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Spectator Competition No. 178

Report by D. R. Peddy The usual prize was offered for an extract from a love scene in a play set against the background of one of the following : the United Nations......

Spectator Competition No. 181

Set by Edward Blishen An anthology of cricket verse has recently been published. But why should all the songs be sung of outdoor games and the humbler thrills of the parlour be......

The 6pertator, Lutp 30t, 1853

TURKEY.—The Sublime Porte has protested against the Russian occupa- tion of Moldavia and Wallachia, in a very able state paper, issued on the 14th July from the Foreign Office......