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Bankrupt Haulier "Was Worst Sufferer

11th November 1960
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

ALORRY driver who received £3,950 compensation following a serious road accident and later started business as a haulage contractor, admitted a deficiency of £1,306 in Sheffield Bankruptcy Court last week.

Joseph Anthony Reed, 41, of Maltravers Place, Sheffield, said that after his accident in 1955 he was incapacitated until January, 1958. Ile received the £3.950 compensation in June of that year, but after three months he had only £600 left, In September. 1958, he bought a truck with an A licence, which cost over £2,000, paying £950 deposit and the rest on hirepurchase. When he started business as a haulage contractor he employed a driver as he was unable to drive.

The worst sufferer in this unhappy story is yourself,said the registrar. The public examination N as closed.

D1STANCE no object is the motto

of Robinson's Removals, of Coventry. And to prove it, Mr. William Ross, the firm's manager, with Mr, George Horton as co-driver, set off for Brussels on Monday to pick up a load of furniture to be brought back to Coventry for a local family. Mr. Ross carried out a similar trip several months aeo.

ROAD DEFROSTING

.1-1 A PLAN to lay an "electric blanket" 600 yards long under the surface of the Alfreton Hill on the main DerbySheffield road to keep the surface free of ice and snow during the winter has been announced by Derbyshire County Council.

HOW TO HANDLE THINGS

THE Materials Handling Division of Fisher Ludlow, Ltd., is to hold an exhibition of materials handling and storage equipment at Bridgeton Hall, London Road, Glasgow, from November 28 to December 2.


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