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Deviation Does Not Absolve Haulier
T HE House of Lords has held that lorry owners do not cease to be liable for accident damages merely because their driver has deviated from the direct route to another. The......
A. F. Lawson, Formerly Commercial Manager, Continental...
Containers Services (London) Ltd., has been appointed to a similar position with British Road Ferry Services Ltd.......
B. J. Allbert, A Senior Tyre Development Engineer At Fort
Dunlop Birmingham, flew to America on June 25 to give a paper on tyre grip at high speeds to a conference on road safety. Arranged by the American Society of Testing and......
David Hegland, Managing Director Of Vauxhall Motors Ltd.,...
elected chairman of the board; he continues as managing director. The present chairman, William Swallow, retired as managing director at the end of 1965 but agreed to the......
George Spear. General Sales Manager Of Telehoist Ltd., Is...
a six-week export tour covering India. the Far East, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. On his itinerary is a visit to Calcutta. where a factory for production of tipping gear......
C. B. Dennell Has Been Appointed Group Purchasing Manager To
the Zenith Group. He was formerly contracts manager to Solex Ltd.......
Denis Richard Quin Has Been Appointed National Secretary...
Passenger Vehicle Operators' Association. Mr. Quin, who is 36, has been assistant secretary of the National Dairymen's Association since 1961 and previously held a similar post......
A. M. Sedgley Has Been Appointed Assistant Traffic...
the Northern General Transport Co. Ltd., with effect from August 8, in succession to D. J. Meredith, who is to become traffic manager of the Trent Motor Traction Co. Ltd. Mr.......
M. C. Sharp Has Been Appointed To The Board Of
Conveyancer-Scott Electric Vehicles Ltd., Kidderminster. E. A. Lainson (Premier Travel Ltd.) has been elected chairman of the national council of the Passenger Vehicle......
I. W. Rathbone Has Been Appointed To The Sales Staff
of Metropolitan-Cammell-Weymann Ltd. and will operate mainly in the northern area. He has joined the company from Leyland Motors, where he was assistant sales manager, special......
At A Meeting Of The New Council Following The A.g.m.
of the Scottish Motor Trade Association Ltd.. G. Valentine was appointed president, with W. M. Baxter as retailer vice-president and W. D. Miller immediate past-president. The......
After 47 Years In The Tyre Trade, Including 29 With
India Tyres Ltd., Harry Mountford, India Tyres service manager, retired yesterday (Thursday).......
Larry J. Smith Has Succeeded Alan Thomson As National...
of the passenger group of the Transport and General Workers Union. Mr. Smith joined London Transport as a bus driver after the last war and served on numerous committees......
Obituary
We regret to record the death of Walter Bryan. Mr. Bryan, who was 81, joined the Simms Manufacturing Co. Ltd. as a trainee engineer in 1904 and became chief engineer of Simms......