Greater London.

BARNEHURST.—Mrs. Pickering ap- pointed honorary secretary.

BEDDINGTON, WALLINGTON AND CARSHALTON.—Lantern lecture to the Women's Citizens Association by the dis- trict organising secretary.

BEXLEY.—Mrs. Hamilton appointed honorary secretary.

BURNT OAK.—Special meeting. Speaker: The district organizing secretary. Branch formed. Mrs. Grey-Skinner, chairman ; Mr.

S. C. Jones, honorary treasurer; Mrs.

Goodrich, honorary secretary. Dance.

CHELSEA.—Lantern lecture by Mr.

Kibble.

CLAPHAM.—Whist drive.

BALING.—Lantern lecture by Mr. Arm- strong to Methodist Church.

HAYES.—Dance.

HORNSEY.—Whist drive, with address by the district organizing secretary. Prizes presented by the Mayoress. Lantern lecture by Mrs. Winwood.

ILPORD.—Mrs. F. W. Alway appointed honorary secretary of the branch and Ladies' Life-boat Guild in succession to Mr. C. J. A.

Boonnan and Miss J. Larkin.

ISLINGTON.—Lantern lectures by Mr.

Leckie and the district organizing secretary.

MITCHAM. — Special meeting, Captain Brook-Smith presiding. Presentation to Mrs.

Marlow of the life-boatman statuette awarded to her by the Institution. Whist drive.

PADDINGTON.—Visit of Trinity Ramb- ling Society to Storeyard.

PECKHAM.—Miss Porter appointed hon- orary secretary.

ROMFORD.—Whist drive.

ST. ALBANS.—Dance.

ST. PANCRAS.—Mrs. Gordon Hume ap- pointed honorary secretary and Mr. Charles W. Lawrence assistant secretary. Film show and lantern lecture by Mr. Leckie. Lecture by Mr. J. Evans to Medburn School.

SOUTHEND.—Supper and concert to the life-boat crew. Mr. Frank H. Garon, host.

Speakers: Alderman R. Thurlow Baker (chairman), the district organizing secretary, Mr. H. A. Potter, Mr. Frank Fisher and Mr.

J. Leslie Elliston (secretary).

UXBRIDGE.—Dance.

WALTHAMSTOW. — Concert. Dance.

Carol singing.

WELLING.—Mrs. Hook appointed hon- orary secretary. Whist drives.

WESTMINSTER.—Children's carol sing- ing.

Lectures at Bermondsey, Coldharbour, Croydon, Deptford, Stoke Newington, Wands- worth and Wood Green.

Note.—For a proposal to form an East End branch see page 246.

North-West of England.

ACCRINGTON.—Annual meeting on 10th December, the Mayor, president, in the chair.

Speaker : The district organizing secretary.

Efforts of the past year : Life-boat day at Church, Clayton-le-Moors and Oswaldtwistle.

Collections in cinemas, calendar tea, and jumble sale. Amount collected in 1936, £124, an increase of £6 on 1935.

Dance. Bridge and whist drive.

BARROW.—Annual meeting on 25th November, the Deputy Mayor in. the chair.

Speaker : The district organizing secretary.

Efforts of the past year: Life-boat day, dance. Amount collected in 1936, £132.

Annual dance, arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

BOLTON.—Bridge and whist drive.

BREDBURY.—Whist drive.

BURNLEY.—Presentation of prizes won in the life-boat essay competition for elemen- tary schools by the Bishop of Burnley.

BURY.—American tea at the house of Mrs. Wolstenholme, honorary treasurer.

CASTLETOWN.—A flower show was held last summer which, unfortunately, was not mentioned at the time in News from the Branches. It has been held annually for a number of years.

CHESTER.—The branch has suffered a severe loss by the death of Mr. J. Bennett Kennedy, its honorary secretary since 1925.

COLNE.—Concert given by Come Op- timists.

FARNWORTH.—Special meeting at the house of Mrs. Ben Hesketh. Ladies' Life-boat Guild formed. President, Mrs. J. Johnson ; honorary treasurer, Miss McDermott; honorary secretary, Mrs. Ben Hesketh.

