21 APRIL 1950, Page 15

SPECTATOR COMPETITION No. 16 Set by Edward Hodgkin A prize

of 13, which may be divided, is offered for a memoria technica jingle of not more than eight lines which might help school- boys of, say, 100 years hence to date some of the most important events (domestic or foreign) of the past six years (194550).

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 April 28th. Results will be published in the Spectator of May 5th.