AFTER the Edinburgh meeting the Prince of Wales travelled by special train to Glasgow and there attended a Ball, organised by the Glasgow Branch and held on board the s.s. Transylvania, lying in the Clyde. This is the second Ball which, through the kindness of the Anchor Line, has been held on board this vessel, and it was an even more brilliant success than the first.* There was accommodation for 730 guests, many of whom dined on board the liner before the Ball, but there were 2,000 applica- tions for tickets, and these had to be allotted by ballot. The Ball raised the magnificent sum of £1,350. In this was included donations amounting to over £222, and a sum of 300 guineas received for a Menu Card of the Armistice Day dinner given by the Prince of Wales to holders of the Victoria Cross. This card, which was signed by the Prince, had belonged to Sergeant Hamilton, V.C., of the Glasgow Highlanders, and was generously presented to the Glas- gow Branch by the Glasgow Sunday Mail. It was auctioned at the Ball by Colonel Cameron of Lochiel and bought by Mr. T. H. Coats. The whole of the beautiful floral decorations were pre- sented by Sir Malcolm Campbell, a member of the Glasgow Committee.

Many well - known people from Glasgow and the West of Scotland were * The inaugural meeting of the Glasgow Ladies' Life-boat Guild was also held on this liner in 1927.

present. Among them were : The Lord Provost of Glasgow, The Duke and Duchess of Montrose, Lady Mary Gra- ham, The Earl and Countess of Glas- gow (the latter President of the Glasgow Ladies' Life-boat Guild), Lord and Lady Weir, Lord and Lady Inverclyde, Sir Thomas Eoyden, Bt., C.H. (Chairman of the Cunard Line), Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt. (Chairman of the Committee of Management of the Institution), Colonel Cameron of Lochiel and Lady Hermione Cameron, Mr. Leonard Gow, J.P. (Chair- man of the Glasgow Branch), Mr.

William Henderson (Managing Director of the Anchor Line and Honorary Trea- surer of the Glasgow Branch), and Mrs.

Henderson, Miss Findlay of Aberlour Sir John and Lady Cargill, f Sir Robert Wilson, Sir Louis and Lady Primrose, Sir Frederick and Lady Henderson, Mr.

J. W. Harper Gow (Honorary Secretary of the Glasgow Branch), Mrs. J. W.

Harper Gow, Mr. and Mrs. L. Harper Gow, Mr. Hourston, Mrs. Hourston, O.B.E., and Miss Jean MacLeod Baxter (Joint Honorary Secretaries of the Glasgow Ladies' Life-boat Guild).

After the first Ball in December, 1928, the Anchor Line were so delighted with its success that they themselves sug- gested that it should be an annual event. Now, after this second and still greater success, it has become one of the two or three outstanding Life-boat f We regret to say that Lady Cargill has since died.-—Ed. The Lifeboat.

events of the year. It will be seen elsewhere that Glasgow last year rose to the second place in the list of Branches, its contribution of £5,152 being larger than that of any other Branch but the City of London. It should be pointed out that the Branch financial year ends on 30th September, so that the £1,350 obtained by the Ball is not included in it. The Ball has given the Branch a splendid start for the new year, and should ensure, not only that it keeps its place in the list, but that it comes even nearer to the contribution from the City of London.

Manchester and Liverpool will indeed have to look to their well-earned laurels if they are to regain and retain their long-held positions of second and third on the list of the first twenty..