HEYWOOD.—Annual meeting on 19th November. Speaker : The district organizing secretary. Efforts of the past year: Life-boat day and whist drives. Amount collected in 1936, £51, an increase of £1 on 1935.

Whist drive.

HINDLEY.—Whist drive and dance.

HOLLINGWORTH.—Jumble sale.

HORWICH.—Whist drive and dance.

KENDAJU—Annual meeting on 7th De- cember, Mrs. C. H. Whitaker, president, in the chair. Speaker : The district organizing secretary. Efforts of the past year : Life- boat day, bridge and whist drive. Amount collected in 1936, £131.

KIRKBY LONSDALE.—Musical evening at Underley Hall by permission of Lady Henry Bentinck, president, organized by Mrs.

Reynolds. Lantern lecture given by Mr.

W. Pattinson.

LANCASTER.—Annual meeting on 1st December, the Mayor in the chair. Speaker : The district organizing secretary. Efforts ofthe past year : Bridge and whist drive, foot- ball collection, cinema collection, garden fete at Howe Ghyll, and jumble sale. Amount collected in 1936, £137.

LITTLEBOROUGH.—Dance.

LYMM AND HEATLEY.—Bridge and whist drive.

LYTHAM—ST. ANNE'S.—American tea, organized by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Lytham section.

MANCHESTER, SALFORD AND DIS- TRICT.—Annual meeting on 28th January, the Lord Mayor of Manchester in the chair, supported by the Mayor and Mayoress of Eccles, Alderman E. A. Hardy, J.P., Alder- man Joseph Crookes Grime, O.B.E., J.P., chairman, Alderman Sir William Davy, J.P., honorary treasurer, Mr. P. M. Oliver, C.B.E., honorary secretary, and Dr. I. W. Slotki, M.A., Litt.D. Speaker : Commander Henry Strong, R.D., R.N.R. (ret.), a member of the committee of management of the Institution.

Amount collected in 1936, £2,751.

Special meetings of district presidents.

Addresses by the branch secretary to the Manchester Girls' Institute, Salford Docks branch and Lower Broughton branch of the Women's Citizens Association, and the Crossley Girls' Club, Ancoats. " Bring-and- buy " sale, arranged by Mrs. E. H. Cartledge and Miss Vera Wood.

ALTRINCHAM. — Sunday service.

Dinner dance. Lecture.

CHEADLE.—Bridge drive at the house of Mrs. W. A. Hawes, vice-chairman.

Concert, organized by Mrs. A. Higson.

DENTON.—American tea.

FALLOWFIELD.—Kitchen shower and sale of work.

GORTON.—Annual dinner dance and smoking concert.

PRESTWICH.—Annual meeting on 1st December, the chairman of the Prestwich Urban District Council presiding.

RUSHOLME.—Special meeting, the Rev. A. E. Horner, M.A., presiding. Life- boat Guild formed : President, Rev. A. E.

Horner, M.A. ; vice-presidents, Councillor C. H. Barlow, Councillor R. G. Edwards, Councillor C. R. Rodgers; honorary treasurer, Mr. Charles H. Clarke ; honorary secretary, Mr. C. R. De la Wyche, jun.

Film display, including life-boat films, by Miss Ruth Stuart.

Life-boat films shown by Mr. C. R. De la Wyche, jun., the honorary secretary.

SALE AND BROOKLANDS.—Whist drive and dancing display.

URMSTON.—Annual whist drive and dance.

WALKDEN, WORSLEY AND DIS- TRICT.—Annual dance. Whist drive.

WHITWORTH PARK AND CHORL- TON-ON-MEDLOCK.—Annual meeting on llth November.

Concert, organized by the Ladies' Life- boat Guild committee. Whist drive.

MORECAMBE AND HEYSHAM.—An- nual meeting on 25th November, Mr. W. J.

Garnett in the chair. Speaker : Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Institution.

Efforts of the past year: Life-boat day, fishermen's concerts, collections on ships.

Amount collected in 1936, £228, an increase of £103 on 1935.

MOTTRAM AND BROADBOTTOM.— Annual meeting on 4th November. Speaker : The district organizing secretary. Efforts of the past year : Whist drive and jumble sale.

