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MR. J. A. POWELL, M.Inst.T., has been made traffic manager, at Manchester.. for the Dunlop Rubber Co.,
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MR. G. E. TAYLOR has been appointed constructional engineer, London Transport, in consequence of the retirement of MR. E. H. COCKSHOTT from that position.
CouNcittoa D. S. CUFF, director and secretary of U. and H. Cuff, Ltd., transport contractor of Blandford, Dorset, has accepted an invitation to he Mayor of Blandford Forum for the ensuing year. He is sub-district manager under the M.O.W.T., a special inspector of, police for the district, and a member of A.R O.
MAJOR THE HON. ERIC LONG, T.D., J.P., who for many years has been connected with A.R.O. activities, particularly as Parliamentary liaison officer, has become Viscount Long of
Wraxall. This is the result of the death in action last month of his nephew, the second Viscount, who was a major in the Coldstream Guards. The new Viscount served in the war of '1914-18, and has been in the Army for some years in the present war, but has now returned to civilian life.
MR. ALBAN FORD has joined the British, Omnibus Companies Public Relations Committee as P.R.O. Although only 28, he has had quite a lot of experience in this form of work, and until he look over this new position he was on the staff of the Overseas News Division at the B.B.C. After working for some time as a reporter and sub-editor on a number of daily papers, at the outbreak of war he was appointed Assistant Press Officer in the M.O.I. (Midland Relon) and later was A.P.O. in the Southern Region. 'Subsequently he joined the Army, but was invalided out.
MR. FLEETWOOD C. PRITCHARD has resigned his position as Public Relations Officer to the M.O.:VV.T., and left the Ministry on September 30, to return to his own business, which, as is well known, is also concerned with publicity. MR. JOHN ROSSWICK, who has been acting as his deputy, il1 take over the Public Relations Division. which will continue to function as formerly. We always found Mr. Pritchard most capable and certainly a square peg in a hole of similar shape. It is greatly due to him that the relationship between the Trade Press and the Ministry has always been cordial, without any complaint concerning legitimate criticism. We cannot do better than wish Mr. Rosswick similar success.
MR. W. H. HARTLEY (commonly known as " Bill ") is Army Liaison Officer to the Daimler Co., Ltd., one , of his tasks being to teach Army personnel how to handle the Scout and the A.0 .D.—armou red fighting vehicles which have served withrdistinction in
all the campaigns, and are still in action. He ranks as a civilian engineer and has been with the Army since the early days of the war. One of his stories is that the C.O. of one unit asked him to take charge of a platoon while the commander of this was on leave. He accepted the invitation, and .his task included even the inspection of the men's feet—no small feat for a civilian!
MR. HERBERT J. HUBBLE, formerly Manchester area man a ger for Bricovmo, Ltd., will in future concentrate on the representation of " Brico " and "Covmo " interests to vehicle and engine builders, and will operate from Si, King Street, Manchester. The new Manchester area manager of the company is MR. JOHN HOLLAND, who was well known to Northern traders as its representative. He will operate from the company's_ Manchester depot, 283. Deansgate, MR. G. F. S1NCLMR has returned to London Transport after having been seconded for three years to act as Transport Director in the Middle East to the United Kingdom Commercial Corporation. That the men of London Transport have played a prominent part in every phase of " Aid to Russia " over the road lines of communication through Iran and Iraq was emphasized at a luncheon to Mr. Sinclair given on September 20 by the board of the corporation concerned. He has done valuable work in organizing transport not only in the countries mentioned, but also inEthiopia. In Persia, more than 5,000 lorries of sizes from 4 to 10 tons have been operated night and day on two . routes between the Persian Gulf and the Russian zone. Hamadan has become as familiar to .L.T.B. men as Hounslow is to their, colleagues at home.
MAJOR-GENERAL SIR EVAN GIBB,
D.S.O., a prominent member of the well-known consulting-engineering firm of Messrs. Sir Alexander Gibb and Partners, and chairman of .the Leigh Presentation Committee, is to make the presentation to Mr. A. de V. Leigh on his completion of 21 years as secretary of the London Chamber of Commerce, of which Sir Evan is president. The latter was at one time Director of Supplies and Transport at the War Office. He is an old friend "'of ours and, on several occasions, went out of his way to help the Editor in connection with reports on various trials of military vehicles and the use of road transport during military maneeuvres, when the 'Editor was sometimes present purely as a Press representative and at other times as an officer on the R.A.S.C. (M.T.) Reserve. Sir 'Evan saw that copies of reports were circulated amongst the M.T. personnel. It was Sir Evan who introduced " hay-box " cookery into the Army, which enabled the troops_ to have hot meals at any convenient time.