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Wanganui Chronicle, 16 April 1949, Page 5

I side resorts and for Scotland and i l North of England are particularly ; heavy. Eleven hundred extra motor f I coaches will be added to the normal I services which radiate all over the r country from Victoria, the coach tei minus in London. In many cases all seats on long distance coaches runt ning to Scotland during Easter have s been sold for more than a month, t The Automobile Association has is- > sued 10,000 route .guides to motorists ; and an ollicial of the association said > that with extra petrol now available ) it was expected that the majority of ? the 2,000,000 motorists in Britain > would be on the road during the holi- : day. > The removal of restrictions on neon lighting and advertising has led to > competition in illuminations between • several of the popular seaside resorts

Brighton has decorated its famous pier, the Seafront and Royal pavilion with hundreds of coloured lights and Torquay will have its rock walks and piers floodlit. The recent slump in holiday bookings has prompted many resorts to undertake extensive repainting schemes and other measures designed to enhance their attractions. At Brighton, bulldozers have been used to skim off all surface sand so that fresh clean beaches will await Easter holiday crowds. Pleasure steamers and small craft have been newly painted and hotels and restaurants spring-cleaned and redecorated. Hundreds of thousands of Easter holidaymakers streamed from London’s railway stations and airports all today for the first long break of the year. They left the capital on the hottest day this year, with the temperature 69 degrees—highest since October 9, 1948. Railways report that dozens of extra and relief trains were necessary. One thousand sleepers—a post-war record—were booked on night trains for the north, 1200 people crossed the Channel by steamer and by air.-Special N.Z.P.A. Correspondent.