1st April to 30th June.

Greater London.

ACTON AND CHISWICK (MIDDLESEX).

—Annual Meeting on llth April.

Speakers : The Mayor and the District Organizing Secretary. Amount collected last year £112, as compared with £114 in the previous year.

BERMONDSEY.—Visit to the Institu- tion's Storeyard of the Mayor and Mayoress, and Life-boat Day organizers and helpers.

CITY or LONDON.—Annual Meeting on March llth, the Lord Mayor presiding, supported by Major and Sheriff Frank H. Bowater. Amount collected last year £9,932, as compared with £9,161 in the previous year.

FULHAM.—Address to the Rotary Club by the District Organizing Secretary.

HAYKS (MIDDLESEX).—Sale of Work.

HIGHGATE.—Garden Meeting given by Lady Waley Cohen at Caen Wood Towers. Speaker : Colonel The Master of Sempill, a member of the Committee of Management.

ILFORD (ESSEX).—Annual Meeting of Ladies' Life-boat Guild on 25th April.

Mayoress inaugurated as President.

Speaker: District Organizing Secretary.

LEWISHAM.—Address to the Rotary Club by the District Organizing Secre- tary.

LONDON.—Annual Meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, the Viscountess Bertie of Thame, Chairman of the Central London Women's Committee of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, presiding.

Speaker: The Hon. George Colville, Deputy Chairman of the Committee of Management.

Life-boat Day.

NEW MALDEN.—Special Meeting, with address by the District Organizing Secretary.

SOUTH BATTERSEA.—Branch formed.

Hon. Secretary, Mr. R. Rham.

TOTTENHAM.—Meeting of Life-boat Day Organizers called by the Chairman of the Council. Address by the District Organizing Secretary.

TOOTING.—Branch formed. Hon.

Secretary, Mrs. Batty.

WALTHAMSTOW (ESSEX).—Address to the Eotary Club by the District Organiz- ing Secretary.

WOODFORD AND EFFING.—Fete at Salway House. Opened by the Deputy Lord-Lieutenant of Essex. Life-boat Day.

Seven lectures and addresses were given by the District Organizing Secre- tary during the quarter, in addition to those mentioned.

North-Western District.

ADLINGTON (LANCASHIRE), ASHTON- IN-MAKERFIELD (LANCASHIRE), BACUP (LANCASHIRE), BLACKBURN (LAN- CASHIRE).—Life-boat Days.

BLACKPOOL (LANCASHIRE).—Life- boat Demonstration by the Blackpool, Lytham and New Brighton Life-boats.

BOLTON (LANCASHIRE). — Annual Meeting of the Branch and Ladies' Life- boat Guild on the 10th April, the Mayor, President of the Branch, in the chair.

Efforts of the past year: Annual Appeal for Subscriptions, Life-boat Day, Whist Drive and Works Collection.

Amount collected last year £269, as compared with £372 in the previous year.

BREDBURY (CHESHIRE), BRIER- CLIFFE (LANCASHIRE), BRIERFIELD (LANCASHIRE), BURY (LANCASHIRE), CARLISLE (CUMBERLAND).—Life-boat Days.

CARNFORTH (LANCASHIRE).—Jumble Sale, arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

CHESTER.—Annual Meeting on the 29th May, the Mayor, President of the Branch, in the chair. Efforts of the past year : Annual Appeal for sub- scriptions, Life-boat Day and Works Collections. Amount collected last year £300, as compared with £310 in the previous year.

Life-boat Day.

CHORLEY (LANCASHIRE), COLNE (LANCASHIRE), COPPULL (LANCASHIRE).

—Life-boat Days.

CREWE (CHESHIRE).—Annual Meeting on 8th May, the Mayor, President of the Branch, in the chair. Captain H. P. M. Beames was elected Chairman, and Councillor Sackfield Vice-President in the place of the late Major Jackson.

Amount collected last year £68, as compared with £71 in the previous year.

CROMPTON AND SHAW (OLDHAM BRANCH).—Life-boat Day.

DALTON-IN-FURNESS (LANCASHIRE).

—House to House Collection.

DARWEN (LANCASHIRE), GARSTANG (LANCASHIRE).—Life-boat Days.

HASLINGDEN (LANCASHIRE).—Jumble Sale arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

HEYWOOD (LANCASHIRE) .—Life-boat Day.

HOLME (LANCASHIRE).—Annual Meet- ing of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild on the 17th June. Amount collected last year £9, as compared with £11 in the previous year.

HYDE (CHESHIRE).—Annual Meeting on 5th May, the Mayor, President of the Branch, in the chair. Amount collected last year £97, as compared with £75 in the previous year.

Life-boat Day, Whist Drive, Jumble Sale.

IRLAM AND CADISHEAD (LAN- CASHIRE), KENDAL (WESTMORLAND), KESWICK (CUMBERLAND).—Life-boat Days.

LlTTLEBOROUGH (LANCASHIRE). — Garden Party arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

LITTLE HULTON (LANCASHIRE).— | Annual Meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat , Guild on 7th May. Amount collected j last year £26, as compared with £21 in the previous year.

Life-boat Day.

LIVERPOOL.—Collections at Gladstone Dock in connexion with " Safety First Week." j LYTHAM (LANCASHIRE). — Annual i Meeting on the 27th May. Sir Thomas Smethurst elected Chairman of the Branch in place of the late Mr. E. W.

