The special prize awarded annually by The British Electric Traction
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Co. Ltd to an employee of a road passenger transport company in England or Wales who achieves within three consecutive years the highest aggregate of marks in the Royal Society of Arts examinations for a Diploma in Road Transport Subjects, will this year be divided between two candidates who gained equal marks in the 1963 examinations: They are Mr. Bernard H. Warr, traffic clerk with Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co. Ltd., and Mr. Claude W. Munt, schedules clerk with Hants and Dorset Motor Services Ltd.
Mr. Paul Chesterman has been appointed by the Hymatic Engineering Co. Ltd., of Redditch, Worcs, as a new Hymatic Hydrovane representative to strengthen the company's sales force in the London and South Eastern region.
Mr. E. Skelton has been appointed principal new works assistant in the London Transport office of the new works engineer and will he responsible to the assistant new works engineer.
Mr. S. A. Kitchen has been appointed Midlands regional manager of James Booth Aluminium Ltd.
Mr. T. G. Bradley, who in .August retired as works director of the Austin. Motor Co. ltd., at Long bridge, has been appointed development director of Birfield Industries Ltd. In this newlycreated post, Mr. Bradley will be responsible for seeking out new European products and manufacturing techniques.
Mr. W. (Bill) Powers has joined the Shaw and Kilburn Nash Motor Group as groan service _manager. Mr. Powers served a four-year general engineering apprenticeship before becoming a commando in the Second World War. He joined Vauxhall Motors on a five-year training scheme in 1947 and for the last 10 years has been concerned with dealer development with Vauxhall. He is the nephew of the late Bill Powers, who was with Shaw tad Kilburn, Luton, for more than 20 yeLirS as director.
Mr. John L. Luty.ens, a divisional director of the Pressed Steel Co., has been appointed to the newly created position of general manager' of its Cowley plant.
Mr, P. T. Bolton has been appointed commercial manager of NSU (Great Britain) Ltd. and Layford (Automotive) Ltd.. with responsibility for all sales, service. d:sp,ttch. advertising and publicity activities.
Mr. R. Hon/ and Mr. A. A. J. Watson were elected chairman and vice-chairman respectively las': week at the (..tcvon and Cornwall centre of the Lo.T.A.
Mr. R. C. Allen, who recently completed a special nine-month advisory assignment for the Perkins Group with Motores Perkinsin Sart Paulo. Brazil, left Britain yesterday (Thursday) on a similar mission in Argentina. Mr. M. I. Prichard, managing director of the Perkins Group, has agreed to a special request from Perkins Argentina S.A.I.C., the Group's associate in Buenos Aires, for Mr. Allen to review *the company's administrative and marketing organization.
The Minister of Transport has appointed County Cllr. H. Jarvis Graves and County arr. F. J. Ridd-James members of the Transport Users' Consultative Committee for the South Western area.