May, 1929.

No meeting of the Committee of Management was held in May owing to the General Election.

Thursday, 20th June, 1929.

SIR GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the Chair.

Reported the death of the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Rosebery, K.G., P.C., K.T., Vice-President of the Institution, and passed a Vote of Condolence with the Family.

Co-opted Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Francis Oliver, G.C.B., K.C.M.G., M.V.O., a member of the Committee of Management.

Reported that as a result of the Appeal made by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales to Shipping Companies, the Cunard Steamship Co. had decided to present to the Institution a 45' 6" Motor Life-boat, to be stationed at St. Mary's, in the Isles of Scilly.

Reported the receipt of the following special contributions :— £ «. rf.

Civil Service Life-boat Fund (per Mr. H. A. Clark), in respect of expenditure incurred for the Civil Service Life-boats in 1928. 3,083 17 4 Mrs. W. W. Mathews, donation . 500 0 0 Miss F. Clarke, donation . . 100 0 0 Mrs. R. A. Yerburgh, donation . 100 0 0 The Right Hon. the Marquis of Reading, P.C., G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., G.C.V.O., donation . 52 10 0 Miss I. M. Gardiner, donation . 50 0 0 Anonymous, additional donation 50 0 0 Anonymous, donation . 20 0 0 To be thanked.

Paid £21,222 Os. 6d. for sundry charges in connexion with the construction of Life-boats, Life-boat Houses and Slipways, and the main- tenance of the various Life-boat establishments.

Voted £239 9s. 6d. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat services :— Lives Life-boat. Vessel. Rescued.

Coverack . . Greek steamer Arch- angelos. Stood by vessel.

Cromarty . . Ketch Sutherlandshire (Motor) Lass, of Liverpool . 2 Life-boat.

Filey .

Flamborough , No. 1 Fraserburgh (Motor) Hartlepool (Motor) Longhope .

(Motor) Lowestoft (Motor) Lowestoft .

(Motor) .

Margate (Motor) Montrose No. 1 (Motor) Peel . . , Rosslare Har- bour (Motor) Runswick .

St. Ives . .

Scarborough .

(Motor) Teignmouth Whitby (Motor) Whitby No. 2 .

Lives Vessel. Rescued.

Two fishing cobles, of Filey. Stood by cobles.

Two fishing cobles, of Flamborough. Es- corted cobles to safety.

Four fishing boats, of Fraserburgh. Stood by boats.

S.S. Clanwood, of Sun- derland. Rendered assistance.

Motor fishing boat Una, of Brims .... 5 Dinghy Boy Fred, of Lowestoft. Saved boat and rescued . 3 Trawler Try On, of . Lowestoft. Stood by trawler.

Barge Celtic, of London.

Stood by vessel.

The fishing fleet of Montrose. Stood by fishing fleet.

Schooner Perseverance, of Plymouth. Landed 3.

The fishing fleet of Wexford. Stood by fishing fleet.

Six fishing cobles, of Whitby, Staithes, and Runswick. Stood by cobles.

Fishing boat Our Girls, of St. Ives. Stood by boat.

Fishing coble Kingfisher, of Scarborough. Stood by coble.

Motor launch Pride of the Teign, of Teign- mouth. Landed 9.

Four fishing cobles, of Whitby, Staithes, and Runswick. Stood by cobles.

Fishing boat Faith, of Whitby. Stood by boat.

The Longhope (Motor) Life-boat saved the schooner J. H, Barrow, of Lancaster, and rescued from shipwreck her crew of four ; and the Walton-on-the-Naze (Motor) Life-boat saved the motor speed boat Wompy, and rescued her crew of two.

Also voted £250 9s. Id. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat launches, assemblies of crews, etc., with a view to assisting persons on vessels in distress :—Bembridge (Motor), Clacton-on-Sea (Motor), Douglas, Fowey (Motor), Fraserburgh, The Humber (Motor), Huna, Kirkcudbright (Motor), Llandudno, Longhope (Motor), Looe, Margate (Motor), The Mumbles (Motor), New Brighton, North Deal, Padstow, Ramsgate (Motor), Runswick, Selsey and Bognor (Motor), Southend-on-Sea (Motor), Staithes, Teignmouth, Walmer, Wells, and Whitby No. 2.

The Galway Bay Motor Life-boat was also launched.

