COLD BOXING DAY.
EXPERIENCE OF LONDON. RAINY AND UNCOMFORTABLE. LONDON, Dec. 27. The Bank Holiday yesterday was one of the wettest and most uncomfortable in the memory of Londoners. It was the coldest Boxing Day for 24 years. The majority of people preferred to spend the day at homo by the fireside. Rain spoilt football and horse-racing. The high roads, which are usually crowded with motorists, were relatively deserted, although the police patrols had a big muster in anticipation of the new Act, which comes into operation next Thursday.
Two hundred police driving motor sidecars tested their speedometers. They chased imaginary reckless drivers. Some of the patrol side-cars attained a speed of 70 miles an hour.
Theatres and cinemas were poorly attended, but the concerts and entertainments at the hospitals were carried out, including one at St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, where Queen Mary sent a special present to each child patient. The Queen and the Prince of Wales also sent special gifts to the Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20758, 29 December 1930, Page 9
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