24 Union Men Quit Containerbase

TWENTY-FOUR men, Including two shop stewards, have accepted voluntary redundancy at the Birmingham Containerbase — only a few days after returning to work after a 16-week-long......

Christmas Parcels Boost

FACED by massive increases in Post Office parcels rates, many traders and private customers have switched traffic to the State road haulage companies. BRS Parcels Ltd reports a......

Sleeper Cab For New Generation

A SLEEPER-CAB version of the Mercedes-Benz 1626S tractive unit will be available on the UK market early in 1976. Two models from the New Generation range are already available......

Owner-driver With Luger Is Jailed

AN OWNER-DRIVER who entered Britain through London's Heathrow Airport with a 1916 Luger automatic pistol and 25 rounds of 9mm ammunition without declaring them at Customs was......

Booked-off Driver Wins Hours Case

AFTER a police witness had agreed he was not familiar with S.103 of the Transport Act, which defined drivers' working days and onand offduty breaks, a summons against a Rochdale......