Mellor. Amount collected last year £175, as compared with £199 in the previous year.

LYMM AND HEATLEY (CHESHIRE), MACCLESFIELD (CHESHIRE).—Life-boat Days.

MANCHESTER, SALFORD AND DISTRICT.

—Life-boat Days. The demonstration Life-boat Edwin Kay was on view at Manchester, and Wee Georgie Wood, the well-known Music Hall artiste, made a special appeal from her.

Collections in Cinemas in connexion with the film " Atlantic." CHORLTON-CUM - HARDY.—Address to the Women's Co-operative Guild by the Branch Assistant Secretary.

CLAYTON.—Annual Meeting on the 2nd April.

ECCLES.—Address to the Eccles Women's Co-operative Guild by the Branch Assistant Secretary.

FAILSWORTH.—Cinema Collection arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

HULME.—Collections at the " Popu- lar " Cinema arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

SALFORD.—Collections made at the " Ordsall " Picture House on three days. Collections at the Salford "Palace." WALKDEN.—Annual Meeting on 9th April.

MARYPORT (CUMBERLAND).—Garden Party organized by the Ladies' Life- boat Guild.

MIDDLETON (LANCASHIRE), MIDDLE- WICH (CHESHIRE).—Life-boat Days.

MOSSLEY (LANCASHIRE). — Annual Meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild on the 10th April. Amount collected last year £41, as compared with £35 in the previous year.

Life-boat Day.

NANTWICH (CHESHIRE). — Annual Meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild on the 27th May. Amount collected last year £72 as compared with £46 in the previous year.

NORTH WICH (CHESHIRE).—Life-boat Day.

ORRELL (LANCASHIRE). — Garden Party organized by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

PEEL (!SLE OF MAN).—Annual Meet- ing on the 21st May. Amount collected last year £126, as compared with £139 in the previous year.

PRESTON (LANCASHIRE). — Annual Meeting on 7th April, the Mayor, President of the Branch, in the chair.

Efforts of the past year: Mayor's appeal for subscriptions, Life-boat Day, and House-to-House Collection. Amount collected last year £403, as compared with £398 in the previous year.

ROMILEY (CHESHIRE). — Life-boat Days.

SABDEN (LANCASHIRE). — House-to House Collection.

SOUTHPORT (LANCASHIRE). — Life- boat Day.

STALYBRIDGE (CHESHIRE). — Annual Meeting on the 15th May, the Mayor, President of the Branch, in the chair.

Mr. E. G. Cooke was elected Honorary Secretary of the Branch, and Mrs. S. H.

Johnson Honorary Secretary of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Amount col- lected last year £28, as compared with £84 in the previous year.

STOCKPORT (CHESHIRE), TRAWDEN (LANCASHIRE).—Life-boat Days.

WIDNES (LANCASHIRE). — Special Meeting to re-constitute the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Life-boat Day.

WIGAN (LANCASHIRE).—Bridge and Whist Tea arranged by the Ladies' Life- boat Guild.

WORSTHORNE (LANCASHIRE). Annual Meeting on the 26th May.

Mr. A. R. Dalby was elected Honorary Secretary. Amount collected last year £7, as compared with £17 in the pre- vious year.

Life-boat Dsy.

North-Eastern District.

ALNWICK (NORTHUMBERLAND). — Annual Ball.

BARNARD CASTLE (DURHAM).—Bridge Drive.

BARNSLEY (YORKSHIRE).—Life-boat Day.

BERWICK (NORTHUMBERLAND). — Naming ceremony of new Life-boat Westmorland. (See special report on p. 130.) Dance.

BEVERLEY (YORKSHIRE), BLAYDON (DURHAM).—Life-boat Days.

BRADFORD (YORKSHIRE).—Life-boat Day.

BRIDLINGTON (YORKSHIRE).—Whist Drive. Organ Day.

CONISBOROUGH (YORKSHIRE).—-Whist Drive.

CUDWORTH (YORKSHIRE).—House-to- House Collection.

DARLINGTON (DURHAM). —• Annual Meeting on 7th May, the Mayor, Pre- sident of ths Branch, in the chair.

Efforts of the past year : Whist Drives, Life-boat Day. Amount collected last year £157, as compared with £170 in the previous year.

Life-boat Day.

DERWENT VALLEY (DURHAM).— Ladies' Life-boat Guild formed.

Honorary Secretary : Miss N. Dixon.

Life-boat Day.

DEWSBURY (YORKSHIRE)—Annual Meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

Amount collected last year £109, as compared with £122 in the previous year.

House-to-House Collection.

DONCASTER (YORKSHIRE).—Life-boat Day. Mayoress's reception to workers.

DURHAM.—Annual Meeting, the Mayor presiding. Speaker : the Dean of Durham (Bishop Welldon, D.D.).

Effort of the past year : Life-boat Day.

Amount collected last year £25, as compared with £43 in the previous year.

EARBY (YORKSHIRE).—Meeting to revive Ladies' Guild. Honorary Secre- tary, Miss M. Pritchard.

GATESHEAD (DURHAM).—Life-boat Day. Garden Fete.

GOLCAR (YORKSHIRE).—Special Meet- ing in the Town Hall. Address by the District Organizing Secretary.

HARTLEPOOL (DURHAM), HECKMOND- WIKE (YORKSHIRE), HOLMFIRTH (YORK- SHIRE).—Life-boat Days.

