FOG IN ENGLAND
LONDON IN DARKNESS TRAFFIC DISLOCATED (British Official Wireless.) Hoc, 10 a.m. RUGBY, Nov. 30. Tho fog, which was widespread over London and most of soulh-ca,ster:i England yesterday, persisted to-day, but was less dense except in the Thames estuary, where shipping was again at a ■standstill. Railway timetables were to some extent disorganised, particularly hi Kent, and road traffic was slowed down generally. The fog enveloped riverside warehouses, and owing to the difficulty of inspecting samples the London wool sales were postponed. The City of London was in darkness owing to the heavy pall of fog overHead, but traffic proceeded normally by tho light of street lamps.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17640, 2 December 1931, Page 7
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109FOG IN ENGLAND Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17640, 2 December 1931, Page 7
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