Passed a further £334 6s. 8d. on account of pensions already granted to dependent relatives of men who lost their lives in the Life-boat Service at Aldeburgh, Caister, Eastbourne, Holyhead, Johnshaven, Moelfre, The Mumbles, New Brighton, Padstow, Port Eynon, Port St.

Mary, Rhoscolyn, Rye Harbour, St. Davids, and Whitby.

Granted £36 2s. 6d. to men for injury in the Life-boat Service at Blackpool, Blakeney, Hoylake, Walmer and Winterton.

Reported the death, at the age of 82, of Thomas W. Cooper, a survivor of the Indian Chief rescue of 1881, who had been in receipt of an allowance from the Institution since 1914.

Reported that in recognition of the fine services of the Cromer, Great Yarmouth and Gorleston and Southwold Motor Life-boats in connexion with the wreck of the Dutch oil- tanker Georgia, in November, 1927, when fifteen of the crew were rescued by the Cromer Life-boat, the Queen of Holland had made the following awards :—Gold Watch to Henry G.

Blogg, Coxswain of the Cromer Life-boat, and Silver Watches to the other twelve members of the crew ; Silver Watch to William G.

Fleming, Coxswain of the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Life-boat, and Sincere Thanks to the Life-boat Crew ; Silver Watch to Frank Up- craft, Coxswain of the Southwold Life-boat.

A Silver Watch was also presented to the Coxswain of the Gorleston Private Life-boat.

(A full account of this service appeared in The Lifeboat for February, 1928.) Reported that in recognition of the good services of the New Brighton Motor Life-boat in rescuing twenty-three of the crew of the S.S. Emile Delmas, of La Rochelle, on the 24th November, 1928, the French Government had presented Gold Medals to Coxswain George Robinson, and to G. J. Carmody, Bowman, and S. J. Jones, who were washed overboard, and Silver Medals to the other five members of the crew.

(A full account of this service appeared in The Lifeboat for March, 1929.) Voted 15s. to two men, Coxswain F. Colyer and Second Coxswain A. Eedman, for rescuing the four occupants of a motor speed-boat at Brighton on the 20th April. Also granted 7s. 6d. to three men who helped to launch the salvors' boat. The speed-boat had developed engine trouble while out with passengers, and, as she was in danger of being carried out to sea by a strong N.E. breeze and the ebb tide, the men went out and towed her to land.

Voted £1 to W. H. Jones, Second Coxswain of the Hilbre Island Life-boat, and another man, for saving the sailing boat Wren and rescuing her four occupants at Hoylake, on the 22nd May. Also granted 5s. for stores consumed. While fishing in a moderate S.S.E.

wind with a choppy sea, the rescuers, in the motor fishing boat Ivy, saw the Wren being rapidly blown away to sea. They immedi- ately bore down towards her, took off the crew, and towed the boat to safety.

Voted £3 2s. 6d. to five men, all members of the Life-boat crew, for saving a small boat, and rescuing her only occupant, off Newcastle, Co.

Down, on 13th May. About 10.50 A.M. it was seen that the boat was in difficulties and was being rapidly carried along the coast towards Newcastle. The weather was misty, and a moderate S.S.E. wind was blowing, with a broken sea. The salvors put off in a rowing boat, found the small boat in grave danger of being swamped, took her in tow and brought her to safety.

Voted £3 to six men for putting off from Scarborough in the motor fishing coble Golden Gate, with the intention of rendering help to another coble, the Kingfisher, on the 29th April.

Also granted the sum of £3 for repairs to the Golden Gate, which was struck by a heavy sea and damaged. The Kingfisher was in diffi- culties, during a moderate S.E. wind, with a heavy sea, and the Golden Gate was launched and stood by until the arrival of the Life-boat.

Voted £1 to four men for putting off to search for the motor fishing boat Canopus, of Girvan, on the 18th May. Also granted 5s. for stores consumed. The Canopus, with a crew of three, left for the fishing grounds at 2 A.M., being due to arrive back at 8 A.M. A moderate N. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea.

Anxiety was felt owing to its non-return, and at 11 A.M. the motor boat Grace, manned by the four men, went out. After searching the fishing grounds to the west of Ailsa Craig with no result, they proceeded to Ballantrae, and found that the missing boat had put in there owing to engine trouble. The Coastguard advised Girvan of the boat's safe arrival, and the Grace towed her back to Girvan, arriving there at 4 P.M.

