BRITAIN'S HOLIDAY

Taranaki Daily News, 5 August 1937, Page 7

BRITAIN'S HOLIDAY

(British Official Wireless.)

v ' • •. CROWDS AT THE 5EASIDQ ■ , ./ ' - THOUSANDS OF MOTORS . • : • • . . * ' ■ .k. " u FEW ACCIDENTS OCCUR/^ - . % ' T V"-?' IMPROVEMENT IN DRIVINQ . '

Rec. 5.5 p.m. ' Rugby, . Aug. . Summer weather during the week-ehtj^.Jj extending over practically the whole Brj*!^ tish Isles, . helped' considerabiy towardi : giving the population one of the mo»^ : satisfactory bank holidays for some year%||All seaside resorts were crowded. Sea* M| sonable sporting events had • recoid; tendances. v , The railways had unusually heavjj ' holiday bookings, and last night can ref /'j turning to London were passing'on the main roads at the rate of 350f an hour. The Automobile Association j/ reports that considering the extent road traffic very few accidents occurreda ; and those reported were of a minoi j character. The standard of drivini showed a definite improvement on thaf liv set at the previous holiday time. . The monthly reviev/ pubiished by, th^ 'iV Midland Bank contains an article saudyju | ing holiday expenditure. The writeij / estimates that about 20,000 people in BrM tain take an annual holiday, which fog-v the majority is probably of a week'^ / duration, and he calculates that • amount spent is at least £30,000,000. • • ^ An interesting point made in the arfielirp is that under collective agreements of other arrangements nearly 20,000,00p worll^ people receive a week's holiday with pa?£^| ——————