Donaghadee, Co. Down.--At 7 P.M.

on the 24th October it was reported to the life-boat authorities tha t the motor boat Courageous, with eleven people on board,, who had gone to the Old Lighthouse Island to shoot rabbits, was long overdue. A strong squally S.W. wind was blowing, with a strong choppy sea. At 7 p.M. the motor life- Jboat Civil Service No. 5 put out and found the motor boat at anchor in Ram Harry Gellett with her engine broken down. She towed her to Donaghadee, where the people were landed at 9.10 P.M. On the way the coxswain sent a Morse message to the Orlock Head coastguard, so that the relatives of the eleven rescued people might know that they were safe.—Rewards, £15 5s..