BANFF.—At 3.15 P.M. on the 17th February the Life-boat Help for the Helpless was launched, a telephone message having been received from Macduff intimating that three fishing boats about a mile outside the harbour were in urgent need of assistance. A moderate wind was blowing from S.S.E. and the sea was very heavy, rendering the approach to the harbour very dangerous, but with the help of the Life-boat, which remained in attendance on them, the boats were able to effect a safe entry. The Life-boat men were enthusiastically applauded by a large number of people who witnessed the service they rendered..