SMOKE IN LONDON
An Improved Atmosphere LONDON, July .17. The ilouses o.f Parliament are being: given a scrub down, which raises agaijr the sub.ject of tlie London 'smoko problenr. Altliough tliis reinaius acu'te, it . is now appreciated by thj publie, and recontly published statistics . show that there has been an improvement. Winter sunshine in Central London, for oxample ,has risen from 20 per cent. to 52 per cent. in the last. 50 vears. Mueli still romains to "be "don'o io liniit the aniount of smoko 'lisch.-i.-god irito the atmosphere with :io much damage to health and buildings; 'J'h'e aiinual bill that London has to pav for repairs to buildings damaged by' sinoke is estimated at £500,000. The position is mos|. pertinentlv illus tratcd by the history* of Cl.jo'pat.-a k Nsedle, the famous monument bronglit from Alexandria 50 years ago and ereeted on Ihe. Thames Embankment at We.stminster. For 2000 years this obelisk stood up to tlie Lgyptianclimate without ■ weathcring, but within a few years of its crce.tion in Lon lon it began to show unmistakabl ) signs of dcterioration, which have continu
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 172, 7 August 1937, Page 6
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