1st February to 30th April, 1934.

Greater London.

ACTON.—Annual meeting, the Mayoress in the chair. Speakers : The Mayor and the district organizing secretary. Amount col- lected in 1933 £93, the same amount as in 1932.

BROMLEY.—Bridge drive, and presenta- tion of the gold badge awarded to Miss M. L. Schooling. Speaker : Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Institution.

CHELSEA.—Annual meeting on 15th February, General Sir Walter Braithwaite, G.C.B., president, in the chair. Speaker : Vice-Admiral George K. Chetwode, C.B., C.B.E., a member of the committee of management. Efforts of the past year : Life-boat day. Amount collected in 1933 £297, as compared with £244 in 1932.

CHINGFORD.—Whist drive.

CLAPHAM.—Whist drive.

ENFIELD.—Address by Commander Stewart at whist drive arranged by Mrs.

Deacock.

HAMMERSMITH.—Dance.

HORNSEY.—Annual meeting on 14th February. Speaker : Vice-Admiral G. K.

Chetwode, C.B., C.B.E., a member of the committee of management. Efforts of the past year : Bridge drive, two whist drives, concert, dance, garden fete, life-boat day and entertainment. Amount collected in 1933 £335, as compared with £268 in 1932.

Address to the Rotary Club by the district organizing secretary. Guild social, with address by the district organizing secretary.

ILFORD.—Annual meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. The Mayoress appointed president.

ISLINGTON.—Address by Miss Souter to Women's Branch of Conservative Associa- tion.

KENSINGTON.—Drawing-room meeting.

Speaker : Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Institution.

MITCHAM.—Concert.

WALTHAMSTOW.—Concert, with address by the district organizing secretary.

WELLING.—Afternoon meeting. Speaker: Commander H. Strong, R.D., R.N.R., a member of the committee of management.

Ladies' Life-boat Guild formed. Honorary Secretary : Mrs. Hodges.

Lectures at Bethnal Green, Brentford, Chelsea, Chiswick, Deptford, Eltham, Icken- ham, Leytonstone, New Barnet, St. Albans, Stanmore, Surbiton, Upton Park and Westminster.

North-West of England.

ACCRINGTON.—Collections in cinemas.

Bridge and whist drive, arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE.—Annual meet- ing on the 21st February. Amount collected in 1933 £25, as compared with £37 in 1932.

BACUP AND BLACKBURN.—Life-boat days.

BLACKPOOL.—Annual meeting on 13th February, the Mayor (Alderman C. E.

Tatham, J.P.), the president and honorary secretary of the branch, in the chair.

Speaker : Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Institution. Efforts of the past year : Life-boat day, collections in hotels and boarding-houses, Sacred Service. Amount collected in 1933 £607, as compared with £491 in 1932.

Life-boat service at St. Stephen-on-the- Clifts. The Mayor, president, attended.

Preacher : The Rev. F. B. Freshwater, vicar, and chaplain of the branch. Lessons were read by Coxswain H. Parr, and the Blackpool Life-boat Band, conducted by Mr. J. Brier, accompanied the hymns.

BOLTON.—Annual meeting on 22nd March, the Mayor, president, in the chair.

Efforts of the past year : Life-boat day ; dinner, dance and whist drive ; afternoon whist drive ; collection in works. Amount collected in 1933 £360, as compared with £311 in 1932.

Bowling tournament, organized by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

BREDBURY.—Life-boat day.

BURNLEY.—Bridge and whist drive.

Presentation of record of thanks awarded to Mr. A. E. Unsworth, honorary treasurer.

BURY.—Annual meeting on 7th March, the Mayor, president, in the chair. Amount collected in 1933 £154, as compared with £172 in 1932. Presentation of the record of thanks awarded by the Institution to Mr. C. C. Fair, honorary secretary of the branch.

Life-boat day. Bridge and whist drive.

CARLISLE.—Annual meeting on 16th February, Mr. Harold Carr presiding in the absence of the Mayor. Speaker : The district organizing secretary. Efforts of the past year : Bridge drive, whist drives, life-boat day at Sillpth. Collections in works. Amount collected in 1933 £183, as compared with £205 in 1932.

Whist drive and dance arranged by Mrs.

Talbot Caddow, president of the branch.

DALTON - IN - FURNESS. — House - to - house collection.

DARWEN.—Concert, arranged by Miss McConnell.

DOUGLAS.—Annual meeting on 28th March, His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, Sir Montague Butler, accom- panied by Lady Butler, presiding. Deemster Farrant elected president in succession to the late Deemster Callow; chairman, Mr.

W. Cunningham ; vice-chairman, Mr. G. W.

Barren. Amount collected in 1933 £573, as compared with £522 in 1932.

GRANGE-OVER-SANDS. — The branch has suffered a serious loss by the death of the Rev. G. Vickars-Gaskell, who had been its honorary secretary since 1926.

HASLINGDEN. — Annual meeting on 17th April, the Mayor, president, in the chair. Efforts of the past year: Mayor's annual appeal for subscriptions, life-boat day.

Amount collected in 1933 £32, as compared with £33 in 1932.

HEYWOOD. — Life-boat day. Whist drive.

