At 4.35 A.M. on the 4th January a telephone message was received from the South- end coastguard that the trawler Nor- mandie had reported a vessel firing rockets one or two miles north of the Mull of Kintyre lighthouse, where very heavy seas were running. A moderate N.W. gale was blowing and the weather was cold. The motor life-boat City of Glasgow put oft at 4.55 A.M., but was recalled when she was off Southend, as the vessel was going on her way. On her way home the life-boat saw flares and found the motor fishing boat Ocean Queen, of Campbeltown, in distress with engine trouble. She carried a crew of two. The life-boat towed her into harbour, and returned to her station at 8.20 A.M.—Rewards, £10 13s..