Amount collected in 1936, £20, an increase of £8 on 1935.

NEWTON-IN-MAKERFIELD.—Dance.

NEW BRIGHTON AND WALLASEY.— Dance and whist drive. Collections on Wallasey Corporation's ferry boats.

OLDHAM.—Annual whist drive and dance.

ORRELL.—Whist drive.

POYNTON.—Special meeting at "Wen- ning," Poynton Park. Speaker : The district organizing secretary. Ladies' Life-boat Guild formed. Patron, the Rev. K. Brooks Somerville, M.A. ; chairman, Mrs. Edward Groome ; honorary treasurer, Mrs. Philip Lees ; joint honorary secretaries, Mrs. Archer Pearson and Miss T. Groome.

RADCLIFFE.—Annual meeting on 26th November. Efforts of the past year : Dancing display and whist drives. Amount collected in 1936, £41.

Whist drive.

RAMSBOTTOM.—Dance, arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

ROMILEY.—Annual meeting on 17th November, Mrs. Kinsey, president of the branch, in the chair. Speaker : The district organizing secretary. Amount collected in 1936, £39.

Military whist drive.

SANDBACH.—Annual meeting on 29th November. Speaker : The district organizing secretary. Amount collected in 1936, £41, an increase of £7 on 1935.

Coronation dance.

SOUTHPORT.—Annual meeting on 3rd December, the Mayor presiding. Speaker : The district organizing secretary. Efforts of the past year: Life-boat day, Mayoress's appeal, card afternoon. Amount collected in 1936, £273, an increase of £53 on 1935.

Annual dance, organized by Mrs. Claff and a committee. Whist drive and dance.

TYLDESLEY.—Coronation dance and " At home." WIGAN AND STANDISH. — Annual meeting on 8th December, Mrs. Percy Rushton in the chair. Speaker : The district organizing secretary. Efforts of the past year : Life-boat day, bridge drive. Amount collected in 1936, £152.

WORKINGTON.—Annual balls.North-Eatt of England.

ALNWICK.—Concert.

BEDLINGTON.—Whist drive.

BERWICK.—Annual dinner to life-boat crew. Whist drive at Spittal.

BLYTH.—Whist drive and dance. Supper to life-boat crew, given by Mr. J. Keenlyside.

BRADFORD.—Annual meeting on 22nd January, the Lord Mayor, president, in the chair. Presentation to Sir Henry Sutcliffe Smith, chairman of the branch, and to Mr.

R. V. Rushworth, of the vellums recording their appointment as honorary life-governors of the Institution, and to Mr. James Thoseby of the gold badge awarded to him by the Institution. Efforts of the past year : Life- boat day, bridge drives, house-to-house collections, matinee. Amount collected in 1936, £1,237.

CAWTHORNE.—Whist drive and dance.

CONSETT.—Bridge drive. " Bring-and- buy " sale.

CRESSWELL.—Social evening.

DARLINGTON.—Whist drive.

GATESHEAD.—Bridge drives.

HECKMONDWIKE.—Bridge drive.

HOLMFIRTH.—Whist drive.

HUDDERSFIELD.—Annual meeting on llth December, Mrs. T. Shires, J.P., in the chair, Speaker : Councillor D. J. Cartwright.

Efforts of the past year : Bridge and whist drive, American tea and sale, life-boat day.

Amount collected in 1936, £303, an increase of £24 on 1935.

KEIGHLEY.—" Bring-and-buy " tea.

LEEDS.—Annual meeting on the 13th January, Alderman Sir George Martin, K.B.E., J.P., chairman of the branch, pre- siding. Efforts of the past year : Dance, life- boat day, special appeal. Amount collected in 1936, £750.

MARKET WEIGHTON.—Whist drives.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. — Concert, bridge drives.

NORMANTON.—Cinema show.

NORTHUMBERLAND. — County life- boat ball, at which the Duchess of Northum- berland, C.B.E., received the guests.

PATRINGTON.—Cinema show.

