Campbeltown (Argyllshire) ; Troon (Ayrshire).

DURING September tte Inaugural Cere- monies took place of two new Motor Life-boats on tte West Coast of Scot- land, at Campbeltown, Argyllstire, and Troon, Ayrstire.

Ttere are now ttree Motor Life-boats protecting tte Clyde and its approactes, and a fourtt is under construction for Girvan, Ayrstire. All four Life-boats are gifts from Glasgow. Tte new Troon boat tas been provided out of a legacy from tte late Lady Rictmond of Glasgow, and a very generous gift Jirom ter daugtter, Mrs. Jotn Fairlie. Tte greater part of the cost of the Motor Life-boat stationed at Port Patrick, Wigtownshire, .in 1929, has been defrayed by a legacy from the late Mrs. Agnes Colquhoun of Glasgow. Tte Girvan boat is a gift from Mrs. Lawrence Glen of Glasgow; and tte new Campbeltown Motor Life-boat tas been named City of Glasgow as a mark of tte Institution's appreciation of tte magnificent financial telp received from its Glasgow Branct in recent years.

Since 1926, wten it raised £2,390, Glasgow tas more ttan doubled its contribution. Last year it raised £5,152, easily beating bott Manctester and Liverpool, and being second only to the City of London, which contributed £9,930 (while the whole of Greater London contributed over £20,000). This year it has contributed over £13,000, and, in addition, the Institution has received over £4,000 from Glasgow in the form of legacies. In a later issue of The Lifeboat the usual comparison of tte contributions from leading Branctes will be publisted, but it can be said now ttat Glasgow's £13,000 is tte tigtest sum ever received from a Branct, witt tte exception of £19,854 received from tte Manctester, Salford and District Branct in 1924, tte Centenary Year of tte Institution, ttis contribution in- cluding £11,003 raised as a special centenary gift by a ttree-days' bazaar.

The Campbeltown Ceremony.

Tte new Campbeltown Life-boat is a Barnett Motor Life-boat, a sister boat to tte new Stromness Life-boats at Strom- ness and Stornoway. Ste is 51 feet by 13 feet 6 inctes, is divided into eigtt watertigtt compartments, and tas 160 air cases. Ste is driven by two 60 t.p.

engines, giving ter a speed of nearly 9 knots, and ste carries enougt petrol to be able to travel 120 miles at full speed wittout refuelling. Ste carries a searctligtt and a line-ttrowing gun, is fitted witt sprays for spraying oil on tte waves, and can take 100 people on board in rougt weatter.

Campbeltown tas tad a Life-boat Station since 1861, and its Life-boats have rescued 114 lives from shipwreck.

The Ceremony took place on 3rd Sep- tember. The Anchor Line, of which Mr.

William Henderson, Hon. Treasurer of the Glasgow Branch, is the Managing Director, very kindly put at the disposal of the Branch its tender Paladin, which brought the Lord Provost of Glasgow, the Duke of Montrose (Chairman of the Scottish Life-boat Council), Mr. Leonard Gow, J.P. (Chairman of the Glasgow Branch), and about a hundred members of the Branch from Wemyss Bay to Campbeltown. The Ceremony took place on board the Paladin, about 250 members of the Campbeltown Branch joining the representatives of the Glas- gow Branch on board, while there was a large crowd at the harbour side.

THE LOED PROVOST OF GLASGOW.

Ex-Provost Hugh Mitchell, J.P., President of the Campbeltown Branch, was in the chair, and Provost John Smith, J.P., of Campbeltown, intro- duced the Lord Provost of Glasgow (Mr. Thomas Kelly), saying that it was the first occasion on which a Lord Provost of Glasgow had visited Campbel- town in his official capacity.

The Lord Provost of Glasgow then presented the Life-boat to the Institu- tion. In doing so he said that the record of the Institution was one of which everyone was proud, and Glasgow was justly proud of the increasing help which it was giving to the Institution.

He felt sure that the honour done to Glasgow by the naming of this Life- boat after her would be an incentive to still greater effort in Glasgow and throughout Scotland, in support of the Life-boat Service.

THE DUKE OF MONTROSE.

The Life-boat was received by the Duke of Montrose, C.B., C.V.O., V.D., Chairman of the Scottish Life-boat Council, who paid a warm tribute to the generosity of Glasgow and to the work of the Campbeltown Station.

Ex-Provost Mitchell, in accepting the Life-boat, said that the Campbeltown Branch would do its best to deserve the confidence which the Institution had shown in it by entrusting it with such a magnificent Life-boat. Mr. Mitchell then paid a very warm tribute to Mr.

J. A. Gardiner, Honorary Secretary of the Station from 1899 to 1929, and an Honorary Life-Governor of the Institu- tion. The Branch had been very fortunate in having such a liberal citizen and such a brave and skilful seaman as its Honorary Secretary, and to him was chiefly due the efficiency of the Station.

Commander .E. D. Drury, O.B.E., R.D., E.N.R., Chief Inspector of Life- boats, then described the Life-boatt and proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. William Henderson, Managing Director of the Anchor Line, for his kindness in placing the tender Paladin at the disposal of the Glasgow Branch for the ceremony.