HOLY ISLAND (NORTHUMBERLAND).— Presentation of Centenary Vellum. (See special report on p. 141.) HUDDERSFIELD (YORKSHIRE). — American Tea.

HULL (YORKSHIRE).—Life-boat Day.

KEIGHLEY (YORKSHIRE). — Annual Meeting, the Mayoress, President of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, in the chair.

Efforts of the past year : Life-boat Day, Works Appeal. Amount collected last year £304, as compared with £328 in the previous year.

Life-boat Week.

KlRKBURTON (YORKSHIRE), LEEDS (YORKSHIRE).—Life-boat Days.

MARKET WEIGHTON (YORKSHIRE).— Drawing-room Meeting.

MORPETH (NORTHUMBERLAND). — Life-boat Day.

NEWCASTLE.—Eeception in Town Hall by Lady Mayoress. Speaker : Lieut.- Colonel C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., Deputy Secretary of the Institution.

OUTWOOD AND STANLEY (YORKSHIRE), PATRINGTON (YORKSHIRE), POCKLING- TON (YORKSHIRE), ROTHERHAM (YORK- SHIRE), RYTON (DURHAM).—Life-boat Days.

SCARBOROUGH (YORKSHIRE). — Address to the Rotary Club by Mr. F. P.

Morgan, the Honorary Secretary, on " Scarborough Life-boat Services." Dramatic Performance.

SELBY (YORKSHIRE).—Life-boat Day.

SHEFFIELD.—Annual Meeting, the Lord Mayor, President of the Branch in the chair. Efforts of the past year : Life-boat Day, Collections in Places of Worship and in Workshops. Amount collected last year £594, as compared with £582 in the previous year.

SPENBOROUGH (YORKSHIRE).—Life- boat Day.

SOUTH SHIELDS.—Annual Meeting on 29th April, the Mayor, President of the Branch, in the chair. Speaker : Lieut.- Colonel C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., Deputy Secretary of the Institution.

Efforts of the past year : Life-boat Day.

Amount collected last year £128, as compared with £153 in the previous year.

Life-boat Day.

STOCKTON (DURHAM).—Life-boat Day.

Whist Drive and Dance.

SUNDERLAND.—Annual Meeting, the Mayor, President of the Branch, in the chair. Speaker: Lieut.-Colonel C. R.

Satterthwaite, O.B.E., Deputy Secretary of the Institution. Efforts of the past year: Life-boat Day, Bridge Drive.

Amount collected last year £526, as compared with £586 in the previous year.

Life-boat Day. Sunday Evening Concert.

TYNEMOUTH (NORTHUMBERLAND).— Life-boat Day.

WAKEFIELD (YORKSHIRE).—Jumble Sale. Whist Drives.

WEST HARTLEPOOL (DURHAM).—Life- boat Day. Bridge Drive.

WlTHERNSEA (YORKSHIRE).—Life- boat Day.

Midlands.

BIRMINGHAM.—Social Gathering of Ladies' Life-boat Guild, by the kindness of Mrs. Nelson Bond. Collections at Cinema Houses. Sunday Cinema En- tertainment at the Scala Theatre.

House-to-House Collections. Whist Drive organized by the President of Harborne District.

BLOCKLEY (WORCESTERSHIRE), BREEDON-ON-HILL (LEICESTERSHIRE), BRIERLEY HILL (STAFFORDSHIRE), BRIGG (LINCOLNSHIRE), BRISTOL (GLOUCESTERSHIRE), BROMSGROVE (WORCESTERSHIRE), BURTON-ON-TRENT (STAFFORDSHIRE), BURTON LATIMER (NORTHAMPTONSHIRE).—Life-boat Days.

CHELTENHAM (GLOUCESTERSHIRE).— Annual Meeting on 30th April, Mrs.

Richard Da vies, Chairman of the Branch, presiding. Speaker: The District Organizing Secretary. Efforts of the past year: Life-boat Day, Dances, Whist Drive. Amount collected last year £159, as compared with £168 in the previous year. Life-boat Day.

COALVILLE (LEICESTERSHIRE), COLES- HILL (WARWICKSHIRE), COSELEY AND SEDGLEY (STAFFORDSHIRE) .—Life-boat Days.

COVENTRY (WARWICKSHIRE).—Annual Meeting, the Mayor, President of the Branch, in the chair. Speaker: the District Organizing Secretary. Efforts of the past year: Life-boat Day.

Amount collected last year £355, as compared with £317 in the previous year. Ladies' Life-boat Guild Meeting.

CRADLEY HEATH AND OLD HILL (STAFFOBDSHIRE), DERBY, DESBOROUGH (NORTHAMPTONSHIRE), EVESHAM (WOR- CESTERSHIRE), FAIRFORD AND LECHLADE (GLOUCESTERSHIRE), HE NLEY-IN-ARDEN (WARWICKSHIRE), HORNCASTLE (LIN- COLNSHIRE), and IRTHLINGBOROUGH (NORTHAMPTONSHIRE).—Life-boat Days.

KENILWORTH (WARWICKSHIRE).— Annual Meeting on 1st April, Mr. G. H.

Nock, Hon. Treasurer of the Branch, presiding. Speaker: the District Organizing Secretary. Effort of the past year : House-to-house Collection.

Amount collected last year £33, as compared with £31 in the previous year.

The framed photograph awarded by the Committee of Management to Miss Jordan, the Honorary Secretary, was presented.

