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MR. R. N. WILLIAMS has been appointed a director of Red and White United Transport, Ltd.
MR. W. A. ROY, B.Sc., has succeeded MR. W. E. BUSKARD as works director of the E.N.V. Engineering Co.. Ltd.
MR. L. C. HILL managing director of the County Chemical Co.. Ltd., recently returned from a market-research tour of the West Indies.
MR. JAMES HoDGE. transport manager of Brown and Poison, Ltd., Paisley, is the new chairman of the Glasgow branch of the Industrial Transport Association.
MR. R. GRESHAM COOKE, director or the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, left last Monday for New York to attend the opening of the British Motor Show.
MR. M. F. BARNARD, M.InSI.T., has been elected chairman of the Traders' Co-ordinating Committee on Transport in succession to MR, J. J. HUGHES, IM.Inst.T. MR. L. G. BURLEIGH IS vicechairman.
MR, CHARLES THEWLIS, North of England representative of William E. Cary, Ltd., Manchester, has retired on account of ill-health. He is succeeded by MR. SAM JOHNSON and MR. HARRY WILKINSON.
MR, W. V. GoiruNo has been appointed traffic superintendent of Dorman, Long and Co.. Ltd., Middlesbrough. He succeeds MR. A. C. W. IMPEY, who has retired after holding the position for 30 years.
,Ma. DAVID KARMEL, B.A., LL.B.. part-author of Butterworth's "Transport Act, 1947," and a well-known figure in the traffic and the Appeal Tribunal courts, has been made a K.C. He has participated in many important cases.
MR. H. J. Titoucarror-r, valuer for the British Transport Commission; has returned home after visiting Bombay, where he advised local authorities on transport matters. He was formerly South Shields Corporation's transport manager.
MR. P. BLAKE 'REECE has been appointed to the board of J. Blake and Co., Ltd., Liverpool. He is the son of MR. S. BLAKE REECE, managing director, and the great grandson of MR. JOSEPH BLAKE, whofounded the company in 1871.
MR. J. A. M. BRIGHT, who, as a result of nationalization, is no longer in the road haulage industry, but continues as honorary secretary of Selby Sub-area of the Road Haulage Association. recently received a presentation in appreciation of his services. MR. F. J. WRIGHT, chairman of the suh-area. handed over the gift.
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MR. E. L. TAYLOR, a director of various B.E.T. companies, has been appointed deputy chairman of the board of management of the British Travel and Holidays Board.
LIEUT.-COL. H. 1. DAVIDSON, M.B.E., M.INsr.T., director of traffic of the John Lewis Partnership, recently received from the Greek Ambassador in London the insignia of the Order of the Gold Cross of George I for service to the Government of Greece during the war. In 1944 he was in command of the Movements and Transportation troops of the Royal. Engineers in Greece, and was concerned with the rehabilitation of Greek transport. Later he became chief of staff of the Combined British-American Transportation Mission to Greece,
"AT YOUR SERVICE"
THE issue of • "The Commercial Motor" dated December 17, 1948, contained an article describing the activities of E. H. Lee, Ltd., New Road, Woodston, Peterborough, a company which engages in many different transport activities. This company has now produced "At Your Service," an attractive booklet recording its out-of-theordinary feats in civil engineering and haulage.
OBITUARY
WE regret to announce the death of TT MR. ALEXANDER WYLIE, chairman of Wylie's, Ltd., Glasgow. He was 64 and had been a distributor of Ford vehicles in Glasgow for 25 years.