Voted £6 to B. Stanton, Second Coxswain of the Boulmer Life-boat, and two other men for rescuing the crew of three of the fishing coble Princess Mary, on 24th April. While out in the coble Primrose, hauling in lobster pots, the rescuers saw that the Princess Mary was in distress, and immediately went to her help.

They found her on her beam ends, with two of the crew clinging to her, and the third hold- ing on to wreckage. By means of lines they were able to rescue the three men, who were in a very exhausted condition. In doing this they ran some risk, for a strong breeze was blowing, with squalls, and the sea was rough.

Voted £5 to Thomas Kyle, Second Coxswain of the Holy Island Life-boat, and seven other men, the crews of two Holy Island fishing boats, for rescuing the crew of seven of the fishing boat Maggie, of St. Abbs, on the 31st May. Also granted 7*. 6(Z. to each boat for fuel consumed. While returning from the fishing grounds with a catch of herring, at about 6 A.M., the Maggie caught fire. Her signals of distress were seen by the fishing cobles, Sarah Brigham and Victory, and both cobles promptly went to her help. The weather was fine, with a moderate wind and sea, and the burning coble was towed into Sea Houses Harbour, at some risk to the salvors.

Although every effort was made to subdue the flames, the boat was completely burned out.

Voted £6 15s. to eighteen men, the crews of several fishing cobles, for landing the crew of twenty-nine of the Greek steamer Michalis Prois, which stranded at Staithes, on the 28th May. Also granted £1 for stores con- sumed. There was a moderate N. breeze blowing, with a moderate sea, and the steamer, laden with a cargo of coal, had run ashore about two and a half miles north of Staithes in a dense fog. The cobles stood by the ship, and then, as the wind and sea increased, they took off the crew.

Thursday, 18th July, 1929.

SIR GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the Chair.

Passed a Vote of Thanks to H.R.H. Prince George for visiting Southend-on-Sea in order to perform the Naming Ceremony of the Motor Life-boat Greater London.

Appointed Lt.-Commr. H. L. Wheeler, R.N., a District Inspector of Life-boats, vice Captain H. G. Innes, R.N., retired.

Appointed Mr. S. Bone Surveyor of Life- boats, vice Mr. F. W. Petts, retired.

Decided to close the Porthleven Life-boat Station.

Reported the receipt of the following special contributions :— £ s. d.

Cunard Steamship Co., Ltd., for a Motor Life-boat for St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly . . . 8,500 0 0 Mrs. Lilian Philpott, for a motor Life-boat .... 4,500 0 0 Anonymous, donation . . 50 0 0 Transport Neuralia, portion of contributions for charitable purposes . . . 50 0 0 To be thanked.

Paid £33,251 13s. 6d. for sundry charges in connexion with the construction of Life-boats, Life-boat Houses and Slipways, and the maintenance of the various Life-boat establish- ments.

Voted £37 15s. fid. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat Services :—• Lives Life-boat. Vessel. Rescued.

Campbeltown . Yacht May, of South- No. 1 (Motor) ampton. Rendered assistance.

Piel (Barrow) . Yacht Vision, of Bar- (Motor) row. Saved yacht and rescued ... 2 Rhyl . . . Yacht Kingfisher, of Heswall . . . . 4 Whitby No. 2 . Fishing cobles John Wray, Lady Lee and Doris, of Whitby.

Stood by cobles.

Whitby No. 2 . Fishing coble Silvester, of Whitby. Saved coble.

The Cromer No. 1 (Motor) Life-boat saved the river steamer Empress, of Nottingham, and rescued her crew of three ; and the Southend- on-Sea (Motor) Life-boat assisted to save the yacht Otter, of Westcliff.

Also voted £101 7s. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat launches, assemblies of crews, etc., with a view to assisting persons on vessels in distress :—Ackergill, Bembridge (Motor), Cromer No. 1 (Motor), Douglas (Motor), Great Yarmouth and Gorleston (Motor), The Lizard (Motor), North Dea!, Palling No. 2, Poole and Bournemouth, and Wick (Motor).

Passed a further £12 2s. fxl. on account of pensions already granted to dependent relatives of men who lost their lives in the Life-boat Service at Brighstone Grange, Caister and Eastbourne.

Granted £17 5s. 6d. to a man for illness con- tracted in the Life-boat service at Caister.

Decided that a special weekly allowance be made until the end of the year to W. E. Haylett, Second Coxswain of the Caister Life- boat, who was compelled to retire owing to serious illness due to exposure in the Life-boat Service. Also that a Letter of Appreciation be sent to him in recognition of his past services.