RUNSWICK AND STAITHES.—Annual meeting on 28th January. Efforts of the past year : Life-boat day, social. Amount collected in 1936, £130, an increase of £26 on 1935.

SCARBOROUGH.—Annual meeting on 2nd December. Speaker : Lieut.-Col. C. R.

Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the In- stitution. Efforts of the past year : Life- boat day. Amount collected in 1936, £560, an increase of £100 on 1935. Bridge drive.

SEAHAM.—The branch has suffered a severe loss by the death of Mr. T. Turner, its honorary treasurer since 1923.

Dance and whist drive. Children's ball.

SELBY.—Presentation to Mrs. D. Coch- rane, honorary secretary, of the life-boatman statuette awarded to her by the Institution.

Bridge drive.

SLEIGHTS.—Entertainment.

SOUTH SHD3LDS.—Dinner and whist drive.

SOWERBY BRIDGE.—Bridge and whist drive.

SPENBOROUGH.—Bridge and whist drive.

STOCKTON.—Dinner dance.

STOKESLEY.—Dance.

TYNEMOUTH.—Supper to crew.

WEST HARTLEPOOL.—Annual meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild on 5th Novem- ber. Efforts of the past year: Bridge and whist drives, life-boat day. Amount col- lected in 1936, £109.

WHITBY.—On Armistice Day, llth November, the motor life-boat put out, with fishing boats, A service in memory of those who lost their lives at sea in the Great War was conducted on board the life-boat, and a wreath was cast on the sea.

WITHERNSEA.—Presentation to Mrs.

W. Shipstone of the life-boatman statuette awarded to her by the Institution, and to Mrs. Fowler and Miss D. Parkinson of the records of thanks awarded to them by the Institution.

Midlands.

BADSEY.—Whist drive.

BIRMINGHAM.—Collections at Theatre Royal, Alexandra and Empire Theatres.

Annual life-boat ball. Dance arranged by Mrs. Jordan, Acocks Green, and by Miss Summers at Lozells. House-to-house collec- tions at Saltley, King's Norton, Selly Oak and West Bromwich.

BLACKHEATH.—The branch has suffered a severe loss by the death of Mr. T. Siviter, joint honorary secretary since 1933.

Presentation of prize won in the life-boat essay competition for elementary schools at the Odeon Theatre.

BRISTOL.—Annual life-boat dance.

COVENTRY.—Presentation of the vellum awarded to Mr. William Liggins, vice- president, recording his appointment as an honorary life-governor. Dance at the Rialto.

DERBY.—The branch has suffered a severe loss by the death of Mr. Arthur Wormald, its honorary secretary since 1934.

EVESHAM.—Carol party.

KIDDERMINSTER. — Carol party at Wilden.

LANGWITH.—Whist drive.

LINCOLN, AND NEWCASTLE-UNDER- LYME.—Whist drive and dance.

NOTTINGHAM.—Annual meeting, the Duke of Portland, K.G., P.C., G.C.V.O., a vice-president of the Institution and patronef the branch, presiding, supported by the Sheriff of Nottingham (Mr. A. Savage) and Commander G. J. Mackness, D.S.C., R.N., chairman. Mr. A. L. Morell appointed honorary secretary. Amount collected in 1936, £440.

Dance and cabaret. Dance, organized by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, in the Raleigh Ballroom, lent by Sir Harold Bowden, Bt.

Bridge drive held by the Radcliffe Ladies' Golf Club. Bridge drive held by the Bulwell Hall Ladies' Golf Club.

OWSTON FERRY.—Concert.

RUGELEY.—Annual life-boat dance.

SPILSBY.—Dance at Coningsby.

STOKE - ON - TRENT. — Bridge drive, arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

TOWCESTER.—Carol party.

WOLVERHAMPTON. — Supper dance, attended by Sir Charles Mander, Bt., J.P., and Lady Mander.

Lectures at Kenilworth and Redditch.

South-East of England.

ALDEBURGH.—Church collection at the annual fishermen's thanksgiving service.

ATTLEBOROUGH.—Life-boat day and " Heroes of the Sea" film shown with collections.

