is proposed that fares should be Is. for adults and 6d. for children.
It is *considered that the tours will be popular with older people, who would find it interesting to compare places as they remembered them with their present appearance.
CUSTOMS RETURN 1250
ATAXICAB owner who had to pay the Customs £250 for the return of a vehicle which was seized after it was found to be carrying smuggled cigarettes, has had the money refunded. The injustice of this seizure was emphasized by " The Commercial
Motor" last week. '