[To the Editor of the Scrx-r.txon.] SIRS I wish to
express my hearty thanks for your strong advocacy of Smoke Abatement. Living here in Newentle, the need for it is apparent every day. On damp days (i.e., nearly every day) one can see the smoke ascend only a few feet above the chimneys and then turn downwards into the streets. Sometimes, looking towards the town moor, I can see clear sky, but looking townwards can only see a dirty haze of smoke. Incidentally, the biggest offender, so far as volume of smoke from one chimney in this part of the town is con- cerned, is the Royal Infirmary, which does not indicate much sign of enlightenment in this town.
I regret to note the possibility of having to wait until 1926 before anything can be done. In this connexion, what about the thousands of new houses which are about to be built ? Would it not be better to have the required legislation early enough to enable builders to adapt the fireplaces of the new houses to whatever form of smokeless fuel is to be used ? I oa.y hope EOILC of the important " dailies " will take up your cause, for I am convinced that the abolition of smoke will have an almost unbelievable effect on one's whole outlook on
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