BEXHILL.—Annual meeting, Colonel T. B. Harris, D.S.O., a member of the committee, presiding. Efforts of the past year : Life-boat day. Amount collected in 1936, £247, an increase of £150 on 1935.

BOGNOR REGIS.—Carol singing.

CAISTER-ON-SEA. — Ladies' Life-boat Guild formed. Mrs. Graham Hughes, pre- sident ;: Mrs. William Smith, honorary secretary; Miss Haylett, assistant honorary secretary.

CAMBRIDGE. — Annual meeting, Mrs.

Giles, president, in the chair. Efforts of the past year: House-to-house collection.

Amount collected in 1936, £96, an increase of £2 on 1935.

CHELMSFORD.—Two whist drives.

CLACTON.—Whist drive, arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Visit of the motor life-boat to the Barrow Deep and Mid- Barrow lightships, with Christmas gifts from the people of Clacton.

CLAYGATE. — Branch formed. Mrs.

Robert Bevington, honorary secretary. Lec- ture to the women's branch of the Con- servative and Unionist Association.

COBHAM. -Sale of Christmas presents.

CROMER.—Annual meeting, Lord Suffield, president, in the chair. Efforts of the past year: Life-boat day, collections at boat- houses. Amount collected in 1936, £681, an increase of £96 on 1935.

CUCKFIELD.—Carol singing.

DORKING.—Whist drive.

EASTBOURNE.—Annual meeting, the Mayor presiding. Efforts of the past year : Life-boat days in Eastbourne and district, and other collections arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Amount collected in 1936, £1,288, an increase of £140 on 1935.

EPPING.—Annual meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Amount collected in 1936, £104, an increase of £8 on 1935.

Whist drive.

FOLKESTONE.—Annual meeting, the Mayor, vice-president, in the chair. Efforts of the past year : Ball, bridge and whist drives, fete, house-to-house collections.

Amount collected in 1936, £212, an increase of £16 on 1935.

Presentation of awards for the service to the Josephine II on 13th December. (See page 216.) Series of bridge drives. Life-boat ball.

GRAVESEND.—Address to the Rotary Club by Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Institution.

HASTINGS AND ST. LEONARDS.—An- nual meeting, the Deputy-Mayor presiding.

Speaker : Lieut.-Col. C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the Institution. Efforts of the past year : Life-boat days at Hastings and Battle, blessing of the sea service, collections at cinemas and a theatre, house-to- house collections. Amount collected in 1936, £653, an increase of £125 on 1935.

HITCHIN.—Whist drive.

HYTHE.—Presentation of awards for the service to the Josephine II on 18th December.

(See page 216.) KESSINGLAND.—Annual meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Efforts of the past year : Whist drive and dance, beach collec- tion. It was decided to form a financial branch to continue working for the Institution after the closing of the life-boat station.

Whist drive and dance.

LEATHERHEAD.—Carol singing.

LOWESTOFT.- Annual meeting, Mr. F.

Spashett, J.P., chairman, presiding. Efforts of the past year : Life-boat day. Amount collected in 1936, £202, an increase of £51 on 1935.

MARGATE.—Visit of the motor life-boat to the Tongue and Edinburgh lightships with Christmas gifts from the people of Margate, and to the Girdler lightship with Christmas gifts from the people of Herne Bay.

MARLOW.—Carol singing.

RAMSGATE.—Triennial Admiral Back dinner to the life-boat crew, the Deputy Mayor presiding. Speaker, Lieut.-Col. C. R.

Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the In- stitution. Visit of the motor life-boat to the Brake lightship with Christmas fare from the people of Ramsgate.

RICKMANSWORTH AND CROXLEY GREEN.—Bridge drive.

ST. IVES.—Annual meeting, Mrs. F. M.

Warren, vice-president, in the chair. Efforts of the past year : Life-boat day. Amount collected in 1936, £68.SELSEY.—Presentation of the certificate of service awarded by the Institution to Coxswain Frederick Barnes on his retirement, by Major J. S. Courtauld, M.C., M.P., pre- sident of the branch, Mr. E. G. Arnell, J.P., chairman, presiding. Visit of the motor life-boat to the Owers lightship with Christ- mas fare.

