without. any special features. In the first place there was no snow except in one Jor two exposed parts of the country, There wore also no tragedies, such as accidents on the railways, and little or no crime, Scotland }Yard has received from the 24 divisions of the Metropolitan police gratifying reports of the scarcity lof crime during the holidays. Crimes of violence have been non-existent, jand nothing more serious than a Jcomparatively small number assault cases tas been dealt with, Every superintendent has received message from headquarters, Jcongratulating both the uniformed jand detective officers on a satisfactory year's record in the fight against crime and a tribute is also paid to the sporting successes of the force.
There has been no particular] distress, and a more or less com-[plete absence of street vocalists, soliciting charity under the guise lof music. I saw one procession of unemployed, but only one, Charitable work has been very active. Perhaps the most noticeable feature of Christmas was the exodus from town; the London and North Eastern Railway served 90,800 Jdeparting passengers on Christmas Eve, on which day the Great West-fern took 10,000 people to the west! of England. Fog delayed trains Jarriving in London from some parts of the country, but trains as a whole ran well fo time.
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