Reproduction of the Portrait of a Famous Coxswain.

THE Institution is preparing a Life-boat Calendar for 1931, which will be ready in November. In previous years the calendars have consisted of reproduc- tions of paintings of Life-boat rescues.

This year it is proposed to have instead the portrait of a Life-boatman—a reproduction of a pen and ink drawing of the late Coxswain William Stanton, of Deal. Stanton has been chosen not only because of his great record of heroism (he held both the Silver and Bronze Medals of the Institution for gallantry, and won the latter for going out on service in command of the Life- boat when he was seriously ill in bed and waiting to go to a London hospital for an operation for cancer in the throat) but because his face magnificently expresses the qualities of the men of the Service.

The calendar will be 11| inches long by 9 inches wide, and can be obtained from the Institution in any quantity, post free, Is. each, or 10s. a dozen, this price including an envelope with each calendar. It will weigh, in the envelope, just under 4 ounces, so that it can be sent through the post, with the envelope open, for Id.

Those who wish to order calendars can do so at once, and they will receive them at the end of November or beginning of December. They should apply to the Secretary, Royal National Life-boat Institution, Life-boat House, 22, Charing Cross Road, London, W.C. 2, and should enclose with their order a postal order or stamps. Only such orders can be dealt with, and it will help materially if orders are sent at once.