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MR. B. G. MILLER has become managing director of Simoniz (England), Ltd.
MR. F. B. MCPHERSON, a director of the Glacier Metal Co., Ltd., has been appointed deputy managing director, MR. L. W. N. Roangs has been appointed a director of Beckett, Laycock and Watkinson, Ltd. He will continue as secretary.
MR. R. JACKSON-COX, technical liaison manager of the Slip group of companies, has returned from a 54,000-mile global tour during which he appointed new distributors in Canada and Singapore.
retains the position of vice-chairman.
MR. D. E. CAMERON has been re-elected chairman of the British Rubber and Resin Adhesive Manufacturers' AssnciatiOri. MR. N G.
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MR, J. R. P.ATERSON, Aberdeen branch manager for the British Wagon Co., Ltd., is.retiring, and will be succeeded by MR. JAMES ADAM, representative at Aberdeen. VIR.R. FLEMING, Edinburgh branch manager, who is also retiring, will be sueceeded by the company's Edinburgh representative, MR. T. S. Ews. • MR. A_ G. [Iwo:must, traffic superintendent of the Birmingham parcels branch of British Road Services, has been appointed manager of the branch in succession to MR. E. J. COXFIFAD, who is retiring. Mr. Coxhead, who began. his career in 1907 in the Isle of Wight, became branch manager in 1950: MR. K. K. COTTERELL has been appointed assistant manager of the Nottingham branch of Simms Miltor Units, Ltd. MR. D. CRAWFORD has become assistant service manager of the company, and MR. J. HOWARD development engineer in charge of the fuelinjection laboratory. MR. L. ALBON is now senior fuel-injection installation engineer.
SIR BRIAN ROBERTSON'S appointment as chairman of the British Transport Coinmission, due to expire on September 14, has been. renewed. MR. J. W. WATKINS has been re-appointed a full-time member of the Commission, and SIR CECIL WEIR and • MR. T. H. SUMMERSON, part-time members. SIR PHILIP WARTER, chairman of the Southern Area Board, has replaced MR. F: A. Pol,n as a part-time member of the Commission.
MR. F. A. THIEL has joined the garage equipment division of Laycock Engineering, Ltd., as area manager for the West of England; South Wales and Eire. MR. G. AFFLECK, another newcomer to the company, has been appointed area manager for the North, Scotland and Northern Ireland. MR. H. C. Sotrro. who has covered the north-west for 10 years, will now -be sales supervisor for Yorkshire, Lancashire and North Wales.
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MR. T. P. STRAFFORD has succeeded MR. G. Dow as a director of the Trent
Motor Traction Co., Ltd. "
MR. A. E. C. DRAKE Will 011 July 1 succeed MR. ROBERT GILLF_SPIE as a director of the British Petroleum Co., Ltd.
MR. H. E. HUMPHREYS, JNR., chairman of the U.S. Rubber Co., made a special visit to Britain to preside over the annual general meeting of the North British Rubber Co., Ltd., on Whit Monday.
MR. S. H. EDGE has been appointed general manager of sales and technical sales activities in the Midlands and the north for Alford and Alder (Engineers), Ltd, Newton and Bennett, Ltd., and Power Jacks, Ltd. He is already automotive vehicle consultant to the Clayton Dewandre Co., Ltd., .and the British Trailer Co., Ltd.
1914-18 VEHICLES IN RALLY •
ENTRIES to the rally and concours d'elegance of the Historic Commercial Vehicle Club, to be held at Spurner Works, Leyland, on Sunday, will include two lorries used during the J91418 war, a 31-year-old bus, just taken out of service in the Channel Islands, and vehicles from Leyland's own collection and from the Montagu Motor Museum at Beaulieu. Entrants are coming from places as far apart as Exeter, Portsmouth, Gloucester, Hull and Londen.
WORKOBUS ON THAMES CHASSIS
THE Workobus 12-seater conversion made by Martin Walter, Ltd., Cheriton Road, Folkestone, is now. available on the Thames 15-cwt. chassis. There is a hinged side door as well as those at the front and rear, and an opening ventilation panel in the roof. The woodslatted seats, with padding at shoulder level, are arranged longitudinally.
The conversion costs £80, making the total price of the vehicle £616 10s. It is free of purchase tax. The opening roof costs £16 10s. extra as an optional fitting.