17 OCTOBER 1931, Page 11

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WHAT TO RENOUNCE.

It was suggested, the other day, that almost the only way of harming oneself, without hurting anybody else, is to refuse to take a pension one doesn't need. A rare case ! A convicted burglar has, however, made a further sacrifice. At Reading, this week, he begged leave to save the taxpayers' money by not going, at the taxpayers' expense, to prison.