HINDLEY.—Annual meeting on 7th February. Amount collected in 1933 £57, as compared with £62 in 1932.

HOLLINGWORTH.—Annual meeting on 8th February. Amount collected in 1933 £33, as compared with £36 in 1932.

HORWICH. — House-to-house collection, and exhibition of films. Whist drive and dance.

HYDE.—Life-boat days.

IRLAM AND CADISHEAD.—Life-boat day.

LANCASTER. — Collections at football ground and cinemas.

LEIGH.-—Annual meeting on 8th February. Amount collected in 1933 £19, as compared with £73 in 1932. Miss V.

Bowyer elected honorary secretary in suc- cession to Miss Boardman.

Whist drive, arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

LIVERPOOL.—Annual meeting on 16th March, Mr. Frank Holt, honorary secretary, presiding, in the absence of the Lord Mayor.

Amount collected in 1933 £2,261, as com- pared with £2,824 in 1932.

NEW BRIGHTON.—Annual meeting on 20th March, Mr. Stuart Deacon, chair- man, presiding. Mr. W. W. Harris elected honorary secretary in succession to the late Mr. B. J. Kirkham. Annual supper to the life-boat crew.

WALLASEY.—The Ladies' Life-boat Guild has suffered a severe loss by the death of its chairman and honorary secretary, Mrs. Murray Douglas. She had been a member of the Guild since its inception and its chairman since 1931.

LYMM AND HEATLEY.—Life-boat day.

LYTHAM-ST. ANNES.—Annual meeting on 14th February, Councillor J. H. Dawson, Deputy Mayor, in the chair. Speaker : Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the In- stitution. Efforts of the past year : Life- boat day, house-to-house collection. Amount collected in 1933 £212, as compared with £121 in 1932.

House-to-house collection.

MACCLESFIELD.—Annual meeting on 27th March, the Mayor, president, in the chair. Amount collected in 1933 £122, as compared with £109 in 1932.

MANCHESTER, SALFORD AND DISTRICT.—Annual meeting on 26th March, the Lord Mayor, president, in the chair, supported by the Lady Mayoress, the Mayor and Mayoress of Salford, the Mayor and Mayoress of Wigan, the Mayoress of Heywood, and the Mayor and Mayoress of Middleton. Speakers : Mr. P. M. Oliver, C.B.E., the honorary secretary, Alderman S. Finburg, J.P., Mr. E. G. D. Liveing, M.A., Mr. W. Maxwell Reekie, O.B.E., J.P., and the district organizing secretary. Amount collected in 1933 £2,522, as compared with £2,812 in 1932.

Special thanks were accorded to the Rt.

Hon. Lord Colwyn, P.C., D.L., LL.D., who had resigned the honorary treasurership of the branch, and Alderman Sir William Davy, J.P., was appointed in his place. Presen- tation of the gold badges awarded to Mrs.

Kirk, the president of the Lymm and Heatley Ladies' Life-boat Guild, and Miss Wilde, a member of the executive committee.

Annual dinner and reception. The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Manchester received the guests. The Deputy Mayor and Mayoress of Salford were present. Mr. P. M.

Oliver, C.B.E., honorary secretary, in the chair, in the absence of Lieut.-Commander F. W. Astbury, M.P., president. Speakers : The Lord Mayor of Manchester, the Deputy Mayor of Salford, Mr. P. M. Oliver, C.B.E., Mr. E. Shackleton-Bailey, M.P., vice-presi- dent, Gorton Life-boat Guild, Councillor C. P.

Hampson, chairman of the West Salford Life-boat Guild, Mrs. Henry Bronnert, president of the Didsbury Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Mrs. Harold Baerlein, chairman of the City of Manchester Ladies' Life-boat Guild, and the district organizing secretary.

Cabaret entertainment by artistes appearing at the various theatres in Manchester and many local artistes.

Special meeting of presidents of Guilds in Manchester, Salford and district. Annual life-boat day, with a tour through the streets of Salford of a life-boat, and a procession arranged by the Ancient Order of Foresters, with a tableau of the Sea Queen for 1933 and her court.

FALLOWFIELD.—Special meeting to form Withington Life-boat Guild. Fancy dress party arranged by the Junior Life- boat Guild.

HEATON MERSEY.—Special meeting on the invitation of Mrs. William Brown, M.B.E., the Rev. J. M. Williams presiding.

The Ladies' Life-boat Guild reconstituted.

President, Mrs. William Brown, M.B.E. ; Honorary Treasurer, Mrs. C. E. Froggatt ; Honorary Secretary, Mrs. D. W. Todd.

HULME.—Whist drive.

KNUTSFORD.—Special meeting at the invitation of Mrs. Watt, J.P. Ladies' Life-boat Guild reconstituted. Mrs. Watt, J.P., president ; Mrs. Newell, vice-presi- dent ; Miss Ashworth, honorary treasurer ; Mrs. Agar, honorary secretary.

MOSS SIDE.—Annual dance, at which the crowning ceremony of the Sea Queen for 1934 took place, performed by Miss Sunny Lowry, the Channel swimmer.

