— A telephone message was received from arnoustie coastguard station at 6.50 P.M. on the 12th August that a small rowing boat with one man on board was in danger of being swamped about three miles S.W. of the station. The weather was fine, with a moderate N.E.

breeze and moderate sea. At 6.57 P.M. the new motor life-boat Mona put out on her first service. She spoke the Abertay lightship, which pointed out the small boat and said that she was trying to pull to windward. When the life-boat came up with the small boat she found that there were two men in her. The second man had swum out to help the first. Both men were exhausted. The life-boat took the boat in tow to the entrance of West- haven harbour, a distance of about one and a half miles, and then returned to her station, arriving at 9.10 P.M.— Rewards, £9 19s..