1st April to 31st July.

Greater London.

GREATER LONDON.—Life-boat day.

District conference. (For special report see page 131.) ACTON AND CHISWICK.—Annual meet- ing. Amount collected in 1932 £93, as compared with £126 in 1931.

BE XLEYHEATH.—Garden party. Ad- dress by Commander Henry Strong, R.D., R.N.R., a member of the Committee of Management.

CLAPHAM.—Whist drive.

CROYDON.—Address by the district organizing secretary to the Rotary Club.

HAMMERSMITH.—Swimming gala ; pre- sentation of prizes by the Viscountess Hearst ed.

HAMPSTEAD.—" At Home" given by Captain and Mrs. Basil Hall. Speaker : The district organizing secretary.

HAYES.—Garden party. Address by Major Burnett Brown, M.C., deputy secretary of the Institution.

HORNSEY.—Garden party. Address by the district organizing secretary. Bridge drive, organized by Mrs. Johnston.

KENSINGTON, NORTH.—Address by Mrs. Collins, the late assistant secretary to the Conservative and Unionist Association.

MITCHAM.—Social. Address by the district organizing secretary. Whist drive.

NEW MALDEN.—Whist drive.

ST. ALBANS.—Annual meeting. Speaker : Lieut.-Col. C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the Institution. Amount col- lected in 1932 £313, as compared with £265 in 1931.

ST. PANCRAS.—The branch has suffered a severe loss by the death of Lieut.-Com- mander W. O. Comport, R.N., who had been its honorary secretary since 1928.

WALTHAMSTOW.—Garden party. Ad- dress by the district organizing secretary.

WOODFORD AND EPPING.—The branch has suffered a severe loss by the death of Mrs. Stevens, its founder in 1920, who was the honorary secretary until 1930.

In 1929 she was awarded the life-boat picture.

Life-boat day at Epping.

Lectures at Hackney, Ilford, Mottingham, North Battersea, South Battersea, Tooting and Upper Norwood.

North-West of England.

ABRAM AND BICKERSHAW.—Annual meeting on 31st May. Miss Winstanley elected honorary secretary in succession to Mrs. Bishop.

ACCRINGTON.—Life-boat days at Church, Clayton-le-Moors, and Oswaldtwistle.

ADLINGTON.—Life-boat day.

ASHTON - UNDER - LYNE. — Annual American tea.

BACUP.—Life-boat day.

BAMBER BRIDGE AND WALTON-LE- DALE.-—First annual open bowling tourna- ment.

BILLINGE AND BLACKBURN.—Life- boat" days. . .

BLACKPOOL.—Life-boat service at St.

Stephen-on-the-Cliffs. Preacher : The Rev.

F. B. Freshwater, chaplain to the Blackpool life-boat crew. The lessons were read by Coxswain H. Parr, and the Blackpool life- boat band accompanied the hymns.

BOLTON, BREDBURY, BRIERFIELD, BURY,'» CHORLEY, CLITHEROE AND WHALLEY, CREWE, CHESTER, CROMP- TON'AND SHAW, CULCHETH-WITH- KENYON, DARWEN, AND FARN- WORTH.—Life-boat days.

FLEETWOOD.—Inaugural ceremony of the motor life-boat. (See special report on page 119.) GARSTANG AND GOLBORNE.—Life- boat days.

HASLINGDEN.—Annual meeting on 23rd May, the Mayor, president of the branch, in the chair. Amount collected in 1932 £33, "as compared with £28 in 1931. Life-boat day.

HEYWOOD.—Annual garden whist drive.

Life-boat day.

HINDLEY.—Special meeting, at which Mrs. Wilson and Miss H. A. South worth were elected honorary treasurer and honorary secretary respectively.

HOLME.—Annual meeting on 26th May.

Amount collected in 1932 £8, the same amount as in 1931.

HOYLAKE AND OLDHAM.—Launch of the Oldham life-boat at Hoylake, for about 300 school-children from Oldham, on the occasion of their annual " outing," under the patronage of the Mayor and Mayoress of Oldham, and for members of the Oldham Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Address by the Mayor of Oldham.

HYDE.—Life-boat days. Whist drive, at which the Institution's award of a life-boat picture was presented by the Mayor to Mrs. F. Allsop, the honorary secretary.

KENDAL AND KESWICK.—Life-boat days.

LANCASTER.—Annual garden fete by permission of Sir H. and Lady Travis Clegg.

LEIGH.—Life-boat day.

LITTLEBOROUGIL—American supper.

LITTLE HULTON.—Annual meeting on 14th June. Amount collected in 1932 £24, as compared with £21 in 1931.

Life-boat day.

LIVERPOOL.—Annual meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild on 23rd May.

Amount collected in 1932 £1,125, as compared with £1,202 in 1931.

NEW BRIGHTON.—Annual life-boat service, the Bishop of Manchester preach- ing, preceded by a procession from the life-boat house. Oil painting of the late George Robinson, coxswain of the New Brighton life-boat, by Mr. John A. A.

Berrie, presented to the branch, and un- veiled at the life-boat house by the Mavor of Wallasey.

LYMM AND HEATLEY.—Life-boat day.

LYTHAM-ST.-ANNES.—Special meeting at which a St. Annes-on-Sea Ladies' Life- boat Guild was formed. Chairman, Mrs. A. A.

Hilton ; vice-chairman, Mrs. Spmershield; joint honorary secretaries, Miss V. M.

Fan-child and Miss K. Ingham.

MACCLESFIELD.— Life-boat days.

