12 JUNE 1941, Page 13

A QUESTION OF BRICKS

SIR,—Whatever else we may or may not want when this war is over, it is certain that we shall need every brick that is to be had. One would therefore think that every brickworks would be working full tine already and storing up any bricks which it cannot dispose of immediately. This does not, however, seem to be the case. A recent announcement made by a company in the Thames Valley stated that owing to lack of demand for their products they had decided to close down altogether. Moreover, I was informed the other day by a local builder that another brickworks not far from here is not producing at the moment.—Yours faithfully, A. B. DALE (Captain). !von House, Broad Chalke, Wilts.