LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Margate, Kent—7th September. A motor boat appeared to be drifting ashore with her engine stopped, but it re-started and she went on her way.— Rewards, £7 4s..

The Humber, Yorkshire.—20th April, 1939. An aeroplane was thought to have crashed into the sea, but it was found that she came down on land.— Permanent paid crew: Rewards, 6s..

FOR the sixth year running the Institu- tion has received from a lady in Hamp- stead the gift of a year's collection of halfpennies. It numbers 216, or nine shillings..

JANUARY 7TH. - WALMER, KENT. Flares had been reported, but no vessel in distress was found, and it was assumed that the flares were connected with military exercises on shore. - Rewards, £33 1s. 6d..

OCTOBER 5TH. - GALWAY BAY. It had been reported that three men had baled out of a British aeroplane which had crashed in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £15 12s..

NOVEMBER 3RD. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT. Two men had been reported in difficulties near some rocks, but nothing was found and it was presumed that porpoises had been mistaken for men. - Rewards, £6 3s..

APRIL 22ND. - TORBAY, DEVON. A rowing boat with two sailors on board had not returned, but next morning it was found on Preston Beach. - Rewards, £8 4s.

IT is thirty-two years since R. M.

Ballantyne died, and last year was the centenary of his birth. He was writing for nearly forty years, his first book being published in 1856, and in that time he produced eighty volumes....