MANCHESTER, SALFORD AND DISTRICT.—Special meeting of the branch committee, Mr. P. M. Oliver, C.B.E., pre- siding. Speakers: Lieut.-Col. C. R. Satter- thwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the Institution, Lieut.-Commander F. W. Astbury, M.P., Mr. C. E. Fielding, and the district organizing secretary. Lieut.-Commander F. W. Astbury, M.P., elected chairman of the branch in succession to Mr. W. H. Flanagan. Broad- cast appeal from the North Regional District Broadcasting Station by Coxswain Harry Parr of the Blackpool life-boat. Life-boat days. Collections at the Manchester Docks on the occasion of the visit of the Destroyer Flotilla.

COLLYHURST AND HARPURHEY.

—Dancing displays given by Madame Robinson's " Clever Young Folk," with an appeal and collection.

ECCLES.—Special meeting, the Mayor presiding. Life-boat Guild reconstituted.

President, the Mayor; vice-presidents, Mrs.

Watson, Miss Dowzer and Mrs. Moore; honorary treasurer, Mr. E. B. Crowther; honorary secretary, Mr. E. Lamb.

FALLOWFIELD.—Address by the branch secretary to members of the Ladyburn British Legion.

HULME.—Whist drive, organized by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

MOSS SIDE.—Special meeting. Ladies' Life-boat Guild reconstituted. President, Col. Sir Joseph Nail, D.S.O., M.P. ; vice- presidents, Mr. and Mrs. T. Hyde, Mrs.

Shepherd ; honorary treasurer, Mrs. Vernon Richards; honorary secretary, Mrs. P.

Barr.

" Cruising ball," arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild committee. Colonel Sir Joseph Nail, D.S.O., M.P., president of the Guild, and Lady Nail were present, also officers from the Destroyer Flotilla visiting Manchester. A mannequin parade was arranged by " Bukta " of Manchester, and the hall was decorated by the White Star Line. Whist drive.

STRETFORD.—Annual meeting on 5th April.

URMSTON.—Special meeting on 12th April. Ladies' Life-boat Guild formed.

President, the chairman of the council; chairman, Councillor D. Jones, J.P.; vice-presidents, Dr. Munro, Councillor Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Davies (Flixton), Mrs.

H. Rhodes Ball (Davyhulme), Mrs. Goude, Mrs. A. Riley, Mrs. Logan, Councillor Mrs. Leigh, Councillor Heaford; honorary treasurer, Mr. J. Wilks; honorary secre- tary, Miss A. M. Broome.

WALKDEN.—Garden meeting.

WEST SALFORD.—" Cruising ball," under the patronage of the Mayor and Mayoress of Salford. Officers from the Destroyer Flotilla visiting Manchester Docks were present at the invitation of the Mayor and Mayoress.

Special meeting, with the Mayoress of Salford present. Councillor G. C. Hampson presided. Mrs. P. J. Hampson was elected honorary secretary in the place of Mr.

W. H. Shaw resigned.

MARYPORT.—Annual garden party, organized by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

MIDDLETON AND MIDDLEWICH.— Life-boat days.

MOTTRAM AND BROADBOTTOM.— American tea.

NANTWICH.—Annual meeting on 19th May. Amount collected in 1932 £62, as compared with £59 in 1931. Mrs. Codrington elected president in succession to Mrs.

Verdin. Mrs. Marshall Brooks elected vice- president. The Institution's award of a framed life-boat picture was presented to Mrs. MacDonald, honorary secretary of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

Life-boat day.

NEWTON - IN - MAKERFIELD. — Life- boat day.

NORTHWICH.—Annual meeting on 31st May. Amount collected in 1932 £86, as compared with £80 in 1931.

Life-boat day.

PADIHAM.—Life-boat day.

PEEL.—Annual Sunday service.

PIEL (Barrow).—Terpsichorean display, given by the pupils of Miss Dora Marshall.

Life-boat day.

PORT ERIN.—Annual dinner-table col- lection.

RISHTON, ROMILEY, AND SAND- BACH.—Life-boat days.

SOUTHPORT.—Annual meeting on 24th May, the Mayor of Southport, president of the branch, in the chair. Amount collected in 1932 £298, as compared with £333 in 1931.

Mr. W. E. Williamson elected honorary secretary in succession to Mr. J. H. Cross, and Mrs. N. Henderson, honorary secretary of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild in succession to Mrs. J. Fay.

Life-boat day.

STALYBRIDGE AND STOCKPORT.— Life-boat days.

STANDISH.—House-to-house collection.

TOTTINGTON. — House-to-house collec- tion.

UPHOLLAND.—Life-boat day.

WARRINGTON. — Tennis tournament.

Life-boat day.

WESTHOUGHTON AND WHALEY BRIDGE.—Life-boat days.

WIDNES.-—Annual meeting on 7th June.

The Mayor of Widnes, president of the branch, in the chair. Amount collected in 1932 £35, as compared with £15 in 1931.

Life-boat day.

WIGAN.—Life-boat day.

WORSTHORNE. — House-to-house col- lection.

North-East of England.

BARNSLEY AND BATLEY.—Life-boat days.

BLYTH.—River trip and tea.

BRADFORD, BRIDLINGTON, AND BRIGHOUSE.—Life-boat days.

CONISBOROUGH.—Life-boat day and whist drive.

CRESSWELL.—Life-boat day.

DARLINGTON.—Life-boat day and whist drives.

DERWENT VALLEY.—Life-boat day.

DEWSBURY.—Annual meeting on 2nd May. Amount collected in 1932 £82, as compared with £105 in 1931.

The branch has suffered a severe loss by the death in July of Mrs. Mackellar, who had been its honorary secretary since 1915, and who was awarded the gold badge of the Institution in 1920.

ELLAND.—House-to-house appeal.

GATESHEAD.—Bridge drive. Garden fete.

GOLCAR AND GOOLE.—Life-boat days.