Voted a special gratuity of £2 10s. to A. R.

Dennis, in recognition of his work as Winch- man at Weymouth for the past nineteen years.

Voted a compassionate grant of £10 to Mrs. Boys, widow of the Permanent Motor Mechanic at Sunderland, who died suddenly, leaving her in very poor circumstances.

Granted £2 10s. towards the funeral expenses of ex-Lifeboatman J. Noakes, of Harwich.

Granted £10 to Richard Cowling, Life- boatman and Shore Signalman at Scarborough for many years, who declined a gift of £100 from an anonymous donor, and asked that the money should be given to the Institution.

(An article on this gift appeared in The Life- boat for last September.) Voted £12 to six men for rescuing one of the crew of two of a boat which capsized at Great- man's Bay, Co. Galway, on the 19th April.

About 7 P.M., while passing up Greatman's Bay with a, load of turf, the boat was caught in a sudden storm and sank. One of the men was washed overboard and drowned, but the other managed to cling to the top of the mast, which just showed above water. The salvors immediately put off in two curraghs, and rescued the man, who was unable to swim. A strong easterly gale was blowing, with a rough sea, and great risk was incurred by the rescuers, owing to the frail boats which they used.

Directed that Letters of Thanks be addressed to Messrs. James, Charles and Arthur Myall, for rescuing the two occupants of a motor boat which was out of control and drifting at Southend-on-Sea, on the 5th May, in thick weather, with half a gale blowing and a rough sea. The boat was seen to be in difficulties about three miles from land, and the rescuers put off in the motor boat Britannia. They found that the men were trying to navigate their boat from Ramsgate to London, but had been adrift all night, and were in a state of collapse from exhaustion and exposure.

Voted £2 to John Sherlock, Coxswain of the Hoylake Life-boat, the Station Officer of Coastguard, and two other men, for going out with the intention of helping a motor boat reported to be in grave distress on 16th June.

The men put off in a motor boat, during a fresh W.S.W. wind with a moderate sea, but found nothing. While returning, however, they saw the motor boat Mooch, of Liverpool, lying stranded on Leasowe Embankment. Her crew of four had saved themselves by swimming ashore.

Voted £4 to two men for rescuing the crew of two of the ketch F.A.M.E., of Barnstaple, on 29th May. About 7 A.M. the vessel, while bound from Braunton to Ilfracombe with a cargo of gravel, had been struck by a squall.

It had carried away the mast, which fell across the decks and ripped up the planks. The vessel had sunk immediately, and the men had taken to their boat. The rescuers in the motor vessel Lewisman, had towed the F.A.M.E. out of port, and then left her. They saw the accident and returned in time to rescue the men, whose boat was in danger of being swamped. A strong gale was- blowing with a very heavy sea, and great risk is reported to have been incurred in effecting the rescue.

Voted £2 to four men for rescuing the crew of four of the ketch Sutherlandshire Lass, off Seahouses, on the 13th June. Also granted 5s. for fuel consumed. While bound from Blyth to Inverness with a cargo of coal, the vessel had sprung a leak and sunk. The crew took to the boat, but soon got into difficulties, and were in danger of capsizing. The rescuers, who were out in their motor fishing coble Nelson, towed them into safety. The weather was cold and foggy with a rough sea.

Voted £1 10s. to two men for saving a small boat and rescuing her two occupants, at Hayling Island, on the 3rd June. About 4.15 P.M., during a moderate breeze with a rough sea, a telephone message was received by the Coastguard watchman from Hayling Golf Club to the effect that the boat, which contained two youths, was in distress. The rescuers put off in a motor boat, and brought the boat and her occupants ashore.

Voted £2 5s. to three men for rescuing two men who were surrounded by the incoming tide on a sandbank, near Ferryside, on 24th June. Also granted 7s. to the man who brought information of their peril. The men, who had come from a neighbouring town for a day's fishing, were ignorant of the local conditions and were in danger of being drowned.

Only one of them was able to swim. On learning of their danger the rescuers manned the Ferry motor boat, and reached the scene just in time to save the men, who were in an exhausted condition and had given up all hope.

