7 JUNE 1946, Page 14

Restoring Beauty • The utter neglect of once-lovely acres, fouled

by military occupation, has been distressing, especially in my experience in the lovely North Devon village of Woolacombe and other seaside places to the south of it. I hear that at last German prisoners are being set to the work of clearing landmines and removing such pernicious rubbish as barbed .wire. It is to be hoped that they will be set to work to restore amenities as well as remove dangers .acid obvionslarriers: Local authorities in matly districts have been most culpably careless of the natural charms of their districts.