PRESTWICH.—Whist drive arranged by Mrs. Hitching, a vice-president of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. House-to-house collection. Whist drive and dance.

SALE.—Annual bridge drive.

SALFORD.—Special meeting to form a South Salford Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

the Rev. S. F. James presiding ; Mrs. F.

Collier elected president ; Mr. H. W.

Smith, honorary treasurer ; Mr. J. H- Borlase, honorary secretary.

WALKDEN.—Annual meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Mrs. Yates, J.P., elected president in succession to Mrs.

Rogerson.

WEST SALFORD.—Dance.

WHITWORTH PARK AND CHORL- TON-ON-MEDLOCK.—Jumble sale.

MARYPORT.—Presentation by Mr. Guy J. Pocklington-Senhouse, J.P., of the bronze medal awarded to Coxswain Thomas Q.

Reay, the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum to the motor mechanic, Albert E.

Jolly, and extra money awards to the crew for the service to the s.s. Plawsworth, of Newcastle, on 17th January last, when thirteen of the crew were rescued. The framed life-boat picture awarded to Mrs.

W. T. Moore, president of the Ladies' Life- boat Guild, the record of thanks awarded to Mrs. G. A. Cockell, the honorary treasurer, and the record of thanks awarded to Miss E.

Leighton, the honorary secretary, were also presented.

Dance.

MIDDLETON AND MIDDLEWICH.— Life-boat days.

MILLOM.—Special meeting. Mr. C. A.

Knox appointed honorary treasurer in place of Mr. C. H. Stott, resigned, and Mrs. B. E.

Watson honorary secretary.

MORECAMBE.—Annual meeting on 27th April, the Mayor, president, in the chair.

Mrs. Wolfenden and Miss Livesey elected chairman and honorary secretary in suc- cession to Mrs. James Freeman and Miss A.

Webster, resigned. Amount collected in 1933 £173, as compared with £117 in 1932.

OLDHAM.—Life-boat day at Crompton and Shaw.

PADIHAM.—Whist drive.

PENRITH.—Presentation of the gold badge awarded to Mr. E. O. Bolton, president, and the record of thanks awarded to Mr.

I. G. Sim, honorary secretary.

PIEL (Barrow).—Bridge drive and whist drive, arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

PRESTON.—Special meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Mrs. Rainford and Miss Young appointed joint honorary secretaries.

RAMSBOTTOM.—Bridge and whist drive and dance.

ROMILEY.—Life-boat day.

SANDBACH.—Dance.

STANDISH.—Dance, arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Whist drive.

TOTTINGTON. — " Pound Tea " or " Kitchen Shower." TURTON.—Presentation of the record of thanks awarded to Mr. Alban Baldwin, honorary secretary, at a meeting of the local Council.

TYLDESLEY.—Annual meeting on 31st January. Amount collected in 1933 £26, as compared with £33 in 1932. Presentation of the record of thanks awarded to Miss Brown, J.P., president.

WESTHOUGHTON.— Whist drive.

WHALEY BRIDGE.—Life-boat day.

WHITEHAVEN. — Bridge drive and cinema Sunday, organized by Mrs. Halliwell.

WIGAN.—Mayoral reception, presentation by the Mayor of the gold badge to Mrs.

W. H. Tyrer, and the record of thanks to Mrs. A. J. Hawkes, honorary secretary and honorary treasurer, respectively, of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Bridge tea.

Lantern lectures at Carlisle, Southport and Warrington.

North-East of England.

ALTOFTS.—House-to-house collection.

BERWICK.—Whist drive and dance.

BEVERLEY.—Whist drive.

BLAYDON.—Concert.

BRADFORD. — Annual meeting on February 20th, the Deputy Lord Mayor in the chair. Speaker : The Bishop of Bradford. Efforts of the past year : Life- boat day, matinee, etc. Amount collected in 1933 £1,300, as compared with £1,571 in 1932.

BRIDLINGTON. — Annual service in memory of the life-boatmen who lost their lives in the great gale of February 10th, 1871. Concert.

CULLERCOATS AND WHITLEY BAY.

—Bridge and whist drive.

DARLINGTON. — Annual meeting on March 27th, the Mayor, president, in the chair. Efforts of the past year : Life-boat day, bridge and whist drives. Amount col- lected in 1933 £165, as compared with £170 in 1932. Presentation of the gold badge awarded to Alderman Young, J.P., honorary secretary of the branch.

Whist drive. Bridge and whist drive.

Sale of eggs in Easter Week.

DONCASTER. — Jumble sale. Whist drive at Ackworth. Life-boat day.

GATESHEAD.—Bridge drive.

HALIFAX. — Annual meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild on March 6th.

Efforts of the past year : Bridge drive, dramatic performance by Heath Old Boys, collection. Amount collected in 1933 £169, as compared with £161 in 1932.

HEPWORTH AND SCHOLES.— Bridge and whist drive.

KEIGHLEY.—Life-boat day.

KIRKBURTON.—Whist drive.

LEEDS.—Life-boat day.

LITTLE WEIGHTON AND SKIDBY.— Whist drive and dance.

MALTON.—Ladies' Life-boat Guild meet- ing. Presentation of the record of thanks awarded to Mrs. Noel E. Forsyth, the honorary secretary.

