BRS NAMES FINANCE DIRECTOR
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EDWARD G. A. DELLAR (above) has been appointed finance director of British Road Services Ltd.
Mr. Dellar was formerly secretary and financial controller of the Kinloch Group. His appointment follows the promotion, earlier this year, of Leonard S. Payne to the post of assistant managing director of BRS Ltd.
Sir William Swallow has agreed to continue as president of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers for a further year. D. Mills will be vice-president; A. Entieknap, honorary treasurer. and K. P. Wakefield, honorary secretary, with effect from October 19 (date of the IRTE annual meeting).
William C. Wilson, 58, general manager and engineer of Stockton Corporation transport department for 18 years, has been appointed— with effect from August, 1967—general manager of the Tee-side County Borough's transport system (an amalgamation of Middlesbrough and the Tees-side Railless Traction Board) which comes into operation in April, 1968. Its principal workshops will be at Stockton and its head office at Middlesbrough.
AWARD
R. D. OWEN has been given the IRTE annual award for the best 1966-7 paper ("Oil and Filtration Problems") by a member. Diplomas for papers of distinction have been awarded to J. E. Johnson and W. T. Skinner.
OBITUARY
WE regret to record the death of Mr. Bertram John Chinn. Mr. Chinn, 71, was proprietor of China's Coach Services, Wincanton, Somerset, for many years. After his retirement he lived at Sturminster Newton, Dorset.
IN OUR REPORT on page 34 of CM last week, we stated—as informed by RHA—that Mr. A. C. Andrews was the first vice-chairman of the new RHA Commercial Committee. In fact, the vice-chairman is Mr. Patrick J. Macdonald, of Manchester Road, Congleton, Cheshire (managing director of P. J. Macdonald's Transport). Mr. Andrews, we now understand, was the proposer of Mr. Macdonald.