4 MAY 1929, Page 18

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] any measure might be

calculated to retard the im- provement of public houses, surely it is the Bishop of Oxtoid. Bill. What ,licensee would put money into his premises if the licence were so precarious a privilege as this Bill would make it? The Oxford Bill would be a direct incentive to licensees to throw reform to the winds and to make hay while the sun shone, in other words, to sell as much drink as they could, no matter how, before their licences were confiscated by a Board, following a resolution for reorganization, or their premises closed down following a resolution for No Licence.—I am, Sir,