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SIR HENRY SPURRIER was last week electedyresident of the Motor Industry
Research Association. '
Mg... F. E. HUGHES has succeeded MR. C. W. JOHNS as secretary of Black and Decker, Ltd. Mr. Johns has retired after 25 years' service.
MR. MAURICE J. BUCKMASTER, public relations officer of the Ford Motor Co., Ltd„ has been elected president of the Institute of Public Relations, MR. R. CLEMENTS has been appointed supply manager of C,ornmer Cars, Ltd. Be has been associated with the Armstrong Siddeley and Daimler concerns.
MR. L. W. Ruud, vehicle branch manager of F. Perkins, Ltd., has been elected chairman of the Peterborough area of the Traders' Road Transport Association.
Mg. D. J. CRABBE, works director of the Dunlop factory in Brazil since last year, has returned to the Speke factory as chief engineer, a post to which he was appointed in 1945.
\ MR. ALEX FRASER, vice-chairman and managing director, Girling, Ltd., is visiting the company's factory in Johannesburg, and vehicle assembly plants in Cape Town and Durban.
MR. G. W. HAYTER, former general manager and chief engineer of the Northern General Transport Co., Ltd., has left for Sweden to act as a temporary consultant to the Linjebuss concern. He will examine all aspects of the undertaking.
MR. C. E. A. GRIFFIN, director and divisional works manager, motor accessory division, S. Smith and Son (England), Ltd., and MR. H. T. JONES, works manager, Simmonds Aerocessories, Ltd., are members of an advisory committee of the Institution of Production Engineers formed in Connection with the Production Exhibition and Conference to be held at Olympia. London, from May 23-31. 1956.
MR. N. P. ANDREW and MR. G. E. SUTER, who have been directors of Dennis Bros., Ltd., since the company's formation, will not seek re-election at the annual general meeting on December 19. Mr. Andrew held tge chairmanship for 32 consecutive years. The services of MR. C. T. SKIPPER have, as reported in The Commercial Motor on November 18, terminated and MR. H. W. DAWES has become solemanaging director. Mr. D. J. GRIMES is chairman. The board of the company will in future number six, compared with 10 at the beginning of last year.
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MR. CHARLES J. CALORI has been appointed sales manager of Hardinge Machine Tools, Ltd.
MR. A. J. M. CLARKE has been appointed a special representative of Pirelli, Ltd., to devote his interests to original equipment.
MR. N. C. McninitsoN, manager of the North-Eastern Division of Btitish Road Services since 1948, is relinquishing this appointment because of ill health MR. G. M. PALMER is to join Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., as an assistant chief engineer. He will become one of a small group of senior engineering executives reporting to MR. MAURICE PLA-rr, chief engineer.
MR. P. A. FENNER and MR. A. G. STARLING have been appointed directors of Glover, Webb and Liversidge, Ltd. Mr. Fenner joined the company in 1934 andin 1946 became sales representative
of the engineering department. Mr. Starling joined as an apprentice in 1926.
MR. CHARLES DENNY, the driver of an Express Dairy 3,000-gallon tanker, was last week invested with the British Empire Medal for long and meritorious service as a long-distance heavy-vehicle driver. He has worked for the Express Dairy Co. (London). Ltd., for 25 years and has covered over 750,000 miles without an accident.
MR. E. M. C. SHIPP, district superintendent at the Gillingham depot of Maidstone and District Motor Services, Ltd., is to become chief traffic assistant at the company's head office. He will be succeeded at Gillingham by Mg. J. A. H. SNELL, whose position as Sheerness district superintendent will be taken by MR. B. WALMSLEY, of the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd. The new tours and express superintendent of Maidstone and District is MR. A. A. DAY.