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MR. CHARLES WILLIS, of the Great Western Railway Co., has just retired after 52 years of driving horses and
motors. He was the first man in Great Britain to hold a commercial motor driver's licence. During the 32 years spent on motor vehicles, he covered 500,000 miles.
MR. G. F. DUTHIE, who, for the past 10 years, has been chief inspector of the Devon General Omnibus Co., Ltd.,, has , recently been appointed superintendent in the Taunton area for the Western -National Omnibus Co., Ltd. Previous to joining the Devon General .coricern, Mr. Duthie was with he Scottish General Transport Co., Ltd., and Glasgow. Corporation.. • MR MORTON T.,OMAX, the chairman and managing director of Chrysler Motors, Ltd., and Dodge Brothers (BOtain), Ltd., sailed on the " Aquitania " on Wednesday last for the United States. He is visiting America at the invitation of the chairman of the Chrysler Export Corporation. and anticipates being away for two or three months.
As from December 31, MR. REGINALD F. CLAYTON has resigned his position as a director of Karrier Motors, Ltd., of Luton. In 1907, conjointly with the late Mr. H. F. Clayton, he founded the Karrie.r business in Huddersfield, and for the past 25 years he has been responsible for a. great deal of pioneering work in the commercial-vehicle field. Apart from hi interests on the manufacturing side, Mr. Clayton holds a directorship iii the Thames Valley Traction Co.
_MR. A. M. WISEMAN, M.C., His Majesty's Trade Commissioner in Toronto, will be available at the Department of Overseas Trade, 35, Old Queen Street, London, S.W.1, daring -the first half of January, for the express purpose of giving advice to United Kingdom manufacturers who may wish to exhibit their products at fie forthcoming Canadian National Exhibition, which opens in August next. Applications for interviews should be sent to the Department, reference 20966/35 being quoted.
MR. P. P. WHEELWRIGHT, M.I.E.E., has been appointed technical representative in Londo.n and the Home Counties for Electricars, Ltd. He will confine his attention chiefly to electricity undertakings, both municipal and otherwise. He can be communicated with at 81, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.4.
MR. GERARD WAREHAM, A.M.I.T.A., has been appointed, to act as the company's representative for Scotland, dealing with all Electricar products, municipal, commercial and factory units. He will be in direct contact with agents and users. He is operating from113, Hope Street, Glasgow, C.2.