MARSDEN.—Life-boat day.

NORTH SUNDERLAND.—Dance.

NORTON CAMPSALL AND STUBBS WALDEN.—Life-boat day.

PATRINGTON.—Lantern lecture.

POCKLINGTON.—Whist drive.

REDCAR.—Whist drive and dance.

RUNSWICK AND STAITHES.—Whist drive and social.

SCARB9ROUGH.—Half-yearly meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, and At Home.

SELBY.—Bridge drive.

SOUTH KIRBY.—Whist drive and dance.

SOWERBY BRIDGE.—Annual meeting on March 5th. Efforts of the past year : Life-boat day. Amount collected in 1933 £47, as compared with £5 in 1932.

Lantern lecture by Commander Worsley, R.N.

SPENBOROUGH.—Concert.

SPOTBOROUGH.—Life-boat day.

STOCKTON.—Life-boat day at Thornaby.

SUNDERLAND.—Drawing-room meeting.

Speaker : Colonel the Hon. Harold Robson, a member of the committee of management, and chairman of the Alnmouth and Boulmer branch.

TYNEMOUTH.—Whist drive.

WAKEFIELD. — Performance by St.

John's Dramatic Society. Jumble sale and whist drive.

WHITBY.—Service in memory of the twelve life-boatmen who lost their lives in the great gale of February 9th, 1861.

YORK.—Jumper competition and sale of work at Aldby Park, Stamford Bridge.

Midlands.

BIRMINGHAM.—Midlands district con- ference (see special report on page 284).

Special meeting of the branch and Guild.

Speaker : The district organizing secretary.

Collections at the Gaumont Palace, West End Cinema, Robin Hood Cinema, the Green Lane Picture House and Bordesley Palace, Alexandra Theatre and the Hippodrome.

Collection at the British Industries Fair, Castle Bromwich. Address at Bordesley and Deritend.

BRIERLEY HILL.—Whist drive, or- ganized by Mr. Andrew Cooper.

BRISTOL. — Annual meeting on 6th March, the Lord Mayor presiding. Speaker : Lieut. Col. C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the Institution. Amount col- lected in 1933 £1,050, as compared with £946 in 1932.

Life-boat day.

BURTON LATIMER AND KET- TERING.—Life-boat day.

CANNOCK.—House-to-house collection.

CIRENCESTER.—Life-boat day.

CLEETHORPES.—Dance.

COVENTRY.—Annual meeting, the Mayor presiding. Speaker : The district organizing secretary. Amount collected in 1933 £228, as compared with £268 in 1932.

Lecture at Balsall Common.

CRADLEY.—Life-boat day. Lecture.

DERBY.—Collection at Empire Theatre.

LANGWITH.—Dramatic entertainment.

LEAMINGTON.—Life-boat week, with " Heroes of the Sea " film shown at Bath Cinema, collections in cinemas and Theatre Royal, and house-to-house collection.

MARKET HARBOROUGH.—House-to- house collection.

NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME. — Bridge drive, organized by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild and Mr. Donald Bates, J.P., F.S.A.A., honorary secretary for the Potteries. Whist drive, organized by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

NEW MILLS.—" Heroes of the Sea " film shown.

PETERBOROUGH.—Annual meeting on 8th March, Major Proby presiding. Speaker : The district organizing secretary. Amount collected in 1933 £169, as compared with £116 in 1932.

RUGELEY.—Annual life-boat ball.

SCOTHERN.—Concert, organized by Miss M. J. Menzies.

SMETHWICK. — Annual meeting, the Mayor presiding. Speaker: The district organizing secretary. Amount collected in 1933 £46, as compared with £66 in 1932.

STOKE - ON - TRENT. — Bridge drive, arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild and Mr. Donald Bates, J.P., F.S.A.A., honorary secretary of the branch, the prizes being presented by the Lady Mayoress.

STRATFORD - ON -AVON. — House - to- house collection.

WELLINGBOROUGH.—Life-boat day.

WOLVERHAMPTON. — Life-boat day.

Address to the members of the Rotary Inner Wheel.

Lectures and addresses at Fan-field, Malvern and Norton Canes.

South-East of England.

ALDEBURGH. — Presentation of the awards for the launch to the s.s. Culmore on 13th December, 1933, by the Mayor, who was supported by Mr. W. Ross Taylor, M.P., after the Easter Sunday Church Parade.

BALDOCK AND BEACONSFIELD.— Life-boat days.

BECCLES.—" Heroes of the Sea" film shown at Bungay, with collection.

BLETCHLEY AND BRENTWOOD.— Life-boat days.

BOXMOOR AND HEMEL HEMP- STEAD.—Lantern lecture by Captain H. E.

Holme, R.N., honorary secretary.

CAMBERLEY.—Life-boat film shown at Cordwalles School. Mah-Jong tournament.

CANTERBURY. — Annual meeting on llth April, Surgeon-Captain K. H. Jones, R.N., M.B., F.Z.S., vice-chairman, presiding.

Efforts of the past year : Life-boat day, house-to-house collections, bridge drive, church collections. Amount collected in 1933 £118, as compared with £72 in 1932.

