Dover, Kent.—-On the night of the 17th August Ramsgate coastguard telephoned that South Goodwin lightvessel had reported SOS signals and flares about two and a half miles southeast of the light-vessel. The sea was smooth and the weather was fine. The motor life-boat Sir William Hillary put out at 10.20 P.M., and found-the motor yacht Romantic, with three people on board. She was on passage from Ostend to Ramsgate, but her engine had broken down. At the request of her master two of the life-boat crew went on board and then the life-boat towed her into Dover. The life-boat arrived back at her station at 1 A.M.

on the 18th.—Property Salvage Case..