20 SEPTEMBER 1946, Page 13

Sta,—It seems your correspondent wrote somewhat prematurely regarding the national

Day of Prayer for relief from the rain. Whether or not our prayers reached heaven or the meteorologists, they have certainly been answered, or is this just another coincidence, like' that of Dunkirk?—

Yours faithfully, M. DAVID HYNARD. Lower Austin Farm, Eyniford, Kent.