Road And Workshop

by Handyman Manpower, maintenance and the MoT (20) A trainee driver can be taught a great deal about tyre care. Quite often he has no real knowledge of the way a tyre can be......

A. Lainson Chairs Pvoa Executive

Arthur Lainson, 57, has been unanimously elected chairman of the Executive Committee of the PVOA. Mr. Lainson is managing director of Premier Travel Ltd., Cambridge—a company......

Simon J. Brown, Since 1966 Assis'tant Chief Engineer,...

Co. Ltd., has been appointed with effect from January 1, chief engineer of the Yorkshire Traction Co, Ltd„ in succession to A. Gurley, who is shortly taking up his appointment......

A. (sandy) Thomson, Goodyear Tyre And Rubber Co. (g.b.) Ltd.

sales director, will assume the responsibilities of deputy chairman of the board from January 1 1969: E. G. (Eric) Smethurst, sales manager. Tyre Replacement Sales Division,......

'materials In Action'

• Sir Barnes Wallis. chief of the Aeronautical R and D department of the British Aircraft Corporation (Weybridge) Ltd. will officially open the 1968 Engineering Materials and......

I. R. Patey Has Retired From The Board Of The

Western National Omnibus Co. Ltd. and Southern National Omnibus Co. Ltd. Anthony Cooper, 36, has been appointed Metal Sections Ltd. sales engineer in charge of specialist sales......

Obituary

We record with regret the death of R. W. Simpson. Mr Simpson, a bus proprietor at Keswick, Cumberland, died in hospital at the age of 69. For 40 years he had operated a bus......