New Appointments To

Vacuum Oil Directorate

rREE new appointments to the direc torate of the Vacuum Oil Company Pty. Ltd. were recently announced.

They are Messrs. J. D. Rogers, T. J.

O’Connor and H. C. Smith.

Mr. Rogers is a well-known business figure in Sydney, a graduate of Sydney University, and served with distinction in both world wars. In World War II he served with the rank of Brigadier on the Headquarters Staff of General Mac- Arthur. He was awarded the OBE. In World War I, Mr. Rogers, then a Captain, won the MC. He was released from the Army last November and was appointed general manager of the company for NSW. He will remain in Sydney and

combine the jobs of NSW manager and director.

Mr. O’Connor joined the company in New York in 1922 after graduating in commerce from the New York Univer sity. He has been chief ac countant in Australia for some time and will now be director in charge of finance and accounting.

Mr. Smith is a science graduate of the Universiy of Melbourne and has been with the company since 1921.

He has been assistant to the managing director since 1938 and will now be director in charge of operations.

The Vacuum Oil Company Pty., Ltd., are now complet ing extensive plans for the post-war distribution of their products throughout the Ter ories of the South Pacific.