Bridge and whist drive. Lantern lectures at Kent College and King's School by Surgeon-Captain K. H. Jones, R.N., M.B., F.Z.S., vice-chairman.

CHATTERIS.—Concert.

CHERTSEY, ADDLESTONE AND OTTERSHAW. — Branch formed. Hon- orary secretary, Lieut.-Col. F. R. Burnside, D.S.O.

CHESHAM AND AMERSHAM.—Life- boat day.

CHICHESTER.—Lantern lectures by the honorary secretary, Mr. F. S. Young.

CLACTON-ON-SEA.—Annual meeting on 13th February, Mr. H. J. Grant, president, in the chair. Efforts of the past year : Life- boat Sunday, collections at boat-house, Life-boat day and other efforts organized by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Amount col- lected in 1933 £524, as compared with £493 in 1932.

Collection at Brotherhood meeting.

CROMER—Special meeting. Presenta- tion by Mrs. Bond Cabbell of the second service clasp to his silver medal awarded to Coxswain Henry Blogg, and the awards to the life-boat crew, for the service to the barge Sepoy on 13th December, 1933, and presentation of the binoculars awarded to Mr. F. H. Barclay, the honorary secretary.

Speaker : Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Institution.

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

Bridge drive.

DISS.—Life-boat day.

EASTBOURNE.—Annual tea for the wives and families of the life-boatmen, arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

EAST DEREHAM AND DISTRICT.— Life-boat days in East Dereham and Swaffham.

EDENBRIDGE.—Jumble sale.

ESHER. — Branch formed. Honorary secretary, Mrs. Chapman.

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

FOLKESTONE.—Whist drive, organized by the Grocers' Association. Bridge drive.

Whist drive at Leas Cliff Hall.

GERRARD'S CROSS.—Life-boat day.

GILLINGHAM.—Dance.

GODALMING. — Lantern lecture at Elstead Women's Institute by the district organizing secretary. Dance.

GRAYS AND DISTRICT.—Life-boat day.

" Heroes of the Sea " film shown.

HASBOROUGH.—Whist drive at Bacton.

HASLEMERE.—Lantern lecture at Ames- bury School, Hindhead, and collection in the school chapel.

HASTINGS.—Annual meeting on 21st March, the Mayor, president, in the chair.

Speaker : Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt, Bt., G.C.B., D.S.O., D.C.L. Efforts of the past year : Life-boat day, " Blessing of the Sea " service, collection at launches, theatricals.

Amount collected in 1933 £373, as compared with £408 in 1932.

HAVERHILL.—Life-boat day.

HAZLEMERE.—Life-boat day. Address to Women's Institute.

HITCHIN.—Lantern lecture at Caldicott School, by Captain H. E. Holme, R.N., honorary secretary of the Boxmoor and Hemel Hempstead branch.

HYTHE.—Special meeting, the Mayor, chairman, presiding, at which the binoculars awarded to Major H. R. Hildyard, joint honorary secretary, were presented.

Address to the Hythe Youth Fellowship, by Mr. G. S. Woodman, joint honorary secretary.

KESSINGLAND.—Life-boat service, with address by Sir Gervais Rentoul, Bt., a member of the committee of management.

MARLOW.—Life-boat day.

MIDHURST. — Bridge drive. Special parade church service, with an address by the vicar. Church collections.

NEWPORT PAGNELL. — House - to - house collection.

ROMFORD.—Life-boat day. Golf com- petition.

ST. IVES.—Collection at Warboys.

SEAFORD.—American tea. Address by Lieut.-Col. C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the Institution. " Heroes of the Sea " film shown, with collection.

SLOUGH.—Life-boat day.

SOUTHBOROUGH.—Lantern lecture to Toe H, by Mr. P. C. Towner, honorary secretary of the branch.

UPMINSTER.—Progressive bridge party.

WALTON-ON-THAMES.—Life-boat day at Valton-on-Thames and Weybridge.

WALTON AND FRINTON. — Annual dinner to the life-boat crew, and presentations to the motor mechanic, Mr. J. Halls, and to two members of the crew on their retirement.

WELWYN.—House-to-house collection.

WESTGATE.—Bridge tournament.

WEYBRIDGE.—Bridge tournament.

WOKING.—House-to-house collection.

WOKINGHAM.—Golf competition at East Berks Club.

WOLVERTON AND DISTRICT.—Life- boat day.

WORTHING.—Annual meeting on 5th March, the Mayor presiding. Efforts of the past year : Life-boat day, church collections.

Amount collected in 1933 £427, as compared with £420 in 1932. Presentation by Lieut.- Col. A. F. Randolph, C.M.G., D.S.O., chair- man, of the life-boat picture awarded to Mrs. A. H. Mather, honorary secretary of the Ladies' Committee, and a certificate of service awarded to Mr. F. Marshall, a member of the late life-boat crew.

GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLE- STON.—Dinner given by Lady Vincent, followed by a presentation by the Mayor at the cinema to Coxswain William Fleming, on his retirement. " Heroes of the Sea " film shown.

