RUBBISH IN COUNTRY DISTRICTS.
[To TEE EDITOR Or TIM SPFDTATOX.” I Sin,—Your correspondent "E. E." in inquiring (Spectator, March 23rd) who is responsible for collecting rubbish in country parishes, reminds me of my own experiences on a Parish Council. We were only allowed to la; a sixpenny rate, which brought in about ten pounds. Out of this we paid our secretary two pounds, the rent of our room was about three pounds, and with the remainder we contracted with a local farmer to send his cart round once a month to clear the rubblish. Alas l our auditor• told us this last was illegal, and our workmen members were in dire straits lest they should have to pay it out of their own pockets. At last it was whispered to us that we might pass it as sundries, to our great relief, but that we must not do it again. Eventually our Parish Council died, really for want of something to do. We passed resolutions month after month calling upon the Urban District Council to do things which they ignored, and although we were born full of enthusiasm for allotments, water in every house, and a playing-field, we died, jeered at in the village as men of "great promise."—Fam, Sir, &o., RICHARD BARNES. 55 Wennington Road, Southport.
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