i tit LtlCtSl MERCURY, SATURDAY, 30th DECEMBER, 1939. SITUATIONS VACANT. EXPERIENCED hotel Stillroom-maid requiretl, Jive in.—Apply before 4 p.ra., HOUSEKEEPER. Grand Hotel. fiiyd WANTED, shorthand-typist for engineers’ office; Evington district. —Write 5631, Mercury. \|ESoENGER

man, in trying to put out Shf' ' ' '^ e,s nightdress otl fire, was himself severely X an d and wife, Mr. Cecil 5fi ar, d Mfs. Eva Stephens, . ur tc!- r oad, Leicester, are \„ 'n Leicester Royal Infirmary y iheir injuries. * Stephens is very seriously and her condition is giving

Searches of boats harbours around the cast coast of Hire have so far failed to produce any results. As tthe ammunition is contained in air and water tight tins, the authorities are not overlooking the possibility that it may have been dumped in waterways. They are, therefore, dr

WARD. In loving memory of John William Joseph who died December 31, IUBS. In a garden sweetly sleeping. Where flowers gen-llv wave; Lies one love so dearly. But who we could not save. (n our hearts his memory lingers. Ever loving, kind and true; There is not a day. dear father.

Miss Alice Marble Wins 1939 Honour New York, Saturday. Miss Alice Marble, the Wimbledon and American lawn tennis champion, has been unanimously acclaimed the outstanding woman athlete of 1939 by American sports experts. She received 54 of the 63 votes, which is the record margin

ARMY officer desires accommodation iu private house. —Box No. 5500, Mercury. E350 Y man seeks centrally-situated board-residence; state fall particulars. —57>11, Mercury. F443 TXKQUIRED in Wigston, homely areonimo. dation for elderly man. 5537, Mercury. KKQUIRED bedroom and fitt

I. W. Johnson Ibw b Waite 14, B. A. Barnett b Burton 7, P. Beames c-b Burton 104, M. Sievers Ibw b Burton 15, D. Ring st. Walker b Griminett 32, R. Barry-Scott c Waite b Burton 7, L. O’B. Pleetwood-Smith not out 11, extras 10 —Total 475. Bowling:—Burton 5—99, Grirumett 2—136. SO