29 JULY 1960, Page 15

TIED HOUSES

SIR, Surely the validity of the complaint that some brewers fail to serve in their public houses the pro- ducts of rival companies is in the fact that a public house requires a licence—and licences are restricted. Hence the element of monopoly. The analogy of Walls ice-cream people and their competitors is false. —Yours faithfully, A. BIGGAR