FRESH FOOD SIR,--Is Mr. Wace aware that registered egg pro-
ducers may only sell eggs at the farm gate to persons for consumption in their own household? Before selling eggs to local shops, hotels, etc., registered pro- ducers must obtain a licence from the British Egg Marketing Board and mark all eggs with a capital 'B' which suggests that the eggs are second grade and is hardly likely to promote demand.
Milk growers must obtain a producer/retailer's licence from the Milk Marketing Board in order to sell fresh milk and pay a levy on all retail sales, which at the moment is fixed at 5Id. per gallon, to the Board.—Yours faithfully,
JACK MERRICKS Little Ashes, Icklesham, Winchelsea, Sussex NOT SO GOOD NEWS
SIR,—On the strength of the introduction of a diesel service between Banbury and Bletchley, Mr. Betje- man remarks that 'the British Transport Commission seems at last to be realising the value of seeondary lines.' By a nice touch of irony, the Oxford Times announced on the same day that the train service from Watlington to Princes Risborough was to close on July 1. As the paper observes, this 'runs through some of the most beautiful Oxford scenery.' Per- haps it is the beautiful scenery which accounts for the fact that the passenger service only is being closed, with four halts; three stations will still deal with parcels.—Yours faithfully,
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