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Mr. M. V. Ambler, the transport manager of the Shell Marketing Co., owes much of the success of anTorganization at which he has been at the head to a personal charm which brings out the best that is in those working with and under him. He served for some years in the Navy (one sees the effect of the naval training in the smartness and cleanliness of the company's depot at Pulliam); his record at the L.G.O.C. garage at Palmer's Green was high for efficiency, the buses from that garage keeping the road in an exemplary manner, and one rarely hears of a Shell motor vehicle missing an appointment. He has the gift of choosing good men and of appreciating their services. ,
One of the considerable number of personalities prominent in the motoring world, who are now on their way on waded-girdling business jaunts is Mr. Harry Panzetta, a very-well knownfigure indeed in the rubber-tyre tradefor many years, and particularly in connection with the Spencer-Moulton cons cern, now amalgamated with WoodMilne. Par-metier., it may now be said, did very excellent service for the Ministry of Munitions during the war, as consulting rubber tyre expert, to the Mechanical Transport Contracts Branch of that organization. His most important work in that connection was the organization of an extensive salvage plant for returned tyres at Avonmouth, where huge quantities of this kind of
" scrap " were received, sorted, mechanically stripped, bundled and sold Out of service—most of it to America we believe. Tens of thousands of steel " bands" were also recovered there and suitably disposed of. Parizetta would have started earlier on his business tour of the world, but for a serious illness which overtook him earlier in the year. He is now well on the way East, en route for his company's depots and certain big rubber plantation interests in company with. Mr. J. Spencer, a cadet of the Spencer-Moulton house. His personality so easily wins him hosts of friends that lie is an ideal trade ambassador, and his selection for his new task must have been a simple matter for his chiefs. A successful trip and safe return is our wish for him and his younger companion.
One often hears complaints of the extent of the Honours List, but a few moments' thought always brings•to mind the names of men who are known to have done good work in connection with the war, which have never appeared in any such list. For instance, the work of the London General Omnibus staff seems to have been overlooked, and yet there is nota single Londoner, and very few other people, who do not know what the buses did in France, and awho cannot appreciate what must have been entailed in their preparation and despatch.
Albions Abroad.
As a result of the great amount of work accomplished under exceptionally arduous conditions, by Albion motor vehicles, during the period of hostilities, the Portuguese and Belgian Governments have decided not to dispose. of the large numbers that were used by the respective armies. These vehicles will now play a big part in the reconstruction schemes. Many are in regular use by the
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