16 JULY 1932, Page 19

THE ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, —In

the Press of New Zealand we get articles dealing with the sale of old cottages to Americans for export to the United States. Can the societies for the preservation of the country beauties of England do nothing to oppose this

vandalism of our English countryside ? We in New Zealand feel that it is part of our heritage which is being destroyed. It is not a mere question of money, but it is the history of our motherland which is going into the greedy hands of people who care for nothing but money's worth.—I am, Lisburn House, South Road, Dunedin, N.Z.