At the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION, held at St. Martin's Town Hall, Charing Cross Road, on Saturday, the 21st day of March, 1896, Captain His Royal Highness The DUKE OF YORK, R.N., KG-., in the Chair...
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UFE.
When you open the door of a Volvo 460 Turbo, you'll notice the extra weight of the built-in crash-bar. It's there in all Volvo doors.
Sink back in your seat, secure in the knowledge that you...
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JULY 20TH. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE. In the early morning the motor fishing boat Joan and Mary had gone out with a crew of three. As by evening she had not returned and no news had been received of another boat which had gone out to look for her,...
The following coxswains and members of life-boat crews have and in addition those entitled to them by the Institution's annuity or a retirement allowance and a gratuity.
Name JOHN JAMES MURRAY DAVID M. HOGGINS HUGH...
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H.R.H. Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, President of the Institution, named the new life-boat at a ceremony held at Broughty Ferry on Monday, May 15th, 1961. In her speech Princess Marina said:— "I can assure you that I am especially...
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IT is a lovely morning in July, the morning after the Royal St. George's Regatta.
Kingstown Harbour is bright and beautiful with the taper masts and snowy canvas of a whole fleet of yachts. An " ocean race"...
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Hastings, Sussex. At 1.4 on the afternoon of the 13th of September, 1959, the honorary secretary received a message from the Hastings and St.
Leonards sailing club that a large yacht had reported to their rescue boat that a...
North Eastern and Irish Free State Districts.
A CONFERENCE of Honorary Workers in the North Eastern District was held at Bridlington on 18th September last. Representatives from thirty-six Branches and Guilds were present...
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JULY 1 0TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea five miles north of Selsey Bill, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £6 3s. 6d..
FREE PASSAGE OF AIR into engine room and cabins of a motor boat under way is essential to both machinery and man.
Without it, engines cannot run and the well-being and efficiency of the crew would soon be impaired. It...
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