TRAFFIC IN DIFFICULTIES. AIR SERVICES INTERRUPTED.

London and many outside districts have been more or less fogbound for three days, and conditions were at their worst last night, when the metropolis was shrouded by a thick yellowish pall. ’Buses, trams, trains, and motors were compelled to proceed warily; gongs, bells, and other warning sounds were to be heard on all hands; and to the smarting eyes of pedestrians the sudden looming up and the just as sudden vanishing of dim, mysterious silhouettes constituted an eerie picture. It was extremely difficult to distinguish the pavement from the roadway, and as the evening advanced acetylene flares were placed at some of the principal street junctions for the guidance of foot and vehicular traffic.

In many quarters of Greater London, too, the fog was at its thickest last night. It was very bad at Hampstead; it was equally so at Wimbledon; and from Epsom and other outlying places identical reports of “very thick” were received. Yet, during the earlier part of the day there had been brilliant sunshine in some localities, notably in the region of Hampstead. But generally the atmosphere was raw and cold, and in the early morning there had been a thin coating of ice on pools in the fields.

According to the forecast issued last night from the Meteorological Office, we may look for a continuance of fog, with a cold atmosphere and, in some districts, frost.

There was interruption of the London-paris air services. Machines had to land at Biggin Hill and Lympne, and were unable to continue their journeys. One aeroplane, after being delayed at Lympne, was able to reach Croydon. Other machines landed at Paris yesterday afternoon. There was of necessity much irregularity in the omnibus services, but last night the traffic controller of the London General Omnibus Company reported that there had been no serious accidents.