At 11.17 P.M. on the 6th September the coxswain received a message from the Ramsgate coastguard that two ships had been in collision off N.E. Spit buoy. They were the s.s.

Archon, of Syra, Greece, bound with a cargo of maize from the Argentine to London, and the s.s. Treherbert, of London, bound for Cardiff. The motor life-boat Lord Southborough (Civil Ser- vice No. 1) was launched at 11.35 P.M., in a strong E. breeze, with a very rough sea. The Archon had foundered, and her crew of twentj^four and the pilot had taken to the ship's boats. The coaster Dynamo, of Hull, had picked them up. The life-boat took the men off the coaster and landed them at Margate. She returned to her station at 1.40 A.M. next day, but could not be rehoused until later on account of bad weather.—Rewards, £16 12s. Qd..