Ray Quinn has been appointed manager of Crane Fruehauf Trailers
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Ltd.'s new Barking depot which is to be opened late this month or early May. Mr. Quinn's previous appointments include general sales manager of P.0.5. Fabrications, and executive sales and service director of the Primrose Group. During the past eight years he has studied transport in 15 countries throughout the Middle East and South East Asia.
-ludlass has been appointed chief service ,e with Hanger Motor (Birmingham) Ltd., -mingham Ford main dealership of the Investment Group. Mr. Hudfass was ;ly responsible for the complete operation Rootes Service Division, Coventry Road. ham.
H. Ballard has been appointed sales director on Dewandre Co. Ltd.. Lincoln. and Ronald rsdell production manager. following a ization by the company after a reappraisal reeds of the vehicle industry in the UK and s. Mr. Ballard has been technical director ible for technical sales and engineering 952.
Turner has resigned his appointment as rg director of Gloster Saro Ltd. from the March, following the transfer of Gloster vending machine interests to Hawker Dynamics Ltd. The remaining vehicle mat interests of Gloster Saro will now be d and controlled by A. E. Martin, who will to be director and general manager of pany.
W. J. Hargrave, the Leeds solicitor, is to retire. Objecting on behalf of the Yorkshire pool operators last week, as he has done many times since the start of licensing with the 1933 Act, Mr. Hargrave appeared for the last time before the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners. He joined his father's firm in 1932 representing the smaller operators in the PVOA and later the BET companies.
W. H. Schmalz has been appointed managing director of Uniroyal Ltd. in succession to J. C. Madigan who is returning to the United States to take up a post in the Consumer Industrial and Plastic Products Division, C. K. W. Lewis has been appointed director of marketing, UK.
Allen W. Simms, 34, has been appointed sales promotion and publicity manager of Scammell Lorries Ltd. Mr. Simms succeeds Peter F. Wood, recently transferred to Leyland Motors (Scotland, Ltd. Truck and Bus Division. E. J. Watson has been appointed Scammell company secretary/ chief accountant. Mr. Watson has been assistant secretary since 1961.
F. W. J. (Frank) Scott, managing director, operations. Shell-Met and BP Ltd. has retired after 44 years with the group. Mr. Scott joined the British Petroleum Co. Ltd. as a clerk in 1924 in the motor department.
Sidney Lewis, who was with the Nuffield Organization for 33 years, and was sales manager of Morris Commercial Cars Ltd. until joining the board of W. Watson (Liverpool) Ltd.. has retired.
Richard T. Lomath has resigned from the hon treasurership of the Institute of the Furniture Warehousing and Removing Industry and from the Institute council because of health reasons and business commitments
W. F. Harden, 44, and C. F. P. Waller, 50, have been elected to the Vauxhall board, Mr. Harden has been plant manager at the Ellesmere Port factory since he joined Vauxhall in July 1968: he was previously manager of the Chevrolet Lordstown {Ohio) plant of General Motors. Mr. Waller, plant manager at the Luton factory, becomes Vauxhall's director of material and schedules. V. G. Doyle relinquishes his directorship on appointment as assistant to supply manager. General Motors Overseas Operations, New York.
L. W. Jukes, executive director of the Cam Gears Group since 1967, on reaching retirement age. has resigned from the board. Mr. Jukes is to continue to take part in Cam Gears activities as consultant.
Frank Woodman, assistant chief engineer of South Wales Transport Co Ltd., has retired. Mr Woodman joined the company in 1927 as a skilled fitter.
OBITUARY
We record with regret the death of W. G. (John) Hassan,
Mr. Hassan, a director of Sheppard Fabrications Ltd., who was 35, died as the result of a motoring accident last week. Mr. Hassan joined the Sheppard Group in 1960 after serving an engineering apprenticeship at Rolls-Royce Ltd. He played a major part in the growth of many of the group companies—in particular Sheppard Fabrications, of which he was assistant managing director. He was also a director of the group company together with all its subsidiaries.