COXSWAIN WILLIAM ROBINSON of Newbiggin, Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Dent, the representatives of the twenty-five women launchers of Newbiggin, and the five other Bronze Medallists who attended the Annual Meeting to be decorated, were the guests of the Institution during their stay in London, and, as in previous years, the London Theatres gave the Institution their generous help in entertaining the visitors. It has been the custom for the past few years for the medallists to be taken after the meeting to the House of Commons, but this year, as the meeting was held on a Friday, this part of the programme had to be omitted.

On the evening following the Meeting Coxswain Robinson, Mrs. Clark, Mrs.

Dent, Mr. Jagger, Mr. Miller, Mr.

Skinner, and Mr. Campbell were the guests of Sir Oswald Stoll at the Coliseum, where every year for a number of years, Coxswains and Life-boatmen attending the Annual Meeting to be decorated have been entertained. They occupied the Royal Box ; their presence was announced on the screen; and they were asked to stand up, when they were loudly cheered by the audience.

The previous evening Coxswain Robinson, Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Dent (the others did not arrive in London until the day of the Meeting) were the guests of Daly's Theatre, where they saw a performance of the musical comedy, " The Blue Mazurka." Thia was their first visit to a theatre ! It was also the first visit of all three of them to London, and besides their other new experiences they had the rather bewildering one of being photographed, by a dozen or more press photographers, filmed, and interviewed about their impressions of London..