COLD SNAP IN BRITAIN.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15133, 30 January 1917, Page 3

COLD SNAP IN BRITAIN.

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Services.) _ LONDON, January 29. There is intense cold throughout Britain, and deep snowdrifts in Ireland. Many districts are suffering from a lack of coal, owing to it taking three weeks to deliver goods, in consequence of tne shortage of labour at the mines and on the railways. Many people with empty coal-cellars borrowed small quantities from more fortunate neighbours.