It was only the latest of many generous acts of help for which the Branch was indebted to the Anchor Line.

The Rev. T. S. Macpherson, of Campbeltown, dedicated the Life-boat, and Mrs. Hugh Mitchell, of Seafield, named her City of Glasgow.

THE DUKE OF ARGYLL.

A vote of thanks to the Lord Provost of Glasgow was proposed by the Duke of Argyll, Lord Lieutenant of the county of Argyll and Patron of the Campbel- town Branch, and a vote of thanks to Mrs. Mitchell was proposed by Mr.

Leonard Gow, J.P., Chairman of the Glasgow Branch, and a Vice-President of the Institution.

The singing was led by a choir con- ducted by Miss Jen. Brown, L.R.A.M., and among those present were Mrs.

M'Creadie, daughter of the Lord Pro- vost, Bailie Swan, Bailie Armstrong, Lord Dean of Guild Robertson, Sir John Samuel and Sheriff J. Macmaster Campbell, C.B.E., all of Glasgow ; Mr.

J. W. Harper Gow (Hon. Secretary of the Glasgow Branch), Mrs. Hourston, O.B.E. (Joint Hon. Secretary of the Glasgow Ladies' Life-boat Guild), the Campbell of Saddell, the Campbell of Lochnell and Major G. M. Duncan, O.B.E. (Hon. Secretary of the Campbel- town Branch).Troon (Ayrshire).

The new Troon Motor Life-boat is of the Watson type, and is 40 feet 6 inches by 11 feet 8 inches. She is one of a much improved type of 40-feet Watson Boat of which the first went to Wey- niouth last year. This improved type is 6 inches longer, and it has been found possible to give it an extra 8 inches of beam, which means that it is more stable, but this increased stability has been obtained without any sacrifice of speed. The free board is 8f inches, in service conditions—an increase of over 5 inches—and this, combined with higher ends, makes a much drier boat.

The Troon boat is driven by a 50 h.p.

engine, which gives her a speed of 7| knots, and she carries enough petrol to be able to travel 115 miles at full speed without refuelling. She is divided into six water-tight compartments, and is fitted with 160 air cases. Her greatly increased stability and buoyancy are strikingly shown by the fact that with the old type of 40-feet boat, 56 men on board would bring the deck awash, while the new type can take 160 men on board before the deck is awash. In rough weather she can take 40 people on board.

The Inaugural Ceremony took place on 27th September, Mr. James Clark, J.P., Chairman of the Branch, presiding.

The Duke of Montrose, C.B., C.V.O., . V.D., Chairman of the Scottish Life-boat Council and Vice-President of the Institution, presented the Life-boat to the -Branch. In doing so he paid a tribute to the memory of Sir David Richmond of Glasgow, after whom the Life-boat was to be named, and whom he himself remembered as Lord Provost of the city and as a man with a high sense of public service.

THE DUKE OF MONTROSE.

The Duke then gave a review of the work of the Institution in Scotland and of the support which the Scottish people gave to the Institution. Scotland had 41 Life-boats, and of these 18 were modern Motor Life-boats. To maintain them—apart from the heavy capital expenditure—cost nearly £18,000 a year.

Before the Scottish Life-boat Council was formed, Scottish .subscriptions were only £11,000 a year, but in the last four years, thanks largely to the generosity of Glasgow, under the chairmanship of Mr. Leonard Gow, the Scottish contri- bution had been increased to £15,000 a year. This was a considerable increase, but he would never be satisfied until the Scottish people contributed enough to maintain the Life-boats on their own coasts. The Duke also read a telegram received from Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., Chairman of the Committee of Management of the Institution, which expressed the Institution's gratitude to Mrs. Fairlie and the citizens of Glasgow.

Mr. James Clark accepted the Life- boat and in doing so expressed the gratitude of Troon to Mrs. Fairlie, and said that Troon would continue to give its best services to the Life-boat Cause.

Lieut.-Commander J. M. Upton, R.N.R., District Inspector of Life-boats, then described the boat, and the Rev.

Robert Smith, of Troon Old Church, dedicated her.

MB. LEONARD Gow.

Mr. Leonard Gow, J.P., Chairman of the Glasgow Branch and a Vice- President of the Institution, then called on Mrs. Fairlie to name the Life-boat.

It must, he said, be a proud day for Mrs. Fairlie, and it was a proud day for all Glasgow citizens who were interested in the Life-boat Service, for the Service owed this boat to the generosity of two Glasgow ladies, and it would bear the name of a distinguished Glasgow citizen.

Mrs. Fairlie then named the Life-boat Sir David Richmond of Glasgow.

A Vote of Thanks to Mrs. Fairlie was proposed by Provost D. McAlister, and a Vote of Thanks to Mr. James Clark and those who had taken part in the Ceremony was proposed by Mr. Robert Clark.

The singing was accompanied by the Troon Burgh Band, conducted by Mr.

William Elder, and was led by the joint Church Choirs. After the Ceremony, Mrs. Fairlie, the Duke of Montrose and others went for a cruise in the Life-boat..