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CLLR. F. BIDSTON is to resign his chairmanship of Liverpool Transport Committee for health reasons.
SIR GRAHAM CUNNINGHAM has succeeded DR. A. COUSEN as president of the Society of Glass Technology.
MR. JOHN CREEK has been appointed sales director of Fibreglass, Ltd. He joined the company in 1952 as general sales manager.
MR. R. G. SMERDON Will fill the vacancy temporarily created by the illness of MR. W. H. NEVILL, on the Transport Arbitration Tribunal.
MR, KENNETH HORNE, sales director of Triplex Safety Glass Co., Ltd., is a director of the newly formed British Industries Fair, Ltd., which has been arranged to take over the organization and management of the B.I.F. from next year.
MR. C. B. HOWARD-RICE, sales manager of the Midland division of Shell-Mex and B.F., Ltd., is to become sales manager of the London division. He will be succeeded by MR. A. W. KIRKALDY, Birmingham branch manager.
MR. E. H. BURN has been elected chairman of the Manchester centre of the Institute of Traffic Administration. The vice-chairman is MR. C. E. OGDEN. Chairmen and vice-chairmen respectively of other centres are as follows: Glasgow, MR. A. MACNA1R, MR. A. S. MCKECHNIE; Southampton, MR. A. W. LovELL, and MR. H. J. BABBAGE and Ma. F. G. aux (joint vice-chairmen); Portsmouth, MR. B. R. MILLER, M. J. L. AUSTIN.
MR. H. FLETCHER, employment officer at the Ministry of Supply factory managed by Leyland Motors, Ltd., has been appointed acting employment manager at Leyland. He will succeed MR. C. J. JEFFREY, who has resigned after 28 years with the company, to take up another appointment. Mr. Fletcher, who joined Leyland in 1924, will be succeeded at the M.o.S. factory by MR. P. J. Turtsma.
MR. H. Borrom.Ev, general manager of Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., and managing director of W. C. Standerwick, Ltd., was presented with a longservice certificate by Ribble's chairman, MR. R. P. BEDDOW, at a dinner in Blackpool last week. Mr. Bottomley began in transport as an office boy with Huddersfield Transport Department. He was appointed assistant to the managing director of Ribble in 1929, and became general manager in 1944.
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M. J. R. GREENWOOD, chairman of Craven Bros. (Manchester), Ltd., has been appointed deputy chairman and director of Crossley Motors, Ltd.
MR. W. W. F. SHEPHERD is the chairman of the North Western Transport Users' Consultative Committee which has been appointed to serve until March 31, 1957. MR. T. W. FOLDING and MR. W. E. MACVE represent the British Transport Commission. The other members are: MR, J. HEYES, MR. W. D. BROADBENT, MR. J. T. MOSS, MR, L. HIGHTON, MR. T. J. SALES, MR. H. W. SMAIL, MR. F. ABBOTTS, MR.
A. N. HUNT, MISS L. HODSON, MR. M. j. NEWTON, CLLR. D. D. WILLIAMS and CLLR. W. WALSH. The secretary is MR. C. DOVE.
MR. L. WALKER, transport manager of British Celanese, Ltd., Derby, and CLLR. S. W. BalmEs, chairman of Leicester Transport Committee, have been appointed members of the Transport Users' Consultative Committee for the East Midland Area. The committee, which completed their first term of office on March 31, now comprise PROF. R. PEERS, chairman, COL. R. VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS, MR. H. J. WILD, MR. C. F. BERRIDGE, MR. J. H. CRIDDLE, MR. W. E. FOWLER, M.D. R. ARBON, MR. W. F. KNOWLES, MR. G. E. DEARING, MR, B. SHARPE, ALD. A. L. CHOWN, SIR H. REGINALD KERR. and MR. W. B. CARTER. The secretary is MR. S. W. WALTON. Three further members have yet to be appointed. MR. M. M. HALLETT has been appointed research director of the Sheepbridge group of companies.
MR. R. ELAND has been appointed transport manager of the Blaydon Cooperative Society. Mr. Eland has been divisional engineer of Durham County Fire Brigade for the past four years.
MR. WALTER PICKERING has been appointed managing director of Clarkson and Co. (Scotland), Ltd. For the past 20 years he has been sales manager and later sales director. The company are amongst the oldest tyre distributors in Scotland, MR. FRED MOORHOUSE has been presented with a gold watch in recognition of his long service to the Huddersfield Sub-area of the Road Haulage Association. Ma. G. J. ABRAHAM has been elected chairman and MR, J. A. HILL vice-chairman of the Southern Area.
MR. P. E. R. GRAEFE, general manager of Maidstone and District Motor Services, Ltd., and their subsidiaries, is to retire at the end of the year because of ill health. Mr. Graefe has been with the British Electric Traction group for 47 years, 40 of which have been spent with Maidstone and District, which he joined as secretary in the company's infancy.
MR. B. T. BENNETT has been elected chairman of the South Wales Division of the Traders' Road Transport Association. The newly elected vicechaitmart is MISS E. D. ROGERS. MR.
F. E. HILTON has been elected chairman of the Yorkshire (Hull) Division, and MR. H. HODSON and MR. S. CHARITY, vice-chairmen. The Eastern Area have re-elected MR. E. WOOD as chairman.
MR. J. F. Baami.Ev, managing director of the Austin Motor Export Corporation, Ltd., MR. J. G. CHALDECOTT, managing director (regions), export division, Rootes, Ltd., and MR. HUBERT
G. MASON, director and joint general manager of C.A.V., Ltd., are members of the British-Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Sweden which was inaugurated at Stockholm last week. It is expected to be in full operation by the end of the summer. British foundersubscribers include the Dunlop, Pressed Steel, Renold, Skefko and T.I. (Export) concerns.