The Christmas holiday started toxy in earnest, Shopping reached its.climax and all London stations (were. crowded with travellers. Beatures were the heavy bookings for the Continent. The very mild 'Weather, which, in the south of 'England followed the recent severe fold, is hardly likely to last, accord-Ing' to weather experts. ' Wintry ope which have continued in north, are not unlikely to extend he south so that there are, after fall, prospects of a white Christmas fu London, Aerodrome, and all stations have been warned that landing at the Aerodrome is inadvisable.
Some of the suburban bus services found the snow too deep to start on scheduled time The telephone service to Paris has been cancelled owing to-damage to overhead wires in France.
"There have been further heavy falls of snow in the south of Eng-Jand and heavy drifting has continued. Depths of from 12 to 16 fect are recorded as far west as Devonshire, and in many places in the south-eastern counties.
All air services to the Continent hand to be cancelled to-day owing to gale raging in the Channel, Sir Charles Batho, Lord Mayor of London, has issued the following message to Londoners: "In offer-Christmas greetings to the citizens of London 1 think we may congratulate ourselves upon the happy. gestures which have been made by some of the leading em-layers as indicative of the estabishment to peace and goodwill in sour industries. I sincerely hope {his augurs the prospect in the New Year of prosperity. based upon a better understanding als between master and mai
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