LANGWTTH (DERBYSHIRE).—Life-boat Day.

LEAMINGTON (WARWICKSHIRE).—• Life-boat Week from 3rd to 8th of March, with House-to-House Collection and Collections in the Theatres and Cinemas. (This news should have been included in thelastissue of The Lifeboat.) LONG EATON (STAFFORDSHIRE).— Branch formed. Hon. Secretary, Mr.

F. L. Carter. Life-boat Day.

LOUGHBOROUGH (LEICESTERSHIRE), MARKET DEEPING (LINCOLNSHIRE), MATLOCK (DERBYSHIRE), MELTON MOW- BRAY (LEICESTERSHIRE) and NEW MILLS (DERBYSHIRE).-—Life-boat Days.

NEWARK (NOTTINGHAMSHIRE).— Annual Meeting, Mrs. Quibell, President of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, in the chair. Speaker : the District Organiz- ing Secretary. Amount collected last year £75, as compared with £98 in the previous year.

NORTHLEACH (GLOUCESTERSHIRE).— Life-boat Film and Collection at the Women's Institute.

NORTON CANES (STAFFORDSHIRE).— Branch formed. Hon. Secretary, Mrs.

Pitt.

NOTTINGHAM.—Exhibition of film, taken by Lord Mayor's Secretary, show- ing the Lord Mayor of Nottingham launching the City of Nottingham at Hythe. Life-boat Day. Sunday Concerts.

NUNEATON (WARWICKSHIRE).—Life- boat Day.

OMBERSLEY (WORCESTERSHIRE).— Address to members of the Women's Institute by the District Organizing Secretary. Branch formed.

PERSHORE (WORCESTERSHIRE) AND PETERBOROUGH (NORTHAMPTONSHIRE).

—Life-boat Days.

REDDITCH (WORCESTERSHIRE).— Ladies' Life-boat Guild formed to replace the old Branch. Honorary Secretary, Miss Hilda Wright.

RIPLEY (DERBYSHIRE), RUGELEY (STAFFORDSHIRE) and RUSHDEN (NORTHAMPTONSHIRE). — Life-boat Days.

SCUNTHORPE (LINCOLNSHIRE).—An- nual Meeting, Mr. Goy, Chairman, presid- ing. Amount collected last year £28, as compared with £18 in the previous year.

SLEAFORD (LINCOLNSHIRE).—Life- boat Day.

SMETHWICK (STAFFORDSHIRE).—An- nual Meeting, the Mayoress presiding.

Speaker : the District Organizing Secre- tary. Amount collected last year £60, as compared with £43 in the previous year.

Life-boat Day.

STAFFORD.—Life-boat Day.

STOKE-ON-TRENT and NEWCASTLE UNDER-LYME (STAFFORDSHIRE). — By the death of Miss Muriel Teeton the Branch has lost one of the Hon. Secre- taries of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild at Basford, Hanley and Stoke-on-Trent.

STOURBRIDGE (WORCESTERSHIRE), STOW - ON - THE - WOLD (GLOUCESTER- SHIRE), STROUD (GLOUCESTERSHIRE), SWADLINCOTE (DERBYSHIRE). — Life- boat Days.

TAMWORTH (STAFFORDSHIRE).— Branch revived. Life-boat Day.

UPPINGHAM AND OAKHAM (RUTLAND- SHIRE), UPTON-ON-SEVERN (WORCESTER- SHIRE), and UTTOXETER (STAFFORD- SHIRE).—Life-boat Days.

WALSALL (STAFFORDSHIRE).—Annual Meeting, the Mayor, President of the Branch, in the chair. Speaker: The District Organizing Secretary. Amount collected last year £82, as compared with £90 in the previous year.

WEDNESFIELD (STAFFORDSHIRE).— Life-boat Day and Dance.

WELLINGBOROUGH (NORTHAMPTON- SHIRE).—Life-boat Day.

WEST BROMWICH (STAFFORDSHIRE).— Collections for one week at Plaza | Cinema. ' WOLVERHAMPTON (STAFFORDSHIRE).

—Life-boat Day. Life-boat taken through the streets escorted by Thomp- son's Prize Band.

WRAGBY (LINCOLNSHIRE).—Life-boat Day.

Nine lectures and addresses, and two broadcast talks to children were given by the District Organizing Secretary in addition to those mentioned.

South-Eastern District.

BlGGLESWADE (BEDFORDSHIRE). Dance.

BISHOP STORTFORD (HERTFORD- SHIRE). — Sawbridgeworth Life-boat Day.

BLAKENEY (NORFOLK). — Annual Meeting, Mr. Ellis Turner, Chairman of the Branch, presiding. Amount col- lected last year £57, as compared with £56 in the previous year.

BLETCHLEY (BUCKINGHAMSHIRE), BRENTWOOD (ESSEX), BRIGHTON (SUSSEX) and CANTERBURY (KENT).— Life-boat Days.

CHELMSFORD (ESSEX). — Annual Meeting, the Mayor, Chairman of the Branch, presiding. Speakers: Mr.

H. A. Baker, a member of the Com- mittee of Management, and Mr. Salmon.

Amount collected last year £150, as compared with £171 in the previous year.

Life-boat Day. Bridge Drive.

CHICHESTEB (SUSSEX). — Life-boat Day organized by the Selsey Branch.

