29 AUGUST 1952, Page 14

SPECTATOR COMPETITION No. 133

Set by Richard Usborni A recent announcement under " Public Appointments " in " The Times " contained the following : " Posts am, in various Government Departments and cover a wfd2.. variety of subjects ... Successful candidates may expect early appointments." Keeping to the Sapphic metre (see Canning's " Friend of Humanity ") write, in not more than four stanzas, a Whitehall advertisement in " The Time:;.% asking applications for the job of Head of iltel3ritish Secret Service.

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 September 10th. Results will be published in the Spectator of September 19th.