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MR. j. A.' JOHNSON, previously district manager for' the India Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd.,: in the Midlands, has relinquished his appointment as a. Flying Officer in the R.A.F. and resumed his former position with the company.
MR. D. RICHARDSON,whose portrait, appears on this page, is the new chairman of A.R.O, for 1943-44. In addition, he is avice.Tresident • of the Association, and has been chairman of the South-Eastern Area since its formation in 1935. He is vice-chairman of the S.J.C., chairman of the road side of the South-Eastern Regional
,Committee of the Road and Rail Central Conference, as well as being a member of the Central and SouthEastern Area Road Haulage . Wages Boards. His transport experience commenced in London in 1895.
MR, J.. ARCHER TRIBE, secretary of the Wisbech Sub-area of A.R.O., was recently presented, at a general meeting of the Sub-area, with a 'gold wristlet watch and sihler tankard. Mr. H. W. Jones, the retiring chairman, traced the growth Of he Wisbech Subarea and paid tribute; to the vork of the secretary for the past seven years. Later in the meeting Mr. Tribe was unanimously elected Sub-area chair man, and, in turn, voiced high praise for the, work of Mr. Jones, who had been a member of the Association tOr. only a few months but had rapidly gained the leadership of the Sub-area; he .was now forced to resign the chairmanship because of his commitments with the M.O.W.T.
MR. M. C. WitsON has been nominated by Cowan and Co. to be the successor of the late Mr. J, Lumsden, who was with the same Glasgow concern, .as' a member of the sub-committee of the Controlled Undertakings Panel in Scotland MR. E. E. GARDISTER, the Specialloid representative for South Africa, is now on a .visit to Great l3ritain. He has worked for many years in that country on behalf of the company and on his way home spent some time in the Near East.
• Ma. R. P. BEDDOW -has been appointed :a director of Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., and of Blackpool Omnibus Stations, Ltd., in the place of Mr. S. E: Garcke, who has resigned. Both of these undertakings are members Of the British Electrical Traction group of bus companies, which owns and operates some 8,500 p.s. , vehicles in England and Wales.
• MR, ' GEOrtGE RTJSTON SHARPLEY, T.P., chairman and managing director of Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., Lincoln, retires from the latter position at the end of the year. He will continue to be the chairman of the company. He ha been with the company for over 50 years and has occupied the office of managing director for practically '25 years. MR. VICTOR W. BONE, who is a member of the Board, will relinquish the position be has held since its formation in 1930 of managing director .of Ruston-Bucyrus, Ltd., an associated company of Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., and will he Mr. Sharpley's successor as from January 1, 1944. The Board of Ruston-Bucyrus, Ltd., has appointed Mn.ERNEST S. EVERITT, at present the assistant managing direCtor of Ruston-Bucyrus, Ltd., to succeed Mr. Bope as the managing director of that company