CHIPPEEFIELD (HERTFORDSHIRE). — Sale of Work.

COLCHESTER merit Matinee.

(ESSEX).—Entertain- DARTFORD (KENT).—Garden Meeting, with address by the District Organizing Secretary.

Diss (NORFOLK) and DOWNHAM MARKET (NORFOLK).—Life-boat Days.

DUNGENESS (KENT). — Special Meeting, with the Mayor of Lydd, Chairman of the Branch, presiding.

Captain G. C. Holloway, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R., a member of the Committee of Management, presented the Bronze Medal awarded to Coxswain Douglas Oilier, and the Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum awarded to each member of his crew, for the service to the barge Marie May on 12th November, 1929. (A full report of the service appeared in The Lifeboat for March, 1930.) EASTBOURNE (SUSSEX).—Play.

EAST GRINSTEAD (SUSSEX).—Concert and Entertainment by the Junior Imperial League.

FOLKESTONE (KENT).—Lecture by Miss Ethel Hopkins, B.A., Honorary Secretary of the Women's Auxiliary.

Major The Right Hon. Sir. Philip Sassoon, Bt., G.B.E., C.M.G., M.P., opened his grounds at Port Lympne to the public in aid of the Branch.

GERHARD'S CROSS (BUCKINGHAMSHIRE) .

—Life-boat Day.

GODALMING (SURREY)—Concert, with address by Captain G. C. Holloway, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R., a member of the Committee of Management.

GREAT YARMOUTH (NORFOLK). — Annual Meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Speaker : The District Organi- zing Secretary for Greater London.

Amount collected last year £65, as compared with £94 in the previous year.

GREENHITHE (KENT). — Life-boat Day.

GUILDFORD (SURREY).—Lecture at Peaslake Women's Institute by the Honorary Secretary.

HASTINGS (SUSSEX). — Annual Meeting, the Mayor, President of the Branch, in the chair. Speaker : Cap- tain G. C. Holloway, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R., a member of the Committee of Management. Amount collected last year £544, as compared with £288 in the previous year.

H.R.H. Prince George, K.G., visited the Boat-house on 27th June, when he came to open the new ward at the Buchanan Hospital.

Life-boat Day.

HUNTINGDON (HUNTINGDONSHIRE).

—Life-boat Day.

HYTHE (KENT).—Special Meeting at the Town Hall, with the Mayor of Hythe presiding. Major The Right Hon. Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt., G.B.E., C.M.G., M.P., President of the Branch, presented the Silver Medal awarded to Coxswain Harry Griggs, Junr., and the Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum to each member of the Crew for the rescue on the 12th November, 1929, of the crew of three of the barge Marie May of Rochester.

Speakers : The Mayor, Sir Philip Sas- soon, Captain G. C. Holloway, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R., a member of the Com- mittee of Management, and Brigadier General Cunningham, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O. (A full report of the service appeared in The Lifeboat for March, 1930.) Inaugural Ceremony of the new Motor Life-boat City of Nottingham.

(See special report on p. 128.) LEWES (SUSSEX) and MARCH (CAMBRIDGESHIRE).—Life-boat Days.

MIDHURST (SUSSEX).—Treasure Hunt.

NEWPORT PAGNELL (BUCKINGHAM- SHIRE).—Life-boat Day.

NEWHAVEN (SUSSEX).—Presentation by Captain G. C. Holloway, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R., a member of the Com- mittee of Management, of the awards made to the Coxswain and Crew by the Institution and the Danish Government for the rescue of the crew of the Danish schooner Mogens Koch, on 7th December, 1929. (See p. 136.) EOYSTON (HERTFORDSHIRE). — Branch revived. Honorary Secretary, Miss Gurney.

SBLSEY (SUSSEX).—Dance.

SHOREHAM (SUSSEX) and SOUTH- WICK (SUSSEX).—Life-boat Days.

STEVENAGE (HERTFORDSHIRE). — Play.

TRING (HERTFORDSHIRE). — Branch revived. Honorary Secretary, Miss M. Middleton Brown.

TUNBRIDGE WELLS (KENT). — Annual Meeting. Amount collected last year £46, as compared with £78 in the pre- vious year.

UPPER WARLINGHAM (SURREY). — Bridge Drive.

UPMINSTER AND HORNCHUECH (ESSEX), WELWYN GARDEN CITY (HERT- FORDSHIRE), and WISBECH (CAMBRIDGE- SHIRE).—Life-boat Days.

WALTON - ON - NAZE (ESSEX). — Annual Dinner to the Life-boat Crew.

WOLVERTON (BUCKINGHAMSHIRE). — Life-boat Day and Works Collection.

WORTHING (SUSSEX).—Life-boat Day.

In addition to those already men- tioned, four lectures and addresses were given by the District Organizing Secre- tary during the quarter.

South-Western District.

ALDERSHOT (HAMPSHIRE), ANDOVER (HAMPSHIRE), AXMINSTER (DEVON- SHIRE).—Life-boat Days.

BAMPTON (DEVONSHIRE). — First Life-boat Day, organized by the Chair- man of the Council.

BATH (SOMERSETSHIRE). — Special Meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

Address by the District Organizing Secretary. Life-boat Day.

BOURNEMOUTH (HAMPSHIRE).— Annual Meeting, the Mayor, a Vice- President of the Branch, in the chair.