Voted £4 15s. to Coxswain Thomas Fender of the Sennen Cove Life-boat, and four other men, who, together with the Motor Mechanic, landed the crew, thirty-one in number, of the s.s. Ixia, of North Shields, which ran ashore and became a total wreck at Cape Cornwall on 30th June, when bound from Swansea to Constantinople with a cargo of coal. Also granted 12s. Id. for fuel consumed. About 4 P.M. the Coxswain saw that the vessel was in difficulties, assembled a crew and launched the motor boat Tom Sayers to her help. A moderate !N.E. breeze was blowing. It was found that the Ixia's crew had already abandoned her and had taken to the ship's boats. Ten were taken into the rescuers' boat, and the remainder piloted ashore in their own boats. This service was carried out by the motor fishing boat Tom Sayers, in the temporary absence of the Life-boat owing to the closing of the Station for reconstruction purposes.

Voted £5 to three men to cover the cost of nets and gear lost while rescuing the crew, three in number, of the fishing coble Silvester, at Whitby, on 27th June. About 1 P.M.

during a moderate N.E. breeze with a heavy sea, four salmon cobles were at work just out- side the harbour entrance, when a sudden squall struck the Silvester, capsizing her and throwing her crew into the water. The rescuers were shooting their nets at the time, but on seeing the accident, threw the remainder of their nets overboard and immediately went to the help of the Silvester. One man was entangled in the netting and had to be cut free, and all the men were very exhausted.

Considerable risk was incurred by the rescuers, whose own boat was in danger of being capsized or swamped by the heavy seas.

Thursday, 22nd August, 1929.

Paid £22,788 4s. 5d. for sundry charges in connexion with the construction of Life-boats, Life-boat Houses and Slipways, and the maintenance of the various Life-boat estab- lishments.

Thursday, 19th September, 1929.

Major SIR MAURICE CAMERON, followed by SIR GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the Chair.

Reported the receipt of the following special contributions :— £ s. d.

Lady Salomons, donation . . 1,000 0 0 White Star Steamers' Charity Fund, additional donation . 100 0 0 " John Bull," donation . . 100 0 0 Thorngate Trustees, subscription. 80 0 0 Mr. Francis Roxburgh, donation 26 5 0 Mr. Ronald F. Roxburgh, dona- tion 26 5 0 Miss A. Hall, for a Line-Throwing Gun, donation . . 20 0 0 To be thanked.

Paid £18,690 19*. 3d. for sundry charges in connexion with the construction of Life-boats, Life-boat Houses and Slipways, and the maintenance of the various Life-boat estab- lishments.

Voted £90 5s. 3d. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat services :— Lives Life-boat. Vessel. Rescued.

Bembridge . Motor speed boat Mer- (Motor) cury, of Seaview . . 1 Bembridge . An Italian seaplane.

(Motor) Stood by seaplane.

Great Yarmouth Fishing boat Brothers, and Gorieston of Yarmouth. Saved (Motor) boat and rescued . 2 Great Yarmouth Motor fishing boat and Gorleston Fulgens, of Yarmouth.

(Motor) Saved boat and rescued . ... 2 Helvick Head . Motor vessel Lardal, of Frederikstadt. Stood by vessel.

Kirkcudbright Yacht Sunshine, of (Motor) Glasgow. Rendered assistance.

Weymouth . s.s. Jolly Esmond, of (Motor) London. Stood by vessel.

The Clacton-on-Sea (Motor) Life-boat saved the yacht Linnet, of Burnham-on-Crouch, and rescued her two occupants ; she also saved the motor launch Princess Olga, of Burnham-on- Crouch, and rescued her crew, three in number.

Also voted £267 14s. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat launches, assemblies of crews, etc., with a view to assisting persons on vessels in distress:—Angle (Motor), Bally- cotton, Clacton-on-Sea (Motor), Cromer (Motor), Eastbourne (Motor), Exmouth, Feuit (Motor), Hartlepool (Motor), The Humber (Motor), Margate (Motor), The Mumbles (Motor), Newhaven (Motor), Ramsgate, Red- car, St. Ives, Selsey and Bognor (Motor), Tenby (Motor), Wicklow (Motor), Yarmouth, Isle of Wight (Motor), and Youghal.

Passed a further £323 180. 6d. on account of pensions already granted to dependent relatives of men who lost their lives in the Life-boat service at Aldeburgh, Caister, Eastbourne, Holyhead, Johnshaven, Moelfre, The Mumbles, New Brighton, Padstow, Port St. Mary, Rhoscolyn, Rye Harbour, St. Davids and Whitby.

Granted £69 11s. 6d. to men for injury or illness contracted in the Life-boat Service at Caister, Cardigan, Walmer, Wells, and Winter- ton.