Annual meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Whist drive, arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

Lectures at Ampthill, Cranbrook and Hawkhurst, Maidstone, and Southend.

South-West of England.

BANBURY.—Address by Captain Basil Hall, R.N., to the Townswomen's Guild.

BASINGSTOKE.—Annual meeting, Mrs.

Stratford, chairman, presiding, supported by the Mayoress, the president. Speaker: The district organizing secretary. Amount col- lected in 1933 £50, as compared with £63 in 1932.

BATH.—Annual meeting, the Mayor pre- siding. Speaker : The district organizing secretary. Amount collected in 1933 £354, as compared with £299 in 1932.

BRIXHAM.—Whist drive, and presenta- tion of binoculars awarded to Mr. H. M.

Smardon, the honorary secretary.

CAMBORNE.—Special meeting. Speaker: The district organizing secretary.

DORCHESTER (Dorset).—Presentation of the framed life-boat picture awarded to Mrs. S. H. Lodder, the honorary secretary.

EXETER.—Annual meeting, the Mayor, vice-president, in the chair, supported by the Rev. the Earl of Devon, president, and the Mayoress. Speaker : Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Institution. Amount collected in 1933 £289, as compared with £192 in 1932.

Whist drive, organized by Mrs. Cottey; prizes distributed by the Mayoress.

FALMOUTH.—Bridge tournament.

FAREHAM.—Life-boat day in Fareham and villages.

FARNBOROUGH. — Lecture at Farn- borough School, by Major-General the Right Hon. The Lord Mottistone, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., a vice-president of the Institution, and coxswain of the Brooke, Isle of Wight, life-boat.

FROME.—-Special meeting to organize the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Mrs. Raymond Asquith presiding. Speaker : The district organizing secretary. » LYMINGTON.—Life-boat stall on the beach at MUford-on-Sea.

NEWBURY.—Presentation of the record of thanks awarded to Mrs. G. M. Osborne, the honorary secretary.

OXFORD.—Annual meeting, the Mayor presiding. Speaker : Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Institution. Presenta- tion of the gold badge awarded to Miss M. L.

Vellacott, honorary organizer of life-boat day. Amount collected in 1933 £624, as compared with £654 in 1932.

PAIGNTON.—Dance. Bridge and whist drives, organized by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

PLYMOUTH.—District Conference for Cornwall, Devon and Somerset. (See special report on page 284.) Supper to the life-boat crew, given by Mrs. Bowen, the honorary secretary of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, at which Lieut.-Col.

R. C. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the Institution, was present. Presentation by the Mayor of gifts to the life-boat crew from the owners of the trawler Chancellor in gratitude for then- help when the trawler stranded on 17th January. Whist drive, organized by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

Dancing revue by Madame Ruby Bailey's pupils.

PORTSMOUTH.—Whist drive, arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

READING.—Life-boat day.

ST. IVES.—Concert, arranged by the St.

Ives Chamber of Commerce. Bridge and whist drive, arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

ST. MARY'S.—Dance, and presentation of bronze medal to Acting Coxswain Harry Barrett and other awards to the erew for the service to the Mynonie R. Kirby on 28th November, 1933.

SALISBURY. — Annual meeting, the Mayor presiding, supported by the Mayoress.

Speaker : Lieut.-Col. C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the Institution. Amount collected in 1933 £479, as compared with £382 in 1932.

Life-boat day. Whist drives at Salisbury, Bemerton and West Moors.

SOUTHAMPTON.—Annual meeting, the Mayor presiding, supported by the Mayoress.

Speaker: Lieut.-Col. C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the Institution. Amount collected in 1933 £724, as compared with £760 in 1932. Presentation by the Mayoress of two certificates won in the Life-boat Essay Competition for Elementary Schools.

Special meeting, the Mayor, president, in the chair. Special appeal and collection at the Grand Theatre.

SWANAGE.—Special meeting to form a Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Speaker : The district organizing secretary. Mrs. Cosmo Hastings elected president, and Miss Collins honorary secretary. Life-boat day in Ware- ham and district.

SWINDON.—Special meeting, Mrs. George, honorary secretary, in the chair, in the absence of* the Mayor. Speaker : Captain Basil Hall, R.N.

THAME.—Annual meeting and display of films, Colonel Ashton presiding. Speaker : Lieut.-Col. C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the Institution. Amount col- lected in 1933 £81, as compared with £63 in 1932.

TORQUAY.—Bridge and whist drive and dance, arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

TROWBRIDGE.—Life-boat day.

WELLS.—Life-boat day.

WESTON-SUPER-MARE.—Whist drive, arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

Scotland.

Meeting of the Scottish Life-boat Council in Glasgow, on llth April, the Duke of Montrose, C.B., C.V.O., V.D., LL.D., a vice- president of the Institution, and chairman of the Council, presiding.

ABERDEEN.—Annual meeting on 16th February, the Lord Provost presiding.

Speakers : Colonel Lord Sempill, a member of the committee of management, and Com- mander E. D. Drury, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R., chief inspector of life-boats. Efforts of the past year : Annual life-boat ball ; life-boat day ; procession ; house-to-house collection ; and appeal by the committee. Amount col- lected in 1933 £1,040, as compared with £977 in 1932.

