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Mr. R. Gunter, a Reddish haulage contractor, is one of nine new J.P.s appointed for Stockport.
Mr. R. J. L. Wood has been appointed by British Geon, Ltd., as representative for Hycar nitrile rubber and latex in their southern sales area.
• Mr. L. A. Wingrove has been appointed representative in Africa for Crypton Equipment, of Bridgwater. He will be based in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia.
Mr. D. S. M. Barrie, assistant general manager of the North Eastern Region of British Railways, has been appointed a member of the Transport Users' Executive Committee for the Yorkshire area until November 30, 1963. He replaces Mr. F. C. Vtargens.
Whet Mr. John Dugnid, of Inverness, took his place as a Traffic Commissioner at Greyfriars House, Aberdeen, last week, he was making his final appearance in that position, for it was the last traffic court of 1961 in the area and Mr. Duguid's term of office ends at the close of the year.
Mr. H. M. Lawrence, of Compton, near Winchester, has been elected to the Court of the Worshipful Company of Carmen. This ancient guild dates back to 1276 and Mr. Lawrence, who is a Freeman of the City of London, has been a liveryman since 1935 when he was transport manager of the former Gas Light and
Coke Company. He is now materials handling, transport and coal manager of the Southern Gas Board.
Mr. H. Mortimore is retiring at the end of this month for health reasons from the position of executive assistant (sales) to the deputy chairman and managing director of the Ford Motor Co., Ltd., Dagenham. He has been with the company for 38 years and has represented them on many committees of the S.M.M.T. and other trade associations. Mr. Mortimore will continue as chairman of the company's subsidiary, Lincoln Cars. Ltd., of which he has been a director since 1957.
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Mr. J. Valentine has been appointed a director of Andersons Insulation Co., Ltd., and Mr. F. S. Page, manager of the Belfast branch, has been appointed general manager, Mr. H. Magee, assistant manager at Belfast, succeeds Mr. Page as manager there.
Mr. J. A. Fitzpatrick has been appointed northern area manager at Manchester of Cape Insulation and Asbestos Products, Ltd., a subsidiary of the Cape Asbestos Co., Ltd. He succeeds Mr. J. F. Callaghan who has retired after 41 years with Cape Asbestos.
Mr. E. Jones, manager of Brown Brothers tyre department at Great Eastern Street. London, E.C.2, has been presented with a television set by the deputy chairman and managing director, Mr. J. T. Masterton, to mark his completion .of '50 years' service with the firm.
Sir Leonard Lord has agreed to act as adviser and consultant for the whole of the B.M.C. Group. This was announced at the A.G.M. of the British Motor Corporation last Friday, when Mr. George Harriman, the new chairman, paid tribute to Sir Leonard on his retirement from the chairmanship and thanked him for his magnificent leadership over the past 10 momentous years. Mr. Edward Cassidy has appointed to the board of Coras I Eireann. He is chairman of E Ltd., and a member of the Eire )2 tural Wages Board and other hot Mr. D. J. Meredith has been ap by the Maidstone and District Services, Ltd., to succeed Mr. T Homer as district superintendent Hastings area on Mr. Homer's ret at the end of the year.
. Mr. H. P. Thorne, who for ti seven years has been transport tendent of the Qatar Petroleum 0 in the Middle East, has joined th quarters staff of the BP Gil manager of transport branch, Department, BP Trading, Li succession to the late Mr. A. Runacres.
Mr. W. A. Adam has been ap managing director of the three divisions of the Yale and Towne facturing Co. He succeeds MI McCarley who has been ,ap director of manufacturing of th national operations of Yale and with headquarters in New Yorl Adam is 41.
Mr. J. W. Womar, at preset engineer of the Potteries Motor Co., Ltd., has been appointed manager of that company in su to Mr. S. J. B. Skyrme, now manager of Southdown Motor t Ltd. After early training with th Western Road Car Co., Ltd., and Motors, Ltd., Mr. Womar becar nical assistant to the chief eng North Western in 1938, leaving to join the Forces. On demob in 1946 he was accepted for thi training scheme. Since comple course in 1949 he has held personal assistant to the general of the Northern General Transt Ltd., traffic manager of the G and District Omnibus Co., at engineer of Eddison Plant, Lt Womar will take up his new d January 1 next. LNYCROFT SERVICE IN S.E. London branch of Transport npment (Thornycroft), Ltd., at n Road, London, S.W.9, has been in a further stage of the integrathe Thornycroft sales and service ation with that of A.E.C., Ltd. of Thornycroft spare parts and replacement units have been transto the A.E.C. Spares Depot, 50 reet, Westminster, London, S.W.1. Victoria 4777.) irs facilities for Thornycroft will be available at the A.E.C. Depot, 20 Windmill Lane, I. Middlesex (phone: Southall and also at C.V. (Sates and ), Ltd., Cranes Close, Nevertdon al Estate, Basildon, Essex (phone: n 20223). Spares and .a 24-hour coverage will be available.