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MR. W. C. REID, Albion Motors, Ltd., has been appointed a member of the Scottish Board for Industry, as an employers' representative.
MR. FRED JONES, traffic manager of Steel, Peech and Tozer, Ltd., Rotherham, since 1947, has retired after 49 years' service. He has been presented with a radiogram and refrigerator as retirement presents.
Ma. A. M. HINDE has been appointed Midland division manager, Power Petroleum Co., Ltd., in succession to MR. E. Sr. D. FORBES, who has retired for health reasons. Mr. Hincle was formerly deputy Midland division manager.
MR. E. W. JEFFRIES, High Wycombe superintendent, Thames Valley Traction Co., Ltd., is to retire at the end of this month. He joined Thames Valley in 1929, when the company took over Marlow and District Motor Services, of which he was general manager.
MR. E. F. CLARKE has been appointed chief engineer, Guy Motors, Ltd., with effect from next Monday. Mr. Clarke will join Guy from Dennis Bros., Ltd., where he has been project engineer on the design and development of new vehicles. Before joining Dennis he was assistant experimental engineer, A.E.C., Ltd.
MR. FRANCIS JUSTIN COLLINS has been appointed traffic manager, East Midland Motor Services, Ltd., in.succession to MR. D. G. F. RAWLMS, who has been appointed traffic manager, Trent Motor Traction Co., Ltd., in succession to MR.
SIEPHEI%t FERRY, who has retired. Mr. Collins has been assistant traffic manager, Northern General Transport Co., Ltd., since 1955. He was previously with the Birmingham and Midland Motor _Omnibus Co„ Ltd., MR. KEITH •HOLIVIES, Northern General's chief schedules-officer, has been appointed assistant traffic manager there.
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MR. W. J. RENTON has been appointed general shipping and traffic manager, Massey-Ferguson, Ltd. MR. G. E. Dix has been apointed general purchasing manager, U.K. operations.
SIR RALF R. EMERSON has become a director of Metropolitan-Cammell Carriage and Wagon Co., Ltd.
MR. J. W. WicKHAbi has been appointed branch manager at Chelmsford for Firth Cleveland Finance, Ltd., and MR. P. HARRISON has been appointed Preston branch manager.
MR. PAT HAYDEN has joined United Dominions Trust, Ltd. Until he retired recently, Mr. Hayden was national used vehicle sales manager. Vauxhall Motors,
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MR. C. D. MORGAN, secretary of the British Road Federation,-returned to this country last. week-end after .attending an international traffic engineering • study week in Nice.. SIR OWAIN JENKINS has been elected a director of Singapore Traction Co., Ltd.
MR. J. H. CHAMBERS has taken over the post of service and parts manager for Renault, Ltd., in Great Britain.
• MR.. WALTER BONALLACK. until 1957 chairman of Bonallack and Sons,. Ltd., celebrated his ninetieth birthday on Monday.
MR. F. E. RUSSEAT has been appointed an executive director of Bristol Industries, Ltd., a subsidiary of Transport Develop-, ment Group, Ltd.
MR. F. H. SHEPHEARD, zone manager for Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula, Perkins, Ltd., left this country on Wednesday for a 35,000-mile, nine-week sales visit to Latin America.
Mn. G. W. QUICK SMITH, Adviser (Special Projects), British Transport Commission, has been elected a vice-president of the Institute of Transport, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. H. H. Crow.
MR. I. MURLEY, chairman, and MR. D. H. LE Coma., secretary, of the international group of the Road Haulage Association, attended • a meeting of the International Road Transport Union in Geneva last Friday.
MR. T. C. WEST, estate agent and rating surveyor, London Transport Executive, has retired at the age of 67. He will continue to act in. a consultative capacity for the Executive. MR. S. G. JONES, legal adviser, has been appointed secretary. He succeeds MR. R. M. ROBBINS, who was recently appointed chief commercial and public relations officer. Mr. Jones is 57 years old.
. OBITUARY
WE regret to record the deaths of MR. I. Roanns and MR. P. McGREGoR. -Mr. McGregor was Newburgh depot superintendent of W. Alexander and Sons, Ltd. He died suddenly.
Mr. Rogers had been in business for some 37 years at Staveley, DerbYshire, as :a hatIage contractor and garage proprietor.