IN 1947 the Lord Mayor of Sydney started what came to be known as the Australian Express Parcel Scheme for sending food parcels to Great Britain.
Two years later, on November 29th, 1949, the two-millionth parcel was...
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THE committee of management deeply regret the loss of two of their col- leagues, The Rev. the Earl of Devon and Commander Sir Harry Mainwaring, Bt., R.N.V.R.
The Earl of Devon, who died suddenly on 8th February, at the age...
Category: Obituaries
The following were among those honoured by the Queen in the New Year Honours - C.B.
Rear Admiral Geoffrey H. Carcw-Hunt, Admiral Commanding Reserves, is an ex-officio member of the Committee of Management of the Institution...
Category: Awards
YACHT TOWED TO SAFETY AT 4.45 p.m. on 20th November, 1971, information was received that the yacht Solstice was firing red flares in a position four miles west of Les Hanois light, Guernsey, C.I. Fifteen minutes later the St. Peter Port life...
Set sail for the Schroders London Boat Show and dock with Hilton, 6th-16th January 2005 Beat the winter blues by heading down to the Schroders London Boat Show, in association with the Daily Telegraph. At ExCeL in London's docklands from...
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JUNE 11TH. - DOVER, KENT. At 4.25 P.M. a message was received from the duty staff officer at Dover that a boat was drifting four miles off the Port War Signal Station, and might have people on board. A fresh W.S.W. wind was blowing, with a...
BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT HOLYHEAD FEBRUARY 12TH - 13TH. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY. In the early hours of the 12th of February the S.S. Castilian, a 3,000-ton ship of the Ellerman Papayanni Company, entered Church Bay, and let go two anchors. She...
PRIDE OF PLACE The Parsons Engineering Co. Ltd. are proud to acknowledge the continued installation of their 'Penguin', 'Porbeagle' and 'Barracuda' marine diesel engines in ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION...
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AUG. 1ST. - GALWAY BAY, GALWAY.
At 6 P.M. a message was received from Inishere that a Connemara boatman had reported that he had passed an upturned curragh half a mile north of Sandhead. A moderate S.W. breeze was blowing,...
Over the years the RNLI's dependence on money left to it in legacies has helped keep the Institution buoyant, providing a regular backbone to the income raised by volunteers and Shoreline members and enabling it to build and maintain a...
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