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SELBORNIANA. 
Membership of the Selborne Society. — Intlie last number 
of Nature Notes a form of application for membership was 
inserted, and it is hoped that all who belong to the Society 
will do their utmost to add to its numbers by obtaining new 
members. Additional forms of application can be obtained from 
the Honorary General Secretary. 
National Society for Checking the Abuses of Public 
Advertising. — This Society hopes that the .\dvertisements 
Regulation Bill will soon become law. This was read in 1905 
for the third time in the House of Lords. In the House of 
Commons in 1906, so far as could be judged, it met with no sign 
of objection on its merits, but fell a victim to the practice 
known as blocking. Selbornians could help by asking their 
members of Parliament to support the Bill and to “ballot ” for 
it, so as to secure precedence for it. 
The Church of St. Peter Walpole, Wisbech, is to be 
restored by the Society for the Preservation of Church Build- 
ings. The King, the Prince and Princess of Wales, Princes 
Edward and Albert have contributed to the fund. A curious 
feature of the church is that a right of way runs through a 
tunnel under the chancel. 
The Auld Brig of Ayr. — We understand that ;^9,50o out 
of the / 10,900 required for the preservation of the bridge has 
been obtained ; the remainder has been guaranteed. 
LETTER TO THE EDITOR. 
Dear Sir, — I am sure it will interest the members of the 
Selborne Society to hear that .^300 (about) was raised in a 
fortnight by the people of Windermere and district, in order to 
save from destruction a chestnut tree, in Lake Road, Bowness. 
The road had to be widened, and so the tree, being in the way, 
had to come down. Subscriptions were raised to purchase 
additional land, so as to make it possible to widen the road and 
yet keep the tree, the present idea being to make the road go 
on each side of the tree. 
The Nook, Kingswood Road, Yours truly. 
Upper Norzi'ood. O. C. Silverlock. 
