London, Dec. 27. (ANOTHER very heavy snowfall yesterday morning made conditions ideal for toboganning and skating in many places, particularly in the South Downs.
In the afternoon, however, warm air from Ireland brought rising temperatures and a "great thaw" began after nine days of continuous arctic weather.
Conditions in south-east England were still bad, however.
All the roads in East Kent were impassable, and, except by rail, many towns were isolated.
Icy roads and deep snow drifts had completely cut off the approach by land to St. Margaret's Bay.
It was a white Christmas, but a black one for sports, and thousands of, pounds were lost through cancelled racing and football fixtures. There was no racing in England today, thus making the llth- day of racing lost this season through bad weather conditions—Reuter.
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