Lowestoft, Suffolk.—At 7 P.M. on the 3rd August the coxswain saw from the North Pier a small rowing boat about a mile out in the direction of the Newcome Sands. The weather was squally, with a W.N.W. wind and a choppy sea.

Observation was kept by the coxswain and the coastguard, and at 7.40 P.M.

they saw signals for help. The motor life-boat Agnes Cross was launched, and found three men and a boy in the boat, all exhausted through their efforts to row back to land. They were taken into the life-boat, and their boat was baled out and taken in tow. The lifeboat returned to her moorings at 8.45 P.M., after having landed the rescued party, who were very grateful for the life-boat's aid.—Rewards, £22 12s. 6d..