Performances of the " Mikado " by the Northern Co-operative Society's Operatic Choir.

AYTON. — Concert, organised by the members of the Berwickshire Constabulary.

BANFF, MACDUFF AND WHITE- HILLS.—Performance of Gilbert & Sullivan's " The Grand Duke " by the Banff Operatic Society, for four nights.

BARRHEAD.—Special meeting, Pjovost G. G. McDiarmid presiding, at which a Ladies' Life-boat Guild was formed. Speaker : The Scottish organizing secretary. Life-boat day.

BUCKIE.—Annual meeting on 9th Feb- ruary, Mr. R. Gillan, chairman, presiding.

Efforts of the past year : Life-boat day.

Amount collected in 1933 £88, as compared with £115 in 1932.

BURNTISLAND AND ABERDOUR.— Bridge and whist drive. Whist drive.

COATBRIDGE. — Whist drive, with address by the Scottish organizing secretary.

DENNY.—Whist drive and dance, or- ganized by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

DINGWALL.—Life-boat day.

DUNDEE.—Annual meeting on 14th February, Mr. B. L. Nairn, president, in the chair. Speakers : Commander the Hon.

A. D. Cochrane, D.S.O., M.P., a member of the committee of management and vice- chairman of the Scottish Life-boat Council, and Commander E. D. Drury, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R., chief inspector of life-boats.

Efforts of the past year : Life-boat day and procession ; house-to-house collection ; lan- tern lecture ; appeal by the committee.

Amount collected in 1933 £1,164, as com- pared with £957 in 1932.

DUNFERMLINE AND ROSYTH.—Con- cert and dancing display, and two Sunday concerts at Rosyth. Whist drive and dance at Dunfermline, and dramatic and musical recital by the Kirkcaldy Enter- tainers, Admiral Sir John F. E. Green, K.C.M.G., C.B., presiding.

DUNOON.—Bridge drive, organized by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, with an address by the Scottish organizing secretary.

EASTER ROSS (Tain.)—Special meeting of committee, Major Sir R. W. Brooke, Bt., D.S.O., M.C., presiding, at which a new committee was appointed. Speaker : The Scottish organizing secretary.

EDINBURGH.—Bridge and whist drive, arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, the prizes presented by Lady Whitson. Special meeting of committee at which members of the procession committee were co-opted, and the procession committee formally appointed as a sub-committee. Lantern Lecture.

FALKIRK.—Life-boat day.

GOURDON.—Presentation by Viscount Arbuthnot of the certificate of service awarded to Coxswain Charles Moir on his retirement, Mr. Thomas Johnston presiding.

GOUROCK.—Annual whist drive, or- ganized by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, the prizes presented by Provost Young.

GREENOCK.—Annual meeting on 6th March, Mr. J. J. Lang, chairman, presiding.

Speaker : The Scottish organizing secretary.

Efforts of the past year : Life-boat day and appeal by the committee. Amount collected in 1933 £201, as compared with £212 in 1932.

INVERGORDON.—Special meeting, the Provost presiding, at which a Ladies' Life- boat Guild was formed. Speaker : The Scottish organizing secretary.

KELSO. — Bridge drive, organized by Provost and Mrs. Scott.

KILMARNOCK.—Annual meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild on 18th April, Lady Rowallan, president, in the chair. Speakers : Captain J. A. Cunningham, Ardrossan, and the Scottish organizing secretary.

KILSYTH.—Life-boat day.

LAMINGTON.—Life-boat day.

LEVEN.—Whist drive and dance.

NEWBURGH.—Fancy dress dance, or- ganized by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

PETERHEAD.—Annual meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Mrs. James Cran, president, in the chair.

ROTHESAY.—Annual whist drive and ball, attended by Lord Colum Crichton Stuart, M.P., The Earl and Countess of Dumfries, and Provost Thompson.

SALTCOATS.—Football match between Ayrshire bankers and Ayrshire teachers, arranged by the honorary secretary.

ST. ABBS.—Life-boat day at Duns.

STORNOW AY.—Whist drive and dance.

Opening night of the new Stornoway Picture Playhouse, by Viscount Tarbat, part proceeds to life-boat funds.

TAYINLOAN.—Life-boat day.

TROON.—Football match arranged by Chief Constable of Ayrshire between the Ayrshire Constabulary and the life-boatmen of Girvan and Troon.

WHITBURN.—Life-boat day.

Lantern lectures at Burrleton and Glasgow.

Wales.

(Including Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, and Shropshire.) ABERTILLERY.—Annual meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild on 27th February, Mrs. A. H. Dolman, president, in the chair.

Speaker : The district organizing secretary.

Efforts of the past year : Life-boat day.

Amount collected in 1933 £11, as compared with £10 in 1932.

Life-boat day.

BARRY.—Whist and bridge drive, or- ganized by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, with address by the district organizing secretary.

BEDWAS AND TRETHOMAS.—Whist drive and dance, with address by the district organizing secretary.

BRIDGEND.—Whist and bridge drive, organized by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, with address by the district organizing secretary.

