26 MAY 1933, Page 18

An Anglo-Welsh friend has just written me a long letter,

from which I cull some interesting sentences. He says, " A that running stream or river is, I think, one of the most beautiful things on earth; but to see the way the Welsh (especially) pitch empty cans, bottles, dead lambs and all their rubbish into the rivers and streams makes me ill. Anyhow, I hope the rivers above Abergavenny will prove the exception to the general rule of Welsh rivers and streams. Notice the difference in Yorkshire ; on every bridge over the Ribble from Settle upwards there is a notice that anyone throwing rubbish into the river is liable to a fine of £10."