Horses - are coming back ' into favour as a result: of restricted petrol supplies. Large numbers: are already on the roads of South Wales, where traders, unable to secure sufficient motor spirit, have reverted to horses and carts for the delivery of merchandise. A glut. of second-hand motor vehicles is the ' result," It is estimated that in a month's time at least 50,000 - horses will' be on the streets of London, taking the place of motor vehicles forced off by petrol rationing: Hundreds of cart horses, committed to retirement two years ago when they were banned fromthe central streets, are to be "called up" for work, They will leave the fields in which: they have'been grazing and return to harness. Several big firms which cut down their horse labour two years ago have intimated that they intend returning to it. Before the 1937-ban on horses in London there were approximately 40,000 in commission and dealers all over the country are working at full pressure to! meet the demand for animals, The Railway Sandwich has also come into its own, after many years of contumely. To compensate in some way for the withdrawal of restaurant rs, the L.M.S, announce that meals in cardboard boxes are on sale at London, Rugby, Birmingham, Crewe, Preston, Carlisle, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Manchester, Holyhead, Heysham, Leicester and Leeds stations. Each box contains two sand-wishes, cheese and biscuits, fruit and a piece of cake or pastry.
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