6 FEBRUARY 1932, Page 15

What is the position at present ? The loveliest village

may be defaced by the most hideous building. If the local Connell, more highly enlightened thanothers, consults the voluntary panel of architects (Sir Guy Dawber's priceless gift to the preservers), the fairest elevations may be ruined by the rvulgarest advertisements. The inhabitants may be smothered in evil smells ; and in many cases from East Anglia to -Aberystwith the rivers be made too foul for fish. Any fine

• field may be converted into a refuse heap. These and other Threats multiply, over and above the revolution in the amenities of life that NAlowed the multiplication of motor-cars : the noise, the shacks, the ribbon and bunga/oid development, the petrol stations, the garages, and the extinguished lanes.