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E. S. Jenkins has been appointed chief engineer of the West Midlands PTE in succes;ion to R. Edgley Cox who is retiring. Or Jenkins was formerly the PTE's works mgineer. a position he had held since 1971.
T. M. Reader has been appointed general rianager of the Colchester depot of :harringtons Transport Ltd, a subsidiary of "Jharrington, Gardner, Locket and Co Ltd. ihis depot forms the operational base of Nrights (Colchester) Ltd and A. J. Hayward ind Son Ltd.
I. F. Bailey has been appointed parts narketing manager of the Perkins Engines roup, Mr Bailey who joined Perkins in 1968, vas formerly general sales manager, nternational Operations.
lean K. Day has been appointed managing irector of the new Crane Fruehauf subsidiary ompany being formed to control its service, omponents and parts, trucks equipment nd van-body building activities. Mr Day was reviously manufacturing director for the railer division of Crane Fruehauf Trailers Ltd.
'osser Chinn and Norman Chinn have -iflounced today that they will shortly be ilinquishing their positions as joint chairmen f Lex Service Group Ltd and that Trevor hinn will become chairman and joint anaging director on January 1 1973.
. George Oehring has been appointed (ecutive engineer for operations in Gt ritain with Rockwell-Standard Ltd. the mily named division of North American )ckwell Corp. He will be headquartered at e axle manufacturing Maudslay Works, cester, Warwicks.
MITUARY
'e record with regret the death of Mr L ist. Leonard East was, until premature tirement because of illness earlier this ar, a director of Cyprien-Fox (Transport) d, and Howe (Transport/ Ltd and was a rmer chairman of the London Transport anagers Club. He started his transport reer with BRSL at Mile End, London.