2 DECEMBER 1949, Page 5

If you wanted to get a rough idea how many

visitors, particularly day-trippers, had frequented various holiday resorts in this year's holiday season how would you set about it ? You may have good ideas about that, but not as good, I will wager any money, as the Board of Trade's. The President of that Department was asked on Tuesday why his officers have been enquiring at places like Llandudno, Colwyn Bay, Rhyl and Eastbourne about the receipts from public conveniences—the pennies in the slot, in other words. The answer, in all solemnity—you can read it in Hansard—is that this is said to be the best way to compute the number of visitors. The subject is capable of development ; but I will not develop it.

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