Speaker : Mr. George F. Shee, M.A., Secretary of the Institution. Efforts of the past year : Life-boat Day, House- to-House Collections. Dramatic Enter- tainment, Whist Drive. Amount col- lected last year £827, as compared with £941 in the previous year. The Mayor provided tea, and a musical entertain- ment was given by Mrs. Shee and Canon Marsh.

BRADFORD - ON - AVON (WILT- SHIRE).—Life-boat Day.

BRIDPORT (DORSETSHIRE) .—Life-boat Day.

COWES (ISLE OF WIGHT).—Annual Dance and Children's Party, organized by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., Chairman of the Committee of Management, and Lady Baring attended.

DEVIZES (WILTSHIRE), EASTLEIGH (HAMPSHIRE).—Life-boat Days.

EXETER.—Special Meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, arranged by Mrs. Arthur Reed, Chairman. Ladies' Life-boat Guild Junior Organization formed. Life-boat Day.

EXMOUTH (DEVONSHIRE). — Special Meeting of the Committee and Ladies' Life-boat Guild, at the house of Captain Shrubb, the Honorary Secretary.

Address by the District Organizing Secretary. Presentation of Centenary Vellum. (See special report, p. 141.) FALMOUTH (CORNWALL). — Special Meeting arranged by Mrs. Chellow, President of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Address by the District Organiz- ing Secetary. New members enrolled.

Life-boat Day.

FAREHAM (HAMPSHIRE), FARN- BOROUGH (HAMPSHIRE). — Life-boat Days.

FOWEY (CORNWALL).—Special Meet- ing at Lady Hanson's House. Ladies' Life-boat Guild formed. Whist Drive and Dance.

HAVANT (HAMPSHIRE), HENLEY-ON- THAMES (OXFORDSHIRE), HONITON (DEVONSHIRE).—Life-boat Days.

ISLE OF WIGHT.—All-Island Fete, organized by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. (See special report on p. 142.) IVYBRIDGE (DEVONSHIRE). — Life- boat Day, organized by the Women's Section of the British Legion.

(CORNWALL). — Life- LOSTWITHIEL boat Day.

MARNHULL (DORSETSHIRE).—Address by the District Organizing Secretary to the Women's Institute at Nash Court.

PAIGNTOX (DEVONSHIRE).—Dancing Display by Miss Hexter's pupils.

PLYMOUTH (DEVONSHIRE). — Life- boat Fete, organizing by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Life-boat Day.

PORTSMOUTH.—Annual Meeting on 7th April, the Lord Mayor, President of the Branch, in the chair, supported by the Lady Mayoress, Sir Harold Pink, J.P. (Chairman of the Branch), and Mrs. Pollard (Chairman of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild). Speaker : Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., Chairman of the Committee of Management. Amount collected last year £384, as compared with £417 in the previous year.

Special Meeting of the Ladies' Life- boat Guild arranged by Mrs. Pollard (Chairman of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild). Speakers: Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Roger Keyes, Bt., K.C.B., K.C.V.O., D.S.O., the Commander-in- Chief and a Vice-President of the Branch, Lady Keyes, Sir Harold Pink, J.P., Chairman of the Branch, Mrs.

Pollard, and the District Organizing Secretary. Tea given by Mrs. Pollard.

Life-boat Day.

BEADING (BERKSHIRE). — Life-boat Day.

RINTSWOOD (HAMPSHIRE). — Annual Dance.

ST. IVES (CORNWALL).—In connexion with National Safety Week in May, a week's collection was made, a Whist Drive was held, arranged by the Honor- ary Secretary's wife, and a Bridge Drive arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

SHERBORNE (DORSETSHIRE).—Country Folk Dance Competition. Address by the District Organizing Secretary.

SOUTHAMPTON (HAMPSHIRE).—Life- boat Day.

STREET (SOMERSETSHIRE).—Dancing Display by Miss Culverwell's pupils.

SWINDON (WILTSHIRE), THAME (OXFORDSHIRE), TIVERTON (DEVON- SHIRE).—Life-boat Days.

TORQUAY (DEVONSHIRE). — Special Meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, the Mayoress presiding. Address by the District Organizing Secretary. Many new members enrolled.

TROWBRIDGE (WILTSHIRE), TRURO (CORNWALL), WAKEHAM (DORSET- SHIRE), WARMINSTER (WILTSHIRE), WELLS (SOMERSETSHIRE), WIMBORNE (DORSETSHIRE).—Life-boat Days.

WITNEY (OXFORDSHIRE).—Meeting at the Cinema. Address by the District Organizing Secretary. Life-boat films.

Scotland.

SCOTTISH LIFE-BOAT COUNCIL.—A Meeting of the Council was held at Glas- gow on 16th April, the Duke of Montrose, C.B., C.V.O., V.D., Chairman of the Council, and a Vice-President of the Institution, in the chair. There were present Commander the Hon. A. D.

Cochrane, D.S.O., Deputy Chairman of the Council, representatives from Aber- deen, Dunbar, Dundee, Edinburgh, Girvan, Glasgow, Greenock, Inverness, Paisley, Perth, St. Abbs, St. Andrews and Stromness, Mr. J. R. Barnett, O.B.E., M.I.N.A., the Institution's Consulting Naval Architect, and Colonel C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., Deputy- Secretary of the Institution. Five new Branches were welcomed to the Council, St. Abbs, St. Andrews, Girvan, North Berwick and Motherwell, all but North Berwick being represented on it for the first time.