HARROGATE.—Garden fete.

HARTLEPOOL. —Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Institution, presented the thanks of the Institution and a silver inkstand to Mr. Alfred Belk, on his retirement after serving as honorary secretary for fifty-one years.

Life-boat day.

HECKMONDWIKE AND HEMS- WORTH.—Life-boat days.

HOLMFIRTH.—Life-boat day.

HONLEY.—House-to-house collection.

HORBURY.—Performance by St. Peter's Operatic Society.

HORNSEA.—Garden fete.

HUDDERSFIELD.—American tea.

HULL.—Life-boat day.

KEIGHLEY.—Annual meeting on 8th May, the Mayor presiding. Efforts of the past year: Works collection and life-boat day.

Personal appeal for subscriptions by members of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Amount collected in 1932 £241, as compared with £258 in 1931.

KIRKHEATON.—House-to-house appeal.

LEEDS.—Annual meeting on 4th May, Alderman Martin, J.P., chairman of the branch, presiding. Efforts of the past year : Matinee, life-boat day. Amount collected in 1932 £867, as compared with £1,068 in 1931.

MARSDEN AND MELTHAM.—Life- boat days.

MEXBOROUGH.—Bridge drive.

MORPETH.—Life-boat day.

NEWBURN.—Garden whist drive.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE AND OUT- WOOD.—Life-boat days.

PATRINGTON.—Life-boat day. Whist drive.

POCKLINGTON.— Life-boat day.

REDCAR.—Egg collection, whist drive and dance. Life-boat day.

ROBIN HOOD'S BAY.—Life-boat day.

ROTHERHAM.—Annual meeting on 7th July, Mr. J. Dickinson, J.P., chairman of the branch, presiding. Speaker : Lieut.-Col. C. R.

Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the Institution. Efforts of the past year : Life-boat day. Amount collected in 1932 £125, as compared with £187 in 1931.

RUNSWICK.—Social.

RYTON.—Annual meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Efforts of the past year : Life-boat day. Amount collected in 1932 £27, as compared with £30 in 1931.

Life-boat day.

SCARBOROUGH. — Bridge and whist drives.

SELBY.—Life-boat day.

SHEFFIELD.—Annual meeting on 15th May, the Lord Mayor, president of the branch, in the chair. Speaker : Lieut.-Col.

C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the Institution. Efforts of the past year : Life- boat day, appeals to churches. Amount collected last year £386, as compared with £401 in the previous year.

Life-boat day.

SOUTH SHIELDS, SPENBOROUGH, STOCKTON, SUNDERLAND AND TYNEMOUTH.—Life-boat days.

WAKEFIELD.—Collection in Playhouse Theatre. Garden party.

WASHINGTON.—American tea.

WITHERNSEA.—Life-boat day.

WOOLER.—Annual meeting on 25th May, the Hon. Mrs. Claude Lambton presiding.

Efforts of the past year : Subscription appeal.

Midlands.

ALFRETON.—Presentation of Life-boat Essay Competition award by the district organizing secretary. " Heroes of the Sea " film shown, with collection. I/ife-boat day.

ATHERSTONE AND NUNEATON, ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH, BADSEY, BAKE- WELL, AND HELPER AND HEAGE.— Life-boat days.

BIRMINGHAM.—Life-boat day garden party arranged by Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Bird. Speaker : Lieut.-Col. C. R. Satter- thwaite, secretary of the Institution. Pre- sentation of silver inkstand awarded to Mr.

George Ward, vice-president of the branch, in recognition of his fifty years of life-boat service, and of the record of thanks awarded to Mrs. Collings-Jones, president of the Smethwick Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

Collection arranged by Mrs. Geoffrey Bird, chairman of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, at Solihull Air Display.

Cinema collections at Aston Cross Picture House, Edgbaston Picture House, Forum Picture House, Orient Picture House, Empire Theatre, the Robin Hood, Alhambra, Adelphi, Astoria, Green Lane and Scala, Addresses by the district organizing sec- retary to Bournbrook Rangers, King's Norton Rangers, Portland Road Guides and Rangers, Yardley Sisterhood and British School of Commerce.

BLACKHEATH (Staffs), BLOCKLEY, BOURNE, BREEDON-ON-THE-HILL, BRIERLEY HILL, BRIGG, BRISTOL, BROADWAY, BROMSGROVE, BROWN HILLS, BURTON-ON-TRENT, AND BUX- TON.—Life-boat days.

CHELTENHAM.—Annual meeting, the Mayor in the chair. Speaker : Lieut.-Col.

C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the Institution. Amount collected in 1932 £192, as compared with £210 in 1931. Life-boat day.

CIRENCESTER, COLESHILL, CRAD- LEY HEATH AND OLDHILL, COSELEY, AND DAVENTRY.—Life-boat days.

DERBY. — House-to-house collection.

Life-boat day at Ilkeston.

DESBOROUGH, DROITWICH, EVE- SHAM, FAIRFORD AND LECHLADE, GAINSBOROUGH, GLOUCESTER, HALESOWEN, AND HEANOR.—Life- boat days.

HINCKLEY.—" Heroes of the Sea " film shown, with collection.

IRTHLINGBOROUGH, KETTERING AND BURTON LATIMER, LANGWITH, LICHFIELD, LONG EATON, LOUGH- BOROUGH, MALVERN, AND MARKET DEEPING.—Life-boat days.

MARKET HARBOROUGH. — House-to- house collection.

MELTON MOWBHAY.—Life-boat day.

NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME. — Garden party at Ashley Heath, arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, NEW MILLS, NORTHAMPTON, NOTTINGHAM, OAKHAM AND UP- PINGHAM, OLDBURY AM) LANGLEY, PERSHORE, PETERBOROUGH, PORTISHEAD, REDDITCH, RETFORD, RUBERY AND REDNAL, AND RUGBY.

