14 NOVEMBER 1941, Page 12

THE TIN-OPENER DECIDES

Sut,—There is still time to stop the growing use of " canned," which I see, alas, used under the heading " Rationing .Innovation " in your issue of November 7th. For the last half-century I have been familiar with tins of salmon and tins of condensed milk and have opened them with a tin-opener. I fear it will be an irrational innovation to open cans with the same instrument.—Yours faithfully,