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had a sinking feeling after a cashier unwittingly dropped £5,000 into a skip which was then transported to a landfill site and its contents buried.
The cashier had been loading a cash point machine at a branch in Whitby, Yorks when he dropped the cash A JCB was unable to locate the money before the site was filled in; fortunately for the hapless cashier, the bank has written off the money and ruled out foul play.
Disneyworld appeal
ahe Hawk has received an appeal from Glasgow readers Ralph and Fiona Halley, who have been active in raising money to send disabled children on holidays to Disneyworld in America They now need to raise funds to buy a vehicle and are happy to convert Air Miles, BP Options, Texaco Star and Esso Tiger tokens into cash. Contact (0360) 70217 if you can help.
3 harity Medical Out to Africa
Missionary News had a Missionary News had a fitting experience when it sent an old Bedford tipper out to Samfya Mission in Zambia.
The charity discovered that the lorry was too high to fit into a container so was forced to replace the front wheels with steel rims.
It then discovered that its depot's gradient caused the axle to touch the ground and had to use wooden beams as rails for the truck to reverse on.
Once inside the container the truck was secured by stuffing all the spaces around it with used clothing. I'll put my shirt on that being a long afternoon's work.
The moral is don't try this at home, certainly not with a new tractive unit, anyway.
awo Parcelforce drivers from Birmingham have qualified for the national finals of the Lorry Driver of the Year Competition.
Bob Pease came first in the Smethwick heat while colleague Gary Parmar finished third at a qualifying round in Wolverhampton.
All very well, but what does a lorry driver of the year have to do? Pease triumphed in the class four event—for 40footers with three or four axles—by avoiding any of the 110 penalty points in speed and distance judgement assessment.
Easy when you know how.