The Archive · 1929

Unusually Cold Winter

We are accustomed nowadays to rather colder winters than usual but the present is far more trying than any for many years. Ina way it more on the lines of am Ameri winter, there heinge often a bit cold wind together with seand only Toeal snow.

has not had any snow te apeak of up to the present, Shaugh in parts of the west, north, sies and Scotland it has been feet deep, hus held up trains, stopped and tramways services and me with every form of activity.

ndon's troubles have been mainly regard tu train delays, the freez~ Of all water pipes, and the dear-all commestities which dee Perhape we should not have grmabled so much were th ible amount of sickness, 0 influenza. One day who Times" fire cohnnns of of thousands of aly types of shing are being imported year from Mexico, South a, India, Africa, and other Parts of the world. The only redeeming feature from the Bengal Forestry Department's point view is that the verne for snakeskin shoes is just as widespread and the balance ought to be maintained.

Philip Bidgway's scheme out, London, will scon another' enormous theatre, one where the most ex: pensive seats will be only 2s. 3d and the majority only a shilling. Ah the seats will be bookable. The idea is to put on good plays and Uring them within range of the poorer people, whom Mr. Ridgway ig convinced will fock to his theatre to see ther exists in Berlin and is a very ext Three well of people ever 66,

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