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MR. J, C. KEY has resigned from the board of G. Beaton and Son, Ltd.
MR REGINALD MAIN has become assistant secretary of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers after 11 years on the staff.
MR. J. B. BARRETT, a director of Wadham (Holdings). Ltd.. has been appointed general manager of the company.
MR. STANLEY BAKER has been appointed assistant general sales manager of Lex Garages, Ltd. He joined them in 1956 as commercial vehicle sales manager.
MR. JOHN H. LORD has retired from his position as managing director of the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., but remains on the board. Mr. Lord announced in 1957 that he intended to resign.
MR. H. P. BINGLEY, Office manager in the southern retail division of the Mobil Oil Co., Ltd., has become Sheffield district manager, succeeding MR. T. N. JACKSON, who has taken charge of the North Wales area.
MR. R. J. Hoicticocic, labour relations officer with London Transport since 1955, has become chief labour relations officer. MR. W. H. MALLETT, principal executive , assistant in the labour relations office, has become labour relations officer.
MR. TOM NETTIERSOLE, sales manager at Ferrybridge for the Philidas locknut division of Whitehouse Industries. Ltd., has taken charge of the company's sales organization throughou t London, Middlesex, Surrey, Kent and Sussex.
MR. WILLIAM WALLACE, chairman and managing director a Chrysler Motors, Ltd., and Dodge Brothers (Britain). Ltd., has retired. He became managing director in 1945 and chairman in 1956 after being with the Chrysler Corporation since 1933.
Me. B. H. HARBOUR has been appointed chairman of the Road Operators' Safety Council. Vice-chairmen are MR. R. W. BIRCH, MR. F. BROOMFIELD, MR. M. A. FIOLMES, MR. R. MACKENZIE, MR, F. S. TAYLOR and MR. A. J. TOWNSEND.
M. F. R. EDWARDS has been appointed assistant advertising manager of the National Benzoic Co., Ltd. He was previously chief assistant in the _ advertising department, after being chief clerk in the publicity department for 22 years. He joined the company as a clerk in 1919.
MR. H. C. TETT has been appointed chairman and managing director of the 'Esso Petroleum Co., Ltd., following the retirement of SIR LEONARD SINCLAIR. Mr. Tett joined Esso in 1928 as an assistant in the technical sales department. He became a director in 1951 and five years later was appointed managing director. In 1957 he took over as chief executive, Sir Leonard joined Esso in 1908 and became a director in 1943. In 1951 he became chairman and managing director.
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MR, SID PHILLIPS, advertising manager of the Rover Co., Ltd.;--since 1929, has retired.
MR. H. P. N. BENSON has been appointed deputy managing director of the A.P.V. Co., Ltd.
MR. R. F. PROSSER hasbecome one of the joint principal private secretaries to the Minister of Transport, MR, MAURICE PLAIT, a director and chief engineer of Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., is visiting America for two months.
MR. A. H, BROWN, passenger transport manager in the north for the India Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., is now operating from the company's Salford depot.
MR. BRIAN D. NORRIS, sales director of Joseph Cockshoot and Co., Ltd., has been appointed a managing director. MR. HAROLD S. DRAKE and MR. JAMES B. MITCHELL have joined the board.
MR. A. A. SHOF.BRIDGE, Commissioner for Government Transport in Sydney, Australia, retires next Tuesday after eight years' responsibility for tram and bus services in Sydney and Newcastle. He will be succeeded by MR. W. L. CARTER, his deputy.
THE EARL OF HALSBURY, who is at present managing director of the National Research Development Corporation, and MR. SYDNEY BARRATT, chairman of Albright and Wilson, Ltd., are to be invited to become directors of Joseph Lucas (Industries), Ltd., on April I.
MR. G. C. TRUSWELL, assistant general manager of the Mercantile Credit Co. of Ireland. Ltd., has been appointed rttanager for new business development in plant and machinery for the Mercantile Credit Co., Ltd. He is succeeded in Ireland by MR. D. P. BAKER. formerly St. Austell branch manager.