2 APRIL 1943, Page 11

TO A FIREMAN-POET

You burn with zeal to fight a fire Who never had a fire to fight Save that within, which you aspire (In vain?) to set and keep alight.

PATRIC DICKINSON.

The fact that goods made of raw materials in short supply owing to war conditions are advertised in this tournal should not be taken as an indication that they are necessarily available for export