Voted an ex-gratia payment of £10 to Richard Morris, a former helper at the Rye Harbour Life-boat Station, who is now over eighty years of age. Morris was injured in the Life-boat Service in 1901, and was compensated at that time, but he has now lost his partner, who was drowned in the Rye Harbour Life- boat Disaster in 1928.

Voted a compassionate grant of £5 to the widow of John Williams, of Aberystwyth.

Williams, who had been connected with the Life-boat as a member of the crew and as Signalman for over forty-five years, died a short time after retiring.

Voted a compassionate grant of £3 to Michael Boyle, who had been connected with the Aranmore Life-boat for forty-five years, having served as a member of the crew, as Second Coxswain for over twenty years, and latterly as Winchman.

Voted £3 15s. to Mr. W. James, Assistant Secretary at Staithes, the Life-boat Coxswain, and four other men, for putting off to the help of two cobles in distress off Skinningrove, on the 4th August. Also granted 2s. 6d. for fuel consumed. At 6 P.M., during a moderate N.N.W. gale with a rough sea, information had been received from the Staithes Coastguard that the fishing cobles Success and Ethel were in difficulties and unable to make shore owing to the heavy swell and unfavourable wind.

The men went out in a large motor coble, but found that both cobles had dumped their cargoes of coal and had managed to reach shore in safety.

Voted £1 10s. to R. Hooper, Second Cox- swain of the Tenby Life-boat, and two other men for rendering assistance to a small boat, containing four visitors and a boatman, which was in difficulties about five miles S.E. of Tenby, on 6th August. About 3.30 P.M. the boat was seen to be in distress and the men put off in the cutter Sea Horse, took the occupants of the boat on board and towed her back to land. There was a moderate breeze blowing with a heavy ground swell, and the return journey to Tenby was made against a head wind.

Voted 15s. to George Robinson, Coxswain of the New Brighton Life-boat, and two other men, who put off with the Second Motor Mechanic, in the Life-boat's motor boarding boat, on 21st August, to the help of a yacht, reported by the Coastguard to be ashore about three-quarters of a mile N.E. of Rock Channel Buoy. When the four men reached the yacht their help was declined.

Voted 15s. to G. Robinson, Coxswain of the New Brighton Life-boat, and two other men, who, accompanied by the Second Motor Mechanic, put off with the intention of helping a yacht reported by the Coastguard to be ashore on the Burbo Bank, on 22nd August.

They found that the yacht, the Mascot, of New Brighton, was afloat, and the two men on board did not require any help.

Voted £1 5s. to Thomas Read, Coxswain of the Ramsgate Life-boat, and four other men for putting off to the help of a party of four caught by the tide while fishing, on 22nd July.

Also granted 3s. for fuel consumed. At 12.30 P.M. a telephone message had been received that two men and two women had been out off by the incoming tide at Dumpton Gap, near Broadstairs. The motor boat Britannic at once went out, but her help was declined, as the water had begun to fall. The weather was fine, but the sea was rough.

Voted 15*. to J. Matthews, Coxswain of the Moelfre Life-boat, and two other men, for helping the three occupants of a small rowing boat, on 1st August. About 3.30 P.M., during a light S.W. wind with a smooth sea, the boat was seen to have been caught in the tide race off Moelfre Island, and was gradually being carried out to sea. The three men put off in a rowing boat, took the other boat in tow, and brought her ashore.

Voted £3 to two men for rescuing the crew, ten in number, of the s.s. Olencregagh, of Bristol, oS Fort Richmond, Guernsey, on 3rd June. She was bound from Weymouth to Lezardrieux, had struck a submerged rock in a dense fog, and sprung a bad leak. The rescuers, who were out fishing in their motor boat The Dauntless, heard the vessel strike, and at once went to investigate. They found that the vessel was sinking fast, and that the crew had taken to the ship's boat, which was also leaking badly. After distributing the crew between their own boat and the ship's boat, they took the latter in tow and landed the men safely.

Voted £1 17s. 6d. to John Stewart, Second Coxswain of the Alnmouth Life-boat, and two other men for saving the motor fishing coble Isaac Edward, and rescuing her crew of three, at Alnmouth on 1st August. Also granted 3s, to a messenger, and 2s. Qd. for fuel consumed.

