Mr. H. E. Boardman has been appointed road motor engineer
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for the Liverpool division of British Railways in succession to Mr. J. W. G. Turner, who has retired. The Liverpool division road fleet comprises 750 motor vehicles and 1,500 trailers.
Sir Reginald Wilson, deputy chairman and managing director of Transport Holding Company and director of other concerns, has been appointed to the board of Transparent Paper Ltd.
Mr. C. G. R. Itenbow has replaced Mr. S. Richardson as Austin representative on the SMMT electrical equipment committee. Mr. L. Waters (Cummins Engine Co. Ltd.) has joined the engine sub-committee and the noise subcommittee, Mr. R. Parker (Vauxhall) has joined the materials technical committee, and Mr. C. P. Windsor-Smith (Transport Vehicles (Daimler) Ltd.) has replaced Mr. C. M. Simpson on the sub-committee on safety features in design.
Mr. F. D. Ross, • sales director of Always Welding Ltd., Aldershot, will leave the UK on November '8 on a marketing potential and goodwill tour of Libya, Jordan, the Lebanon, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Persian Gulf territories, Iran and Turkey.
Mr. Alan D. MacPherson has been appointed managing director of Gulf Oil (Great Britain) Ltd. He was formerly sales development manager of the company. Mr. H. P. W. Christiansen, who last July was seconded to Gulf Oil on special assignment as manager on the death of Mr. Carl Belkofer, the previous managing director, will now resume his former position of sales development co-ordinator, Gulf Eastern Co. Mr. John E. Collins has resigned his position as transport manager with H. H. and S. Budgett and Co. Ltd., a post he has held since 1947. The group, which includes United Counties Stores Ltd., runs about 400 vehicles.
Mr. Ronald Palmer, traffic superintendent of Salford City transport department since -1953, is to be the new deputy general manager of Portsmouth City transport department. Aged 43, Mr. Palmer was with Stockport Corporation transport department from 1938 until he moved to Salford.
Mr. John Welch has been appointed maintenance engineer, Isle of Man Road Services Ltd., in place of Mr. J. M. Sheard, who is to retire on November 30 after being with the company (and one of its predecessors) since 1928. Mr. Welch was a pre-war Leyland apprentice and one-time assistant engineer of the Kenya Bus Co. Ltd.
Mr. Ken Smith has joined North Worcestershire Garages (Stourbridge) Ltd. as commercial vehicle sales manager. Previously Mr. Smith was with the Richardson Group at Oldbury.
Dr. James Taylor has joined the Board of Oldham and Son Ltd. Dr. Taylor was a main board director of ICI until his retirement last year and at present is deputy chairman of Pyrotenax Ltd., a director of the BDH Group Ltd. and of the Fulmer Research Institute.
Whessoe Ltd., of Darlington, announce that Mr. W. C., Holliday, manager, engineering department, has been appointed a director of the local board.
Obituary We 'regret to record the death of Mr. E. J. Rainbow.
Mr. Rainbow had represented V. L. Churchill and Co. Ltd. in the Eastern Counties for the past 18 years.