•—Life-boat days.

RUGELEY.—" Heroes of the Sea " film shown, with collection. Life-boat day.

Garden party and fete. Annual life-boat ball.

RUSHDEN.—Life-boat day.

SEDGLEY.—" Heroes of the Sea" film shown, with collection. Life-boat day.

SHIRLEY.—Life-boat day.

SKEGNESS.—Inaugural ceremony of the new motor life-boat. (For special report see page 119.) SLEAFORD.—" Heroes of the Sea " film shown, with collection. Life-boat day. , SMETHWICK. — Annual meeting, the Mayor in the chair. Speaker : Mr. G. F.

Igglesden, chairman of the Birmingham branch. Presentation of the gold badge awarded to Mrs. Collings-Jones. Amount collected in 1932 £66, as compared with £65 in 1931. Life-boat day.

SPILSBY.—Life-boat day at Coningsby.

STOURBRIDGE.—Life-boat day.

STAFFORD.—House-to-house collection.

STOW-ON-WOLD, STRATFORD-ON- AVON, STROUD, SWADLINCOTE, AND TAMWORTH.—Life-boat days.

TETBURY.—" Heroes of the Sea " film shown, -with collection. Life-boat day.

TOWCESTER. — Garden whist drive.

Address to the Women's Institute by the district organizing secretary.

UPTON-ON-SEVERN.—Life-boat day.

WALSALL.—Life-boat day. Address by the district organizing secretary.

WEDNESFIELD, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND WOODHALL SPA.—Life-boat days.

WORCESTER. — House-to-house collec- tion.

Lectures at Brierley Hill, Clent, Cold Higham, Elmley Castle (Pershore), Pattishall and Uttoxeter.

South-East of England.

ARUNDEL. •— House-to-house collection.

ASHFORD.—" Heroes of the Sea " film shown, with collection.

AYLESBURY.—Life-boat day.

BECCLES.—Life-boat day, and films shown.

BLETCHLEY.—Life-boat day.

BRENTWOOD.—Address to the Rotary Club by the district organizing secretary.

BRIGHTLINGSEA.—Life-boat day.

BRIGHTON AND HOVE.—Musical" At Home," arranged by Mr. O. G. Berry Harding.

The dansant. Cinema collection. Life-boat ball.

BURNHAM-ON-CROUCH, BURGESS HILL, AND CAMBERLEY. — Life-boat days.

CANTERBURY.—Bridge and whist drive.

Life-boat days at Canterbury and Hersden.

CATERHAM.—Life-boat day at Cater- ham, Warlingham, and Whyteleafe.

CHELMSFORD AND DISTRICT.—Life- boat day and film shown.

CHICHESTER.—Life-boat day at Stan- sted. House-to-house collection.

CHORLEY WOOD.—Tennis tournament.

CLACTON-ON-SEA.—Rummage sale.

COBHAM.—Concert at Oxshott.

COLCHESTER.—Life-boat day. House- to-house collection at Dedham.

CROMER.—Certificates of service pre- sented to eight members of the crew, by Mr.

F. H. Barclay, the honorary secretary.

DARTFORD.—Garden meeting. Address by district assistant secretary.

DISS.—Life-boat day.

DOVER AND DISTRICT.—Life-boat day, and " Heroes of the Sea" film shown.

Matinee at the King's Hall Cinema.

DOWNHAM MARKET AND EAST DEREHAM.—Life-boat days.

EASTBOURNE. — Life-boat days at Heathfield and Horeham Road, Hellingly, Upper Dicker, Magham Down, Mayfield and Pevensey.

FOLKESTONE.—" Heroes of the Sea " film shown, with collection. Garden party.

Dancing display at the Grand Hotel and Leas Cliff Hall.

GERRARD'S CROSS.—Life-boat day.

GOODWIN SANDS AND DOWNS.— " Heroes of the Sea " film shown at Deal and Walmer, with collections.

GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLE- STON.—Tablet commemorating the heroism of Great Yarmouth life-boatmen unveiled by the Mayor. Life-boat day, and films shown at three cinemas.

GUILDFORD.—Competition at Bramley Golf Club.

HARWICH.—Life-boat day.

HASTINGS.—Blessing of the sea service.

Life-boat day.

HAVERHILL.—Life-boat day.

IPSWICH.—Lantern lecture at Playford Women's Institute by Mr. E. E. Rope, joint honorary secretary.

KING'S LYNN.—Joint life-boat day with Hull Sailors' Orphanage.

LEATHERHEAD.—Life-boat day.

LEWES.—Life-boat days.

MARCH.—Life-boat day, and " Heroes of the Sea " film shown.

MARGATE.—District conference, followed by a special service at Holy Trinity Church, and a dance and concert. A special report appeared in the last issue of The Lije-boat.

MARLOW.—Concert party. Life-boat day.

MIDHURST.—House-to-house collection.

NEWPORT PAGNELL. — House-to- house collection.

RAMSGATE.—Life-boat day, and film shown.

ROMFORD.—Address to Rotary CJa$ by Lieut.-Col. C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the Institution. Golf competi- tion. Life-boat day.

RYE AND WINCHELSEA.—Garden sale.

ST. IVES (Hunts)—Golf competition.

SEAFORD.—Presentation by Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Institution, of the gold badge awarded to Miss Leresche, honorary secretary of the branch, at a garden party given by Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Carr-Gomm. Life-boat day.

SHOREHAM.—Life-boat day.

SITTINGBOURNE. — House-to-house collection.

SLOUGH.—Life-boat day.

