The Day Mr Spark Caught Fire

• Tuesday, August 31, is a day 33-year-old lorry driver Mr James Spark, of Hardwick Street. Blackhall Colliery, Co Durham. is not likely to forget. His trailer was loaded with......

83 Applicants For One Job

• When Coopers Road Services Ltd, of Wednesbury, wanted a new driver 83 men applied for the job—and this despite the Fact that the job had not been advertised. Mr Reg Cooper.......

Won By One

• The finals of the National Public Service Vehicles Undertakings Cricket Competition took place on Wednesday at the Worcester County Ground. SELNEC PTE (Manchester) were first......

Dublin Doublin' Leyland Output

• Lord Stokes opened a new BLMC truck distribution and assembly plant in Dublin on Wednesday. The new premises will enable distributors Ashenhurst Williams Ltd, to double its......

Tdg Steady

• The Transport Development Group's pretax profits for the first six months of 1971 are marginally down—£3.98m compared to last year's £4.09m on unchanged revenue. It is thought......

Fund For W. Midland Hauliers

• Hauliers in the West Midlands still resisting the TGWU's demands for £2.50 hgv driving licence money are suffering great financial hardship on behalf of the whole industry,......

Purle Training Courses Approved By Rtitb

• Purle Brothers Holdings, waste disposal specialists running over 800 vehicles in the UK, have received approval from the RTITB of their "off the job" training centres at......

75-ton Special From Atkinson

• A special 75-ton version of the Atkinson Venturer has been produced by Atkinson Vehicles Ltd, Walton-le-Dale, Preston. Built to the order of Walsh Transport Services Ltd, of......