21 SEPTEMBER 1956, Page 31

SPECTATOR COMPETITION No. 345 By A. M. 0. S.

A well-known advertisement of one of the big banks consists of a light, amusing and occasionally informative paragraph on some topic connected with the month in which it appears. Competitors are invited to write the paragraph for October, 1956, as a parody of one of the following : Stephen Potter, J. B. Priestley, Marghanita Laski, Paul Jennings, Godfrey Winn, P. G. Wodehouse, Reginald A rkell, Nancy Mitford, Philip Harben or the Editor of The Tatler. Limit, 150 words of prose.

Entries, addressed 'Spectator Competition No. 345,' 99 Gower Street, London, WCI, by October 2. Results on October 12.