• On the ball
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Club business at last week's Transport Managers' Club in London took on a new look when the chairman, John Toohey opened the proceedings by raffling a football, the proceeds of which had to go to the club
Concerned to protect the image of the lorry, the IRU (International Road Transport Union) has issued an enterprising little booklet Contre La Pollution which wags an admonitory finger on the evils of exhaust smoke. The publication is not intended, it says, to judge operators but to invite their collaboration in safeguarding la nature et. avec la nature. l'humanite".
almoner's account. The raffle realized £40. Dick Searle, of Cubitt Town Transport, who won the ball, which had been autographed by all of Arsenal's cup winning team, suggested that it should be auctioned and that the proceeds should again be donated to the almoner's fund.
The price went up in 50p bids until Dennis Millard of P & T Haulage Services secured the prize at /21. Dennis, who is, of course, an Arsenal supporter, tells me that he intends to hold on to the ball until the novelty wears off and then pass it on to a local boys' club.