21 DECEMBER 1934, Page 6

I hope the last has not been heard of the

Box nill bungalow question. Asked by Sir Percy Hurd on Wednesday for an explanation of the action of the Ministry of Health in approving the erection of 25 bungalows near Box Hill in face of the strenuous oppo- sition of practically every local body concerned, including the Dorking District Council, the Surrey County Council, the National Trust's local committee and the Dorking and Leith Hill Preservation Society, Mr. Shakespeare answered that a Ministry of Health inspector had been down, held an enquiry and decided that the bungalows would do no harm. Many admirable schemes for the protection and preservation of rural England are being framed all over the country. It will be a poor encourage- ment to their authors if they feel that at any moment they may be overruled from the centre, JANUS.