The Archive · 1937

Plenty of Money About

weather saved up for me in England last summer. I have already decided that when next I go on leave T shall take less clothes with me, and settle down for a longer time at each of my temporary resting places, One of the questions Arst asked of the person returning from home leave is: "What shows did you see?" own experience was that almost every West End performance worth visiting was booked up'fairly well ahead, and during this Coronation 'Year' the attendances will almost certainly be Greater. Spending an evening in town Thad the impression that there was plenty of money about. It was often necessary to queue up for dinner at the more popular hotels fand Festaurants, and not much time was left to reach the theatre in comfort when the meal was ended. Tremember I had to pay one of the ticket agencies 9s. Gd. a seat for a matinee performance of the Alm "Romeo and Juliet."

Changing Motor Conditions Conditions for motorists at home have changed considerably. in recent years. In the first place it is quite serious matter to obtain a driving licence. You are fortunate if you held stich a licence when you were Tast_on leave, but, if you wish to avoid the necessity of learning the Highway Code by heart and having a driving test in which it is by no means impossible for an experi motorist to fall, you must provide roof of having held such a licence.

T have been told in Shanghai that production of a S.ML.C. driving licence was suMeient' to secure exemption from the driving test at home, but 1 have also heard the reverse. A person who has driven for any length of time in the crowded streets of Shanghai should find driving at home much less of a strain, though, of Fowrse, the average speed there outside the cities 1s so much higher that

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