Who Will Follow Mr. James ?
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T HEAR that a successor to popular Mr, W. P. James, West 1 Midland Licensing Authority and chairman of Traffic Commissioners, has yet to be appointed—even though Mr. James' move to the Air Transport Licensing Board is now only a month or,so away.
The appointment has to come through the Civil Service-Cornmission which, last time I heard, had not yet interviewed all the potential successors.
Moving Spirit
SINCE a portion of the site has been ear-marked for a Jet Petroleum filling station, nobody will have been surprised to find Mr. J. W: Roberts, managing director of Jet Petroleum, Ltd., among those invited to the opening of the new Hanson depot, reported last week. However, I expect that even without the prospect of a new retail outlet Mr. Roberts might have been among those present. Why? Because Mr. Robert Hanson is also chairman of Jet Petroleum, Ltd. Mr. Robert Hanson is one of the sons of the late Mr. James William Hanson. Back in 1896 James William took over the transport part of the Hanson enterprises from Joseph Hanson, who took over from his mother, Mary Hanson, in 1854.
Incidentally, we wronged Mr. E. G. Levison, managing director of Hanson Haulage, Ltd., two weeks ago by inadvertently referring to him as managing director of Harrison Haulage, Ltd. Our apologies,
Baker's Dozen
AFRENCH baker's search for the English lorry driver with the largest family may soon be over, For Mr. Leslie Hardy, of Breaston, Derbyshire, is a leading contender, with 12 children. The search is being made by a baker in Lille.
This follows a similar gesture sent by an English baker, Mr. Charles Poaczek of Whitchurch, Shropshire, who, after hearing a broadcast by Les Routiers asking for a gift for a French driver with the largest family, sent off a big box of Christmas cakes and mince pies. Mr. Hardy's name was entered by his employer, Mr. A. Allen, of the Inter-City Transport and Trading Co., Ltd., Spundon, near Derby.
Mr, Hardy's two eldest sons, Brian (24) and William (22) are both lorry drivers and another, John (16), is a mate. Any advance on the round dozen? Someone with a family of 13 seems appropriate.
Transformation
A MONG the party visiting Northern Ireland a few weeks ago under the sponsorship of the Ulster Transport Authority, Silver City Airways, and the Northern Ireland Tourist Board. was Mr. W. Jolley of the Ribble organization.
The object of the expedition was to give some of those eon:erned with professional holiday booking affairs a taste of the pleasures that can be offered by Ulster.
Mr. Jolley is responsible for the training of inquiry and booking office clerks, and for the general well-being of the Ribble company's booking offices. If it comes to sizing up requests for information, he has plenty of experience to guide aim for, until he entered the sphere of passenger transport, he vas Chief Inspector Jolley in charge of the Lancashire Conaabulary's Information Room.
Same Idea
A SOMEWHAT similar transition was made by Mr. E. O. rt Walton, secretary of the R.H.A. Yorkshire (Hull) area. He too, entered the road transport world after long service mith the police, at the time of his retirement being Chief :nspector Walton of the Hull City Constabulary.
But even road transport men enjoy a change of scene when hey retire. I hear that one well-known traffic manager has low turned his attention from the operation of buses to the nfluencing of traffic in the direction of a certain Stately Home )f England.
On Time
A 50-HOUR week for .£2 15s.--that is how bus driver Mr. Walter Bates, of Settle. Yorkshire, started work. He has ust retired from Pennine Motor Services, Ltd., after 32 years' hiving and he was never late on duty.
Cool Collector
[HAVE heard of people collecting bus running numbers, aeroIplane registration numbers—even train numbers—and, of ourse vehicle registration numbers. Now meet 17-year-old )avid Organ, a Liverpool apprentice. He collects registration lumbers belonging to C-licence vehicles in the Walls fleet. He !laims now to have 2.600 collected from all over the emintr■.