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Ma. G. Wimmorr has been made a director of Charles G. S. Buist, Ltd., Newcastle-on-Tyne.
LORD ELTON and MAJOR GEORGE Cotra-rautp have been elected directors of Cape Asbestos Co., Ltd.
MR. H. BILLAM has retired from the transport department of Staveley Iron and Chemical Co., Ltd., Chesterfield, after 42 years.
M. R. H. WILSON and MR. E. S. Hutfr have replaced MR. S. H. FISHER and MR. W. R. CANDLIN as directors of the Trent Motor Traction Co., IA.
MR. H. S. FORD, assistant general manager of Leyland Motors, Ltd., has flown to India to examine the assembly of goods and passenger chassis there.
Ma. T. H. J. FIELD, B.Sc., will shortly take up the appointment of training and education• officer at the headquarters of the Road Haulage 'Executive.
MAJOR H. E. ALDINGTON, C.B., forrnerly Chief Engineer (Highways) at the _Ministry of Transport, has been appointed consultant •to the British Road Federation.
SIR GRAHAM CUNNINGHAM, chairman • and managing director of the TriplexSafety Glass Co., Ltd., has resigned his voluntary post as chairman of the
• Dollar Exports Board.
• MR. A. B. FINDLAY, formerly of Glasgow Transport Department, who has taken up an appointment as transport manager in Leeds. was recently made a presentation by his old staff.
A.M.INsi.T.A., is now serving as controller of road transport under the • newly created Government of Cyrenaica. He first assumed his position under the Ilritish Military Administration.
MR. R. G. P. DE MAITOS has been appointed by the Laystall Engineering Co., Ltd., as home and overseas sales manager for Cromard cylinder liners. MR. E. K. JONES is representative for Cromard sales in the north of England, Scotland and Ulster MR. DAVID GAMMANS, M.P., has been re-elected president of the National Conference of Road Transport Clearing Houses, and COL. E. J. WOOLLEY and Ma. JOHN MILLER have been re-elected vice-presidents. MR. C. H. MATTHEWS has also been elected a vice-president. MR. J. W. ELLIS has been appointed chairman, MR. J. MCGREGOR and MR. PACKHAM vicechairmen, and MR. L. C. ANDREWS honorary treasurer.
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MR. W. E. FLATT has been appointed a director of Oldham and Sons, Ltd.
MR. GILBERT SMITH has been elected chairman of the Birmingham centre of the Motor and Cycle Trades Benevolent Fund. MR. A. PADDONSwim has been appointed vice-chairman and, for the 15th year in succession. Mit. L. W. LAMBLEY has been returned as honorary secretary and treasurer.
MR. J. EWAN SPALDING, formerly secretary of The United Service Transport Co., Ltd., has retired. He is succeeded by MR. W. T. WILKINSON. MR., W. G. H. WILLIS and MR. W. NICE have been appointed joint general managers. Chief engineer of the company is now MR. J. M. BALPRE and MR. C. R. GRIFFIN is assistant traffic manager.
MR. T. BROWN, M.I.MECH.E., Who recently became a director of Sheepbridge Engineering, Ltd., has now been appointed to the board of The LightProduction Co.. Ltd. Mr. Brown was formerly chief engineer of Morris Motors, Ltd., Engines Branch, Coventry. He is also managing director of the Sheepbridge Stokes Centrifugal Castings Co., Ltd.