SHERINGHAM. — Annual meeting.

Efforts of the past year: Life-boat day.

Amount collected in 1936, £334, an increase of £104 on 1935.

SHOREHAM.—Dance at Southwick, ar- ranged by the Ladies' committee. Bridge drive at Shoreham arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

SITTINGBOURNE AND MILTON REGIS.—Whist drive and dance.

SLOUGH.—Rummage sale.

SOUTHBOROUGH. — Annual meeting, Mr. C. Kynaston, a member of the committee, presiding. Efforts of the past year : House- to-house collection in Bidborough, Penshurst, Southborough and Speldhurst. Amount col- lected in 1936, £61, an increase of £14 on 1935.

SWAFFHAM.—Separate branch formed from East Dereham. Honorary secretary, Mrs. Robinson.

TOLLESBURY. — House-to-house col- lection.

TRING.—" Riders of the Storm" film shown, with collections.

WALTON AND FRINTON.—Annual meeting, Mr. J. W. Eagle, J.P., chairman, presiding. Efforts of the past year : Life- boat day and life-boat Sunday. Amount collected in 1936, £261.

Visit of the motor life-boat to the Kentish Knock lightship and the Gunfleet lighthouse with Christmas fare.

WALTON-ON-THAMES AND WEY- BRIDGE.—Bridge tournament.

WELLS - NEXT - THE - SEA. — Woollen scarf-helmets, from Mrs. Manby, of Codsall, Staffordshire, presented to the life-boat crew.

WINDSOR.—Address to the Rotary club by Lieut.-Col. A. D. Burnett Brown, M.C., T.D., deputy secretary of the Institution.

WINSLOW.—Whist drive.

GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLES- TON.—On Armistice Day, llth November, the motor life-boat put out, and a service in memory of those who lost their lives at sea in the Great War was conducted on board by the Vicar. Afterwards wreaths were cast on the sea.

Lectures were given at Gadebridge Park and Locker's Park Schools by Captain H. E.

Holme, R.N. (ret.), honorary secretary of the Boxmoor and Hemel Hempstead branch ; at King's School, Choir School and Mathematical School, Rochester, by Colonel A. C. Barnby, O.B.E., honorary secretary of the Rochester branch, and to the Women's Institutes at Byfleet, Embrook, Fulmer, and Westerham.

South-West of England.

APPLEDORE AND BIDEFORD,—An- nual meeting, Mr. H. C. Whitehead, president, in the chair. Amount collected in 1936, £182.

BODMIN.—Life-boat day and life-boat films shown at the cinema.

BRIDGWATER.—Annual dance at North Petherton.

CAMBORNE AND REDRUTH.—Special meeting, Mr. A. Jagger presiding. Speaker : Lieut.-Col. C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the Institution. Amount col- lected in 1936 by Camborne branch, £70, an increase of £13 on 1935.

CADGWITH.—The branch has suffered a severe loss by the death of the Rev. Henry Vyvyan, its honorary secretary for thirty- eight years. The record of his services to the Institution will be published in the next issue of The Life-boat.

EXETER.—Whist drive.

FOWEY.—Annual whist drive, organized by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

ISLE OF WIGHT.—American tea and annual ball and dance, arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild at Cowes. Part pro- ceeds of play by the Ryde Amateur Players.

Presentation by Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Institution, of the challenge shield for the South-West of England District, in the life-boat essay competition for elemen- tary schools, won by Edmund George Reed, of Oakfield Church of England Boys' School, Ryde.

LYNDHURST.—Address to Minstead Women's Institute.

MINEHEAD.—Annual meeting, Mr. H. M.

Brandram presiding. Amount collected in 1936, £180, an increase of £13 on 1935.

PAIGNTON.—Whist drive and variety entertainment.

PENLEE.—Annual meeting, Alderman C.

Tregenza, C.A., presiding. Amount collected in 1936, £199, an increase of £23 on 1935.

PLYMOUTH.—Annual meeting. Amount collected in 1936, £574.

