BRITAIN’S HOLIDAY.
RECORD SUM EXPENDED ONLY THE CINEMAS SUFFER (United Press Association—Copyright). LONDON, August 8. The heat-wave continued all day and all night long. The toll of bank holiday deaths included 16 persons drowned while bathing and 10 killed on the road. It is estimated that at least 70 holiday-makers have been killed since Friday. A sum of £60,000,000 lias been spent on the holiday, which is believed to bo a record, £7.000,000 being spent on travelling, £6,000.000 at entertainments and £7,500,000 on lodgings. The cinemas alone suffered, the sunshine costing them at least £IOO.OOO
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 255, 9 August 1933, Page 5
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