SOUTHBOROUGH AND STOW- MARKET.—Life-boat days.

SOUTHEND.—Life-boat day. Address to the Rotary Club by Lieut.-Col. C. R.

Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the Institution.

UPMINSTER.—Tennis tournament.

WALTON AND FRINTON.—Coxswain and crew entertained to dinner by the officers and members of the Yacht Club.

WALTON-ON-THAMES.—Life-boat day.

WELWYN.—House-to-house collection.

WESTERHAM.—Scavenging hunt.

WEYBRIDGE AND WINSLOW.—Life- boat days.

WOKINGHAM. — Competition at East Berks Golf Club. Life-boat day.

WOLVERTON AND DISTRICT.—Life- boat day. Works collection.

WORTHING.—Life-boat day and " Heroes of the Sea " film shown.

Lectures at Boxley (Maidstone), Boving- don, Burgess Hill, Chatteris, Cookham Dean (Maidenhead), Farnham Common (Slough), Gillingham, High Wycombe, Layer-de-la- Haye (Colchester), Little Berkhamsted, Maidstone, Mentmore, Mountfield, Seven- oaks, Slough, Southend, Westgate, Wrays- bury (Egham and Englefield Green).

South-West of England.

ABINGDON.—Special meeting arranged by Lady Norman, the Mayor presiding.

Speaker : The district organizing secretary.

AXMINSTER.—Life-boat day. Life-boat day at Colyton.

The branch has suffered a serious loss by the death of its president, Mr. S. M. Manning- Kidd.

BARNSTAPLE.—Life-boat day.

BASINGSTOKE.—Open-air whist drive, arranged by Mrs. Stratford, chairman of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. House-to-house collection. Meeting held at Bedford House, by the kindness of Mrs. Stratford, who presided. The Mayoress, president of the Guild, attended.

BATH.—Presentation of life-boat essay competition award by Councillor Lieut.-Col.

the Hon. H. S. Davey, C.M.G. Life-boat day.

BIDEFORD.—Garden party given by Lady Rosamund Christie, arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

BLANDFORD.—Presentation of life-boat essay competition award by the Mayor of Blandford.

BOURNEMOUTH.—Annual meeting in the Town Hall, the Mayor presiding, sup- ported by the Mayor of Poole. Speaker : Sir Godfrey Baring," Bt., chairman of the Institution. Presentation by the Mayor of the record of thanks awarded by the Institu- tion to Miss Milligan, collector. Amount collected in 1932 £566, as compared with £665 in 1931.

BRIDPORT. — Special meeting, Rear- Admiral C. H. Fox, president, in the chair.

BUDLEIGH SALTERTON. — Life-boat day.

BURNHAM.—Life-boat days at Burnham and Highbridge.

CALNE.—Life-boat day.

CHARD.—Special meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Speaker: The district organizing secretary.

CHIPPENHAM, CLEVEDON, CREDI- TON, DARTMOUTH AND DAWLISH.— Life-boat days.

DEVIZES.—Presentation of life-boat essay competition award by the Hon. Mrs. Bailey.

Life-boat day.

EASTLEIGH, EXETER, FALMOUTH (and villages), AND FAREHAM.—Life-boat days.

FARNBOROUGH AND FLEET.—Life- boat day. Variety concert at Fleet.

GOSPORT.—Fete at Bay House, Alver- stoke, by permission of Col. R. F. A. Sloane- Stanley, a member of the committee of management and president of the branch.

Presentation of life-boat essay competition awards by Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Institution.

HENLEY AND HONITON.—Life-boat days.

ILFRACOMBE.—Special meeting to re- organize the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

Speaker : The district organizing secretary.

Miss Cockburn elected president.

ISLE OF WIGHT.—Life-boat days at Brading, Freshwater, Totland Bay, and Shanklin. Special meeting at Ryde. Speaker: The district organizing secretary.

LOSTWITHIEL, LUDGERSHALL, LYMINGTON, MERE, NEWTON ABBOT, OKEHAMPTON, AND PAIGNTON.—Life- boat days.

PENZANCE. — Special meeting, the Mayoress presiding. Speaker: The district organizing secretary. Ladies' Life-boat Guild formed for Penzance and Sennen Cove.

Miss Groves, honorary secretary.

days at PETERSFIELD. — Life-boat Petersfleld and Liss.

PORTSMOUTH. — Special meeting of Ladies' Life-boat Guild, the Lord Mayor presiding, supported by the Lady Mayoress.

Speaker : The Rev. A. Peckham, vice- president of the branch. Life-boat day.

PLYMOUTH.—Life-boat day.

READING.—Life-boat day, and display of films.

REDRUTH.—Life-boat day.

RINGWOOD.—Annual dance.

ROMSEY.—Life-boat day.

ST. IVES (Cornwall).—Inaugural -cere- mony of the new motor life-boat. (For special report see p. 120.) SALISBURY.—Whist drive. Life-boat day. Life-boat day at Edmondsham.

SHERBORNE.—Life-boat day.

SOUTHAMPTON. — Special performance by the Blenheim Players of " Baa Baa Black Sheep." Life-boat day.

TAUNTON, THAME, AND TIVERTON.

—Life-boat days.

TORQUAY. — Special meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Mrs. Callard pre- siding. Speaker : The district organizing secretary. Life-boat day.

TOTNES.—Life-boat days at Ashburton and Bampton.

TROWBRIDGE, TRURO, WANTAGE, AND WAREHAM.—Life-boat days.

WARMINSTER.—Visit of Warminster branch helpers to Cowes to see the life-boat building yards. Life-boat day.

WELLS (Somerset) AND WESTBURY.— Life-boat days.

WESTON-SUPER-MARE.—Special meet- ing of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Speaker : The district organizing secretary. Mrs.