Reports were received from the Dis- trict Organizing Secretary and from the Branches, and the Council expressed its appreciation of the way in which the arrangements for the Scottish National Life-boat Assembly at Edinburgh, in November, 1929, were carried out by the District Organizing Secretary and her staff. It was reported that there had-been an increase in Scottish con- tributions in the year 1928-9 of £2,564 on the previous year.

ABERDEEN.—Life-boat Day.

AIRDRIE (LANARKSHIRE).—Special Meeting, Provost Armour, President of the Branch, in the chair. Speaker : The District Organizing Secretary.

Ladies' Life-boat Guild formed.

ALLOA (CLACKMANNAN), BO'NESS (LiNLiTHOow), CAELUKE (LANARK), CRIEFF (PERTH).—Life-boat Days.

DUNDEE.—The Branch again had the help of the Dundee, Perth and London Shipping Company in arranging a three- days' Life-boat Appeal, consisting of a swimming gala, a regatta and aquatic sports, a Life-boat day, and a dance.

EDINBURGH, ELGIN AND DISTRICT.— Life-boat Days.

GLASGOW (LANARKSHIRE).—Annual Meeting on 5th June, Mr. William Henderson, Honorary Treasurer of the Branch, in the chair. Amount collected last year £5,152, as compared with £4,148 in the previous year.

Special Meeting of the Ladies' Life- boat Guild, Lady Glasgow, President, in the chair. Speakers : The Duke of Montrose, Chairman of the Scottish Life-boat Council, and Lieut.-Colonel C. E. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., Deputy Secretary of the Institution.

Life-boat Day.

GOUROCK (RENFREW), GREENOCK AND PORT GLASGOW (RENFREW), GRANGEMOUTH (STIRLING), HELENS- BURGH (DUMBARTON), INVERKEITHING (FIFE), KILMARNOCK (AYRSHIRE), KILWINNING (AYR), KINGUSSIE (INVER- NESS), KlRKINTILLOCH (DUMBARTON), LAMINGTON (LANARK), MILLPORT (BUTE), MOFFAT (DUMFRIES), NEWMILNS (AYR), NORTH UIST (HEBRIDES).—Life- boat Days.

PERTH.—Annual Meeting on 16th May, the Rev. P. R. Landreth, Chair- man of the Branch, presiding. Speaker : Rear-Admiral Hallett, C.B.E., Com- mander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland.

Amount collected last year £377, as compared with £380 in the previous year. Life-boat Days.

ROTHESAY (BUTE) AND SKELMORLIE (AYR.)—Life-boat Days.

Ireland.

Mr. George F. Shee, M.A., Secretary of the Institution, made a tour in Ireland during the first week of June, with the District Organizing Secretary. He visited twelve Life-boat Stations, namely, Bally- cotton, Courtmacsherry, Arklow, Balti- more, Fenit, Youghal, Helvick Head, Rosslare (Wexford), Wicklow, Doun Laoghaire, Clogher Head and Blackrock.

He also visited a large number of Finan- cial Branches, and met the Branch Officials, among these Branches being Cork, Waterford, Tralee, Mallow, Dun- garvan, Kilkenny, Tullow, Drogheda, Newry and Belfast.

ARKLOW (Co. WICKLOW).—Annual Meeting, the Chairman of the Urban District Council presiding. Speaker: Mr. George F. Shee, M.A., Secretary of the Institution, .who presented the Centenary Vellum. (See special report on p. 140.) ARMAGH (Co. ARMAGH).—Annual Meeting, Mrs. Miller, President of the Branch, in the chair. Speaker : The Dis- trict Organizing Secretary. Amount col- lected last year £57, as compared with £66 in the previous year.

BANGOR (Co. DOWN).—Life-boat Day.

BELFAST.—Fete and Empire Exhibi- tion, 21st to 28th June. Opened by the Lord Mayor, President of the Branch. Life-boat Day.

Broadcast Appeal by the District Organizing Secretary.

CARRICKFERGUS (Co. ANTRIM).— Life-boat Day.

CORK (Co. CORK).—Annual Meeting, the Chairman of the Harbour Com- missioners presiding. Speaker: Mr.

George F. Shee, M.A., Secretary of the Institution, who presented Mr. Donegan, the Honorary Secretary, with the Gold Pendant awarded to him by the Institu- tion. Amount collected last year £354, as compared with £328 in the previous year.

COURTMACSHERRY (Co. CORK).— Presentation of Centenary Vellum. (See special report on p. 140.) DUN LAOGHAIRE (KINGSTOWN).— Annual Meeting, Captain Fosbery Holmes, R.N., Chairman of the Branch, presiding. Speaker: .Mr. George F.

Shee. M.A., Secretary of the Institution, who presented the Centenary Vellum.

(See special report on p. 140). Amount collected last year £211, as compared with £215 in the previous year.

DKOGHEDA (Co. LOUTH).—Presenta- tion by Mr. George F. Shee, M.A., Secretary of the Institution, to Mrs.

Hill, Life-boat Day Organizer, of the Framed Picture of a Life-boat going out to a Vessel in Distress, awarded to her by the Institution.

DUBLIN.—Annual Meeting. Senator Andrew Jameson, President of the Branch, in the chair. Speaker: The District Organizing Secretary. Pre- sentation to Major Arthur Whewell, Chairman of the Special Effort Com- mittee, of the Vellum, signed b.y the Prince of Wales, recording his appoint- ment as an Honorary Life-Governor' of the Institution. Amount collected last year £1,185, as compared with £1,208 in the previous year.

Life-boat Day.

ENNIS (Co. CLARE).—Presentation by the District Organizing Secretary to Mrs. Pearson of the Framed Picture of a Life-boat going out to a Vessel in Distress, awarded to her by the Institu- tion.

GALWAY (Co. GALWAY).—Annual Meeting. Speaker: The District Or- ganizing Secretary.

Life-boat Day.

HOWTH (Co. DUBLIN).—Annual Meet- ing. Commander J. C. Gaisford St.

Lawrence, R.N., D.L., Chairman of the Branch, presiding. Presentation of the Centenary Vellum. (See special report on p. 140.) Amount collected last year £113, as compared with £114 in the previous year.

LAENE (Co. ANTRIM).—Annual Meet- ing. Brigadier-General T. K. Evans Johnston, Patron of the Branch, pre- siding. Speaker : The District Organiz- ing Secretary. Presentation to Mis? L.

Morrow, one of the Honorary Secretaries, of the Gold Brooch awarded to her by the Institution. Amount collected last year £104, as compared with £96 in the previous year.

LIMERICK (Co. LIMERICK).—Annual -Meeting, the Mayor presiding. Speaker : The District Organizing Secretary.

Amount collected last year £151, as compared with £213 in the previous year.

Life-boat Day.

LONDONDERRY. — Annual Meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, the Mayoress, President, in the chair.

Speaker: The District Organizing Secretary. Amount collected last year £182, as compared with £102 in the previous year.

MILFOED (Co. DONEGAL), MUL- LINGAR (Co. WESTMEATH), NENAGH (Co. TIPPERARY), ROSCREA. (Co. TIPPER- AEY).—Life-boat Days.

ROSSLARE HARBOUR (Co. WEXFOED).

—Inaugural Ceremony of the Motor Life-boat. (See special report on p.

130.) STRABANE (Co. TYRONE).—Life-boat Day.

WEXFORD.—Annual Meeting. Major- General B. J. C. Doran, C.B., Vice- President, in the chair. Speaker : The District Organizing Secretary. Amount collected last year £135, as compared with £62 in the previous year.

Life-boat Day.

Wales (Including Herefordshire and Shropshire.) ABERGAVENNY (MONMOUTHSHIRE).— Life-boat Day.

ABEBTILIEBY (MONMOUTHSHIRE).—• Annual Meeting, Mrs. A. H. Dolman, President of the Branch, in the chair.

Speaker: The District Organizing Sec- retary. Amount collected last year £15, as compared with £24 in the previous year. Life-boat Day.

ANGLE (PEMBROKESHIRE).—Presen- tation by Brigadier-General Sir F. C.

Meyrick, Bart., C.B., C.M.G., of the Bronze Medal awarded to Coxswain James Watkins, and of the Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum, awarded to the Motor Mechanic Edgar Rees and Mr. A. W. Gutch (Hon. Secre- tary) for the service to the S.S. Molesey, of London, on 25th November, 1929.

(A full account of this service appeared in The Lifeboat for March last.) CAERNARVON (CARNARVONSHIRE ).— Life-boat Day.

CARDIFF AND PENARTH (GLAMORGAN- SHIRE).—Meeting of ladies at the City Hall, arranged by the Mayoress. Life- boat Day.

CEMAES BAY (ANGLESEY).—Jumble Sale.

HEREFORD (HEREFORDSHIRE.) — Annual Meeting, the Mayor, President of the Branch, in the chair. Speaker : The District Organizing Secretary. Amount collected last year £23, as compared with £14 in the previous year. Life- boat Day.

(HEREFORDSHIRE) .—Life- LEDBURY boat Day.

NEWPORT (MONMOUTHSHIRE).— Special Meeting at which the Mayor presided. Speaker: The District Or- ganizing Secretary. The Mayoress, Pre- sident of the Ladies' Lifeboat Guild, presented the Gold Pendant awarded by the Institition to Mr. A. J. Phillips, the Branch, chairman.

Reception by the Mayor and Mayoress to Branch Committee and workers.

Life-boat Day.

PONTYPRIDD (GLAMORGANSHIRE).—• Annual Meeting. Speaker : The District Organizing Secretary. Amount collected last year £49, as compared with £66 in the previous year.

Life-boat Day.

PRESTATYN (FLINTSHIRE).—Annual Meeting, the Vicar presiding. Speaker; The District Organizing Secretary.

Amount collected last year £46, as com- pared with £50 in the previous year.

NEWCASTLE EMLYN (CARMARTHEN- SHIRE).—Life-boat Day.

SWANSEA (GLAMORGANSHIRE). — Annual Meeting, the Mayor, President of the Branch, in the chair. The Mayoress presented Mrs. Tarr, the Hon. Secretary of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, with a Framed Picture of a Life- boat going out to a Vessel in Distress, awarded to her by the Institution, and Miss Dillwyn presented her, on behalf of the Branch Committee, with a writing- desk and purse. Amount collected last year £277, as compared with £242 in the previous year.

Fete.

SHREWSBURY (SHROPSHIRE).—Annual Meeting, the "Viscountess Bridgeman, D.B.E., President of the Branch, in the chair, supported by the Mayor arid Mayoress.

Amount collected last year £114, as compared with £136 in the previous year.

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