About 8.30 A.M., during a strong gale with a rough sea, information had been received from the Boulmer Coastguard to the effect that three cobles were still at sea. The Honorary Secretary of the Alnmouth Life-boat Station went down to the shore, and saw the boats returning. One boat, however, when near the Marden Rocks, developed engine trouble and was in danger of being swamped. The Honorary Secretary immediately dispatched a messenger to Alnmouth harbour, and the Girl Joan, the first of the three cobles to arrive, was stopped at the harbour mouth and put about to the help of the disabled boat. A line was got aboard, but parted ; a second attempt was successful, however, and the Isaac Edward and her crew were towed to safety.

Directed that a Letter of Thanks be addressed to Mr. H. B. Stephenson, Honorary Secretary, for his zeal on this occasion.

Thursday, 17th October, 1929.

The HON. GEORGE COLVILLE, followed by SIR GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the Chair.

Co-opted Vice-Admiral Sir A. A. M. Duff, K.C.B., late Admiral Commanding Reserves, a member of the Committee of Management.

Reported the receipt of the following special contribution :— £ s. d.

Miss Ivy Miller, additional donation . . . . 15 0 0 To be thanked.

Paid £32,517 16s. 4 J. for sundry charges in connexion with the construction of Life-boats, Life-boat Houses and Slipways, and the main- tenance of the various Life-boat establish- ments.

Voted £194 6s. 6d. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat services :— Lives Life-boat. Vessel. Rescued.

Boulmer . Motor fishing boat Brothers, of Amble.

Saved boat and rescued ... 4 Donaghadee . S.S. Albia, of Bilbao.

(Motor) Rendered assistance.

Dungeness No. 2 Barge Ironsides, of Rochester . . 2 Great Yarmouth Barge Scotia, ol London 2 and Gorleston (Motor) The Humber . Motor boat Curlew, of (Motor) Whitby. Saved boat and rescued . . 2 Lowestoft . Trawler Kestrel, of (Motor) Lowestoft. Stood by vessel.

Swanage . Yacht Owynedd, of (Motor) London ... 2 Thurso . Motor fishing boat Boys (Motor) Mowat, of Thurso.

Stood by boat.

Walton-on-the- S.S. Otso, of Helsingfors.

Naze (Motor) Stood by vessel.

The Waltoii-on-the-Naze (Motor) Life-boat rendered assistance to the barque Plus, of Mariehamn.

Also voted £169 7s. &d. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat launches, assemblies of crews, etc., with a view to assisting persons on vessels in distress :—Boulmer, Brighton and Hove, Caister, Cromer (Motor), Holyhead (Motor), Lytham, New Brighton No, 2 (Motor), Wells, and Weymouth (Motor).

Passed a further £51 12s. on account of pensions already granted to dependent relatives of men who lost their lives in the Life-boat Service at Brighstone Grange, and Fethard.

Granted £127 4s. 8d. to men for injury in the Life-boat Service at Blackpool, Caister and Guernsey.

Voted an ex-gratia payment of £3 to DENIS McKEOWN, who served in the Blackrock Life- boat Crew for fifty years and is now in very poor circumstances.

Voted an ex-gratia payment of £3 to EDWARD DULLAGHAN, who served in the Blackrock Life- boat Crew for thirty-seven years and who is now in failing health and poor circumstances.

Voted a compassionate grant of £3 to THOMAS CARINE, who is in poor circumstances and has been compelled, on account of ill health, to sever his connexion with the Port Erin Life-boat. He was connected with the Life-boat for many years, latterly as Boathouse Attendant.

Voted £1 5s. to two men SOT saving the yacht Mary, of Granton, and rescuing her crew of three, off Dunbar, on the 20th Sep- tember, 1929. About 11.30 A.M. a strong N.N.E. wind set in, and the yacht, which was anchored off White Burgh Ness, was in great danger of being driven on to the rocks. The rescuers, who were running for shelter in their motor fishing boat Jane and Helen, saw her plight and immediately put about, and with great difficulty took her in tow. In spite of the fact that the tow-rope parted three times, they brought the yacht safely into Dunbar.

Voted 10s. to the Life-boat Coxswain at New Brighton and another man, who, accom- panied by the two permanent Motor Life-boat Mechanics, put off in the Life-boat's boarding boat on the 11th October, 1929, on the receipt of a report from the Coastguard that a yacht was showing distress signals off Hoylake. On arrival at the spot indicated, they found that what was thought to be a yacht was an un- attended raft, which was being used as a survey mark.