Greenfield elected honorary secretary.

WHITCHURCH (Andover). — Life-boat day.

WIMBORNE. — Cafe Chantant, with address by the district organizing secretary.

Life-boat day.

WINCHESTER.—Dancing display in the garden of St. Cross (by permission of the master), arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, and given by the pupils of Miss Peggy Whiteley, of Southsea.

YEOVIL.—Life-boat day at Crewkerne.

YEOVIL VILLAGES.—Life-boat days.

Lectures at Abingdon, Aldershot, Buckle- bury, Hermitage (Newbury), Shaw-cum- Donnington (Newbury), and Sennen Cove.

Scotland.

Meeting of the Scottish life-boat council in Glasgow on 24th May, the Duke of Mon- trose, C.B., C.V.O., V.D., LL.D., chairman, presiding.

ABERDEEN.—Presentation of life-boat essay competition awards by Mr. W. P.

Milne, a member of the education committee.

Life-boat_day.

ABERLOUR.—Life-boat day.

ALLOA.-—Life-boat day. Life-boat day at Dollar.

ANNAN.—Life-boat day.

ANSTRUTHER. — Inaugural ceremony of the new motor life-boat. (For special report see p. 120.) ARBROATH, ARDRISHAIG, AND ARDROSSAN.—Life-boat days.

AYR.—Presentation of life-boat essay competition awards.

BALLANTRAE. - Presentation of life- boat essay competition awards. Life-boat day.

BANFF, MACDUFF AND WHITE- HILLS. — Presentation by Ex-Provost Walker of the life-boatman's certificate awarded on his retirement to Second- Coxswain George Ritchie.

BANFF AND MACDUFF.—Life-boat day.

The branch has suffered a severe loss by the death in May of Mr. A. Findlay who had been joint honorary secretary for ten years.

BO'NESS, CARLUKE, CARRADALE, CARRON-BRIDGE AND CARNWATH.— Life-boat days.

COATBRIDGE. — Presentation of life- boat essay competition challenge shield to William McKenna, of St. Augustine's School, Coat bridge, by the district organising sec- retary, in the school playground, which was decorated for the occasion. Father Hamilton presided, and Ex-Provost Lavelle, Ex-Provost Irvine, Bailie Kirk, and the head- master took part. Mr. William Kerr, honorary secretary of the branch, and officers of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild were present.

CROMARTY.—Life-boat day at North Kessock.

CUPAR AND DARVEL.—Life-boat days.

DUNDEE.—Life-boat day and procession.

First prize, the Dundee Business Club Shield for best exhibit as an advertising medium, awarded to Messrs. McGregor & Balfour, Ltd.

DUNFERMLINE. — Presentation of life- boat essay competition awards by Admiral Sir John F. E. Green, K.C.M.G., C.B., vice- president of the branch. Life-boat day.

Concert and dramatic entertainment at Rosyth.

DUNOON.—Life-boat day.

EASTER ROSS.—Life-boat days at Tain and Portmahomack.

EDINBURGH.—Performances of "The Farmer's Wife," by Jenners Players, Edin- burgh. Part proceeds given to life-boat funds. Lantern lecture to West Edinburgh branch of the British Legion by Major A. H.

Stuart. Life-boat day and procession.

Presentation of life-boat essay competition awards by Captain A. S. Balfour, O.B.E., and Captain Meikle, members of the branch committee.

ELGIN.—Life-boat days.

ELIE.—Golf tournament, organized by Commander Heathcote, honorary secretary, and members of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

EYEMOUTH.—Fancy dress parade, part proceeds of which were devoted to life-boat funds. Life-boat days at Greenlaw and Legerwood.

FALKIRK.—Address to the Rotary Club by the district organizing secretary.

FORTROSE AND FORRES.—Life-boat days.

FRASERBURGH.—Sale of work opened by Mrs. J. Wallace Tarras, preceded by a procession through the streets by the life- boatmen, and followed by a dance. These efforts were arranged by the members of the life-boat crew and their wives.

Life-boat day. Presentation of life-boat essay competition awards. Concert organized by the National Union of Workless Men.

Life-boat charity football match.

GIRVAN.—Special meeting at which a Ladies' Life-boat Guild was formed, Mr.

R. O. Roxburgh, chairman of the branch, presiding. Speakers : Mrs. Lawrence Glen, donor of the Girvan motor life-boat, and the district organizing secretary. Life-boat day.

GLASGOW.—Annual meeting on 26th May, Mr. Leonard Gow, J.P., chairman of the branch, presiding. Efforts of the past year : Charity fete, dance, life-boat day and annual appeal. Amount collected in 1932 £4,160, as compared with £8,535 in 1931.

Life-boat day.

GOUROCK.—Life-boat day.

GRANGEMOUTH. — Annual meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild on 18th May, Miss Williamson, president, in the chair.

Speaker: The district organizing secretary.

Efforts of the past year : Life-boat day and whist drive.

Life-boat day.

GRANTOWN-ON-SPEY, GREENOCK, INVERKEITHING, AND IRVINE.—Life- boat days.

ISLE OF ARRAN.—Steamer collection.

Life-boat day.

JEDBURGH.—Life-boat day.

KILMARNOCK.—Special meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Lady Rowallan presiding. Speaker: Major A." H. Stuart.

Life-boat day.

KIRKCALDY.—Presentation of life-boat essay competition awards by Mr. J. Y.

