31 AUGUST 1929, Page 19

JEWISH SLAUGHTER • [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sta,—Absence

from England, away from my material, prevents my answering Captain Hume fully. But I can _inform him that certainly two mattresses a week are used by each of fifteen different slaughterhouses. The provision of such articles has put the London Board of Shechita to a very great expense.—! am, Sir, &c., CHAS. H. L. EMANUEL,

Hon. Secretary, Shechita Committee of the Board of Deputies of British Jews. .Fougeres, file et Vilaine, France.