WINTER AT HOME.
TRAFFIC HINDERED. (British Official Wireless.) Received December 9, 11.7 a.m. RUGBY, Dec. 8. A serious dislocation of early morning traffic occurred in all parts of Greater London as the result of a sharp frost following rain. Conductor rails were frozen, preventing the operation of the electric train services on several routes. , Road traffic was brought to a standstill in many places, especially at both ends of steep hills, and there were many minor accidents. Pedestrians found the footways almost unusable. Hundreds of cases of injury from falls were treated in hospitals.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 9, 9 December 1936, Page 10
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94WINTER AT HOME. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 9, 9 December 1936, Page 10
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