Lockhart, vice-president of the branch, and Miss A. S. Thomson, honorary secretary of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

KIRKCUDBRIGHT.—Annual meeting of the Stewartry branch of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild on 18th April, the Countess of Gallo- way, president, in the chair. Efforts of th? past year : Southern district—house-to-house collection at Kirkcudbright, and district collections at Borgue, Dundrennan and Twynholm, and life-boat day at Balcary ; Northern district—life-boat days, house-to- house collections. Amounts collected in 1932: Southern district, £32 17s. 6d., as compared with £27 6s. 2d. in the previous year; Northern district, £41 10s. lid., as compared with £28 5s. lid. in the previous year.

Presentation of life-boat essay competition awards. Life-boat day at Castle Douglas.

KIRRIEMUIR, KYLE, AND LADY- BANK.—Life-boat days.

LAMINGTON.—Presentation of life-boat essay competition awards by Mr. James Paterson, honorary secretary of the branch.

Life-boat day.

LANARK.—Life-boat day.

LARGS.—Life-boat day at Skelmorlie.

LERWICK, MARKINCH, AND MOF- FAT.—Life-boat days.

MONTROSE.—Presentation of life-boat essay competition awards.

NEWMILL AND TEVIOTHEAD, NEW- MILNS, NEWTONMORE, NEWTON STEWART, AND OBAN.—Life-boat days.

PERTH.—Annual meeting on 13th June, the Rev. P. R. Landreth, chairman of the branch, presiding. Speakers : Rear-Admiral the Hon. W. S. Leveson-Gower, C.B., D.S.O., Lord Provost Thomas Hunter and the district organizing secretary. Efforts of the past year : Life-boat days in thirty-one districts and appeal by the committee.

Amount collected in 1932 £300, as compared with £341 in 1931.

Life-boat days.

PETERHEAD AND PORTPATRICK.— Life-boat days.

ROTHESAY.—Presentation of the Rothe- say life-boat committee to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, K.G., by the Duke of Montrose, C.B., C.V.O., V.D., LL.D., chair- man of the Scottish life-boat council, at the Castle, Rothesay. The Prince's destroyer was escorted to her moorings by the Girvan and Troon motor life-boats.

ST. ABBS. —Committee meeting, at which Lieut ..Commander T. G. Michelmore, R.D., R.N.R., northern district inspector, pre- sented the inscribed binoculars awarded to Mr. Colin MacCallum, the honorary secretary.

ST. ANDREWS, SALTCOATS, SAN- QUHAR, AND STONEHAVEN.—Life-boat days.

STORNOWAY. — Concert and dance, organized by the committee and Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

STRANRAER, SUTHERLAND, TAR- BERT, THURSO, TROON, AND WHIT- BURN.—Life-boat days.

WISHAW.—Presentation of life-boat essay competition awards by Rector A. J. C. KCTT, M.A., honorary secretary of the branch.

Lectures at Crossroads, Dunure, Fortingal and Sorn.

Ireland.

ARDGLASS.—Golf competition.

ARMAGH.—Annual meeting, Mrs. N.

Smith, vice-president, in the chair. Speakers: Mrs. Simpson, honorary secretary, Major Boyle, and the district organizing secretary.

Amount collected in 1932 £30, as compared with £34 in 1931.

BAGENALSTOWN.—Life-boat day.

BALL YCOTTON.—Annual meeting on 4th April, the Very Rev. Dean Wilson, chairman, presiding. Speaker •- The district organizing secretary. Amount collected in 1932 £117, as compared with £125 in 1931.

Life-boat day.

CARLOW.—Golf competition.

CASTLETOWNSHEND.—Life-boat day.

CLONAKILTY.—Dance.

CLONMEL, CLOUGHEY, COLERAINE, DONAGHADEE, AND DROGHEDA. —Life- boat days.

DUBLIN.-—Annual meeting. Speakers : Senator the Rt. Hon. Andrew Jameson, chairman of the branch, and the district organizing secretary. Amount collected in 1932 £1,056, as compared with £1,077 in 1931.

First annual life-boat ball held on Punches- town Night, 25th April. The Lord Mayor of Dublin, and the French and German ministers among those present. Life-boat days.

DUN LAOGHAIRE.—Annual meeting.

Amount collected in 1932 £204, as compared with £262 in 1931.

Life-boat day.

FERMOY.—Life-boat day.

GALWAY.—Golf competition.

GALWAY BAY.—Life-boat day.

HOWTH.—Annual meeting, Mr. T. J.

Gaisford St. Lawrence, in the chair. Speakers: Mr. B. J. Newcombe, and the district organiz- ing secretary. Amount collected in 1932 £114, as compared with £121 in the previous year.

Life-boat day.

KINSALE.—Concert.

LARNE.—Annual meeting. Speakers : Brigadier-General T. K. Evans Johnston, Miss L. Morrow, honorary secretary, and the district organizing secretary. Amount col- lected in 1932 £98, as compared with £103 in 1931.

Life-boat day.

LIMERICK, LONDONDERRY, MIDLE- TON, AND NEWCASTLE.—Life-boat days.

NEW ROSS, AND PORTARLINGTON.— Golf competitions.

PORTRUSH.—Life-boat day.

ROSSLARE, AND SKERRIES.—Golf competitions.

SKIBBEREEN.—Life-boat day.

SLIGO.—Golf competition.

STRABANE. —Special meeting. Speakers : The president, Mrs. J. C. Heardman, and the district organizing secretary. Life-boat day.

SUTTON.—Golf competition.

WATERFORD.—Life-boat day.

Wales.

(Including Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, and Shropshire.) ABERDOVEY.—The branch has suffered severe loss by the death of Mrs. Williams, wife of Captain J. Williams, F.R.A.S., F.R.G.S., the honorary secretary of the branch. Mrs. Williams has been for many years a very active worker for the branch.

ABERGAVENNY AND ABERTILLERY.

—Life-boat days.

