WHITSUNTIDE EXODUS FROM LONDON

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 210, 2 June 1936, Page 9

WHITSUNTIDE EXODUS FROM LONDON

Crowds by Road and Rail

(Received June 1,11.50 p m.)

London, June 1.

After the coldest Whitsun Eve for 29 years and following the coldest Easter this century, the weather cluing ed and bank holiday crowds woke up to see a sunny morning and rushed sea ward and eountryward. Hundred;- of long-distance exclusions are running, hut other trains going to centres for country rambles 20 or 30 miles from Loudon were the most crowded

Doubled and trebled air services were unable to cope with the record demand for bookings. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway is running 500 and the London and North Eastern Railway over 1200 additional trains during Whitsuntide. The mileage to he covered by Great Western Railway holiday excursions to-day is about 80.000 miles.

Among many special attractions is the International Horse Show at Olympia, which opened on Saturday, when the Lord Mayor of London and the Sherriff rode in state through the arena. The roads on Saturday and Sunday were the quietest for years at this; period, but till cars were out to-day There is plenty of sport, including 11 first-class cricket matches. There are also the usual number of Whitsun conferences, mainly of trade unions and friendly societies.

Mr. Gleadhill, presiding over the Sons of Temperance at Darlington said that the last election had resulted in the return of a much larger number of abstainers to the House of Commons. He referred to the increasing number of roadhouses where drink was available to motorists and questioned whether the increase in these facilities was in conformity with the campaign for road safety.