CARDIFF AND PENARTH.—Annual meeting on 20th March, the Deputy Lord Mayor in the chair. Speakers : Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Institution, and the district organizing secretary. Efforts of the past year : Life-boat days. Amount collected in 1933 £290, as compared with £304 in 1932. The Ladies' Life-boat Guild to be re-formed.

CARDIGAN.—Special meeting to revive the branch, the Mayor in the chair. Speaker : The district organizing secretary. Officers elected : President, Lady Parry-Pryce; joint honorary secretaries, Captain James Owen, and Captain J. W. Richards.

CHURCH STRETTON.—Mr. F. T.

Pritchard appointed honorary secretary.

HEREFORD.—House-to-house collection.

HODNET.—Lantern lecture.

HOLYHEAD.—The branch and the In- stitution have lost a very valued helper by the death of Mr. J. Lewis, who was for thirty-two years the honorary secretary.

LLANELLY.—Life-boat day.

MILFORD HAVEN.—Mr. L. F. Joyce appointed honorary treasurer in succession to Mr. Herbert Cole, resigned.

Life-boat day and cinema collections.

MONMOUTH.—Lantern lecture by the district organizing secretary to boys of Monmouth Grammar School. Sermon in school chapel preached by Rev. R. Park, and the offertory given to the Institution.

Mr. J. M. West appointed honorary treasurer, in succession to Mr. A. L. Barry.

MUCH WENLOCK.—Whist drive.

NEWPORT (Mon.).— Annual life-boat ball, with address by the district organizing secretary.

PONTYPRIDD AND DISTRICT."— Annual meeting, Mrs. Edgar Jenkins in the chair. Speaker: The district organizing secretary. Efforts of the past year : Life- boat day, and house-to-house collections.

Amount collected in 1933 £60, as compared with £75 in 1932. Mrs. Edgar Jenkins elected president, and Miss Evans vice-president.

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

SWANSEA.—Annual meeting on 19th March, the Mayor, president, in the chair.

Speaker : Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Institution. Presentation of the framed life-boat picture awarded to Mr.

R. A. Wetherall, F.S.A.A., the honorary secretary. Efforts of the past year : Mayor's appeal, whist drives and dances at Swansea and Mumbles, cinema collections, and life- boat day. Amount collected in 1933 £227, as compared with £196 in 1932.

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BALLYCOTTON.—Resignation of Dean Wilson, who for twenty-five years had been president.

BELFAST.—Special meeting, Mr. Thomas Richardson, chairman, presiding. Speaker : The district organizing secretary. Captain C. C. Craig, a member of the committee of management, elected a member of the committee. Mrs. E. L. Allan appointed assistant secretary.

Address by the district organizing secretary to the Rotary Club. Popular ball in Carlton Restaurant. Lecture on " Yachting Cruise from Wales round Skye," by Mr. E. L. F.

Mucklow, under the auspices of the Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club ; charges for admission and collection given to branch.

DONAGHADEE. — Tea, concert and dance, organized by Mrs. Agnew and the local committee. Speaker : The district organizing secretary.

DUBLIN.—Annual meeting, Mr. David Barry, vice-chairman, presiding. Speakers : The Lord Mayor, Major Arthur Whewell, chairman of the special effort committee, the district inspector of life-boats and the district organizing secretary. Amount col- lected in 1933 £1,060, as compared with £1,056 in 1932. Presentation of the inscribed barometer awarded to Mr. B. J. Newcombe, as honorary secretary of the Howth branch.

Annual meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Lady Taylor, vice-president, in the chair, in the absence of the president, the Countess van Cutsem. Speakers : Major Arthur Whewell, Mr. C. G. Warner, the Rev. Dr. Denham Osborne, the district inspector of life-boats, Mr. B. J. Newcombe, assistant secretary of the branch, and the district organizing secretary. Lady Taylor presented the gold badge awarded to Mrs.

B. J. Newcombe. Mrs. W. T. Callaghan presented with the " Grace Darling " brooch, the gift of the president, for the best return in the house-to-house collection in Dublin during 1933.

Life-boat collection on the s.s. Lancastria on a voyage from Dublin to Rome with Catholic boy scouts from Ireland.

Addresses by the district organizing secretary to Dublin Rotary Club, Wesley College, Darner Mixed School, Howth Road Girls' School, Norfolk College and Greenlanes School.

DUN LAOGHAIRE.—Ladies' Life-boat Guild Meeting. Speaker : The district or- ganizing secretary.

LONDONDERRY. — Whist drive, or- ganized by the Mayor and Mayore'ss (Sir Dudley and Lady MeCorkell) and Mrs.

Kennedy, the honorary secretary of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Prizes presented by the Mayoress. Speakers : The Mayor and the district organizing secretary.

MARYBOROUGH.—Special meeting to form a branch. Speakers : Mr. J. Shannon, and the district organizing secretary. Cap- tain E. A. S. Cosby elected president.

NORTH WESTME AT H.—Concert, organized by the honorary secretary.

Speakers : The Rev. Father Flynn, P.P., and the district organizing secretary.

TANDRAGEE.—Whist drive.

P. McRory TORY ISLAND.—Mr.

appointed collector.

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