ABERYSTWYTH.—Inaugural ceremony of the new motor life-boat. (A special report appeared in the last issue of The Life-boat.) AMMANFORD.—Presentation of life-boat essay competition awards. Speaker : The district organizing secretary.

BARRY.—Ladies' Life-boat Guild formed.

Honorary secretary, Mrs. E. E. Stonehewer.

Presentation of life-boat essay competition awards by the chairman of the Barry Education Committee. Life-boat day.

BEAUMARIS.—Annual meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild on 30th March, Mrs.

Burton, president of the branch, in the chair.

Speaker : The district organizing secretary.

Miss E. Briercliffe elected honorary secretary in place of Mrs. Peeke who had resigned.

BRIDGNORTH.—Presentation of the life- boat picture awarded to Captain H. D.

Wakeman-Colville, R.N., the honorary secretary.

CAERNARVON.—Life-boat day.

CARDIFF AND PENARTH.—Annual meeting on April 25th, the Lord Mayor, president of the branch, in the chair. Speaker: Lieut.-Col. C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the Institution. Amount collected in 1932 £304, as compared with £262 in 1931.

Life-boat days at Cardiff and Penarth, with visit of Barry Dock life-boat to Penarth.

The branch has suffered a great loss by the death of Alderman Samuel Thomas, J.P., who had been honorary treasurer of the branch and an active worker in the cause of the Institution for many years.

CARDIGAN.—Presentation of life-boat essay competition awards by Captain Owen, a retired commander of the P. & O. Line.

The Mayor presided, and the district organiz- ing secretary gave an address.

CONWAY.—The branch has suffered a severe loss by the death of Mrs. J. A. Conway- Jones, who had been honorary secretary of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild since 1927. Only a fortnight previously she was presented with the life-boat picture awarded to her by the Institution. At special branch meeting Mrs.

Arthur Smith was elected honorary secretary.

CHURCH STRETTON.—Fete and garden party, opened by Lady Startin. Presenta- tion, by Admiral Sir James Startin, K.C.B., of the life-boat picture awarded by the Institution to Commander G. R. Montford, R.D., R.N.R., the late honorary secretary.

CLEOBURY MORTIMER. — Life-boat day.

CYNGHORDY.—Presentation of life-boat essay competition awards by Mrs. Meyrick Lloyd, the rector presiding.

FERRYSIDE AND CARMARTHEN BAY.—Life-boat day.

HAVERFORDWEST. — Presentation of life-boat essay competition awards.

HEREFORD.—Special meeting to revive the branch, the Mayor presiding.

HOLYHEAD.—Inaugural ceremony of the new motor life-boat, and presentation of the aneroid barometer awarded to Mr. J. Lewis, honorary secretary of the station. (For full description see page 118.) House-to-house and cinema collections.

LEESWOOD.—Presentation of life-boat essay competition awards, the Vicar of Lees- wood in the chair. Speaker': The district organizing secretary.

LEOMINSTER.—Life-boat day.

LLANDOVERY.—Life-boat day.

LLANFYRNACH.—Presentation of life- boat essay competition awards and address by the district organizing secretary.

LLANGOLLEN.—Life-boat day.

LONGTOWN.—Presentation of life-boat essay competition awards by the Director of Education for Herefordshire. Speaker: the district organizing secretary.

LUDLOW.—Life-boat day.

MONMOUTH AND NEATH.—Life-boat days.

MUMBLES.—Presentation by the district inspector of life-boats to Mr. F. le Boulanger, honorary secretary, of the aneroid barometer awarded to him by the Institution.

NEWPORT (Mem.)—Annual meeting on 27th April, Mr. A. J. Phillips, chairman of the branch, presiding. Speaker : The district organizing secretary. Efforts of the past year : Life-boat day, whist and bridge drives, annual ball, cinema collections.

Amount collected in 1932 £147, as compared with £144 in 1931.

Whist and bridge drives. Life-boat day.

Cinema collections.

OSWESTRY.— Special meeting, the Mayor presiding. Presentation by Lady Magdalen Herbert of the record of thanks awarded to Mrs. Barlow, honorary secretary of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

Life-boat day.

PRESTATYN.—Annual meeting on 3rd July. The Rev. D. Lester Jones, B.A., elected chairman. Efforts of the past year : appeals and life-boat day. Amount collected in 1932, £54, as compared with £31 in 1931.

QUEENSFERRY.—-Presentation of life- boat essay competition awards and address by the district organizing secretary.

RHYL.—Annual meeting on 5th July, Mr. C. H. Roberts, president of the branch, in the chair. Speaker : The district organiz- ing secretary. Efforts of the past year: competitions. Amount collected in 1932, £156, as compared with £203 in 1931.

Life-boat day. House-to-house collection.

ROSS - ON - WYE.—Life-boat day. Mr.

J. H. Meirion Jones appointed honorary treasurer in place of Mr. G. F. Taylor who had resigned.

SHREWSBURY.—Annual meeting, the Viscountess Bridgeman, D.B.E., president of the branch, in the chair. Speaker : The district organizing secretary. Efforts of the past year; house-to-house collection. Amount collected in 1932, £98, as compared with £195 in 1931. Presentation of the life-boat picture awarded to Mrs. George Davies.

SWANSEA.—Annual meeting of the branch on 26th April, the Mayor, president of the branch, in the chair. Speaker : The district organizing secretary. Efforts of the past year: life-boat day, whist drives and dances, cinema collections. Amount col- lected in 1932, £196, as compared with £273 in 1931.

Life-boat day.

USK.—Life-boat day.

Notice.

THE LIFE-BOAT is published quarterly and is sent free to all honorary secretaries of branches and the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, to coxswains, honorary workers, subscribers o/ten shillings and over, libraries, the principal hotels, and the press.

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