10 OCTOBER 1958, Page 24

NOT FIT FOR CANINES SI11,—`Come, friendly bombs, and fall on

Slough; it is not fit for humans now. . . If you substitute 'canines' for 'humans,' the poet John Betjeman is bang up to date.

A harsh edict in one town now forbids a dog to sit in front of his master's house, however quiet the road it is in. Penalty for infringement, £5.

We hope that the good sense of other local 'authorities will prevent their following Slough's bad example and that, even there, the regulation will soon be revoked.—Yours faithfully, R. HARVEY JOHNS Secretary National Canine Defence League,

10 Seymour Street, Portman Square, WI