21 SEPTEMBER 1945, Page 4

I have been this summer to one of the "

beauty spots " of the West of England. Early in July the place was free of litter: Two months later, although the car and charabanc traffic is as yet on a small scale, I found an untidy sprinkle of paper bags, cigarette cartons, torn letters and some broken glass. One would have thought that the demand for economy in paper might have done something to cure this litter nuisance, though indeed during the worst period of paper shortage I saw—on the outskirts of Cheltenham—a paper- chase with the " hares " scattering a trail across the fields.

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