Annual meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Commodore B. K. Davies presiding} supported by Lady Humphreys, vice-chair- man, and Mr. Buller Kitson. Efforts of the past year : Life-boat day, bridge and whist drives, concert. Amount collected in 1936, £487, an increase of £4 on 1935.

Bridge and whist drive arranged by Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Annual life-boat ball. Presentation by the chairman of the education committee of a prize won in the life-boat essay competition for elementary schools.

POOLE.—Annual meeting, the Mayor presiding. Amount collected in 1936, £283.

REDRUTH.—Annual meeting. Amount collected in 1936, £22.

SHAFTESBURY.—Life-boat day at Mot- combe.

SOUTHAMPTON.—Whist drive, arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.SWANAGE.—Annual meeting, Lieut.-Col.

E. J. Hurt, T.D., president and chairman, presiding. Amount collected in 1936, £135.

TORBAY.—The branch has suffered a severe loss by the death of Miss Shears, J.P., the honorary secretary of the Brixham Ladies' Life-boat Guild since 1927.

WATCHET.—Annual meeting, Mr. H. K.

Hole, chairman, presiding. Amount col- lected in 1936, £86, an increase of £7 on 1935.

WESTON-SUPER-MARE.—Vouchers for Christmas fare presented to the crew by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

WEYMOUTH.—Annual meeting. Amount collected in 1936, £293, an increase of £69 on 1935.

WINCHESTER.—Lantern lecture and talk on " The Alhambra, Spain," given by Mrs. Waddell at Colden Common, stall of fancy goods, and silver collection. House- to-house collection in Sutton Scotney and district.

Scotland.

ABERDEEN. — Annual life-boat ball, attended by the Lord and Lady Provost and over 700 guests.

ARBROATH.—Annual meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Lady Chapel, presi- dent, in the chair. Speaker: Mr. A. E.

Baker, senior coastguard. Efforts of the past year: Life-boat day, concert, and appeal for subscriptions.

BANFF, MACDUFF, WHITEHILLS, AND GARDENSTOWN.—Annual meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild on 3rd November, Mrs. Christie, president, in the chair. Lady Abercromby appointed honorary president.

Speaker : The Scottish organizing secretary.

Efforts of the past year : Life-boat days, house-to-house collection, and military whist drive.

Special meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild at Macduff, Provost Paterson presiding.

Speaker: The Scottish organizing secretary.

Committee appointed.

BURNTISLAND AND ABERDOUR.— Annual whist drive.

CAMPBELTOWN.—Annual meeting on 2nd November, Dr. J. P. Brown, D.S.O., president, in the chair. Efforts of the past year: House-to-house collections, golf com- petitions, and appeal by the committee.

Amount collected in 1936 £144, an increase of £11 on 1935.

Mr. George McEachran, who died at the end of October in his 79th year, had been coxswain of the life-boat for nearly twenty- seven years. He had retired in 1927.

CARDENDEN.—Church services in Auch- terderran Church. The Rev. D. M. Douglas, M.A., B.D., conducted the service, and an address was given by Captain Robert Mends, R.N.

COATBRIDGE.—Whist drive, organized by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

DUNBAR.—The station has suffered a severe loss by the death, on 29th November, at the age of 75, of Dr. Duncan Macdonald, who had been its chairman for twenty-six years.

Annual meeting. Efforts of the past year : Life-boat days and whist drive. Amount collected in 1936 £283, an increase of £14 on 1935.

Presentation of New Year's gifts to the Dunbar and Skateraw life-boat crews.

DUNFERMLINE. — Annual Christmas dance.

EDINBURGH.—Annual meeting on 26th November,Bailie Gilzeanpresiding. Speakers: Rear-Admiral R. C. Davenport, C.B., Com- manding Officer, Coast of Scotland, Major Andrew Wilson, O.B.E., and Admiral Sir John F. E. Green, K.C.M.G., C.B., chairman of the branch. Efforts of the past year : Life-boat day procession and appeal for subscriptions. Annual meeting of Ladies' Life-boat Guild on 26th November, Harriet, Lady Findlay, D.B.E., president, in the chair. Efforts of the past year: Life-boat day, bridge and whist drive, golf tournament, cake and candy sale, and appeal for subscrip- tions. