THE Life-boat Calendar for 1931 is now ready. In previous years the calendars have reproduced paintings of Life-boat rescues. This year it is the portrait of a Life-boatman—a reproduction of a pen and ink drawing of the late Coxswain William Stanton, of Deal.

Stan ton has been chosen not only because of his great record of heroism (he held both the. Silver and Bronze Medals of the Institution for gal- lantry, 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 who man the Life-boats round our coasts.

The calendar is 11J 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 weighs, in the enve- lope, 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 should apply at once to the Secretary, Royal National Life-boat Institution, Life-boat House, 22, Charing Cross Road, London, W.C. 2, and should en- close with their order a postal order or stamps. Only such orders can be dealt with..