24 JULY 1953, Page 15

SPECTATOR COMPETITION No. 18o

Set by Allan 0. Waith Describing living accommodation in newspaper advertisements has become a fine art in recent years ; even a roadmender's hole could be described as " small 'inf. acc., handy buses, looks on to Park Lane, gas, elec. and tel. . ." and so on. A prize of £5 is offered for tempting and not wholly untruthful advertisements for the letting of four of the following.: Nelson's Column, Stonehenge, St. Paul's, Covent Garden, Blackpool Tower, Piccadilly Circus Tube Station, the House of Lords. Limit 150 words.

Entries must be addressed to the Spectator, 99 Gower Street, London, W.C.1, in envelopes marked Competition," and must be received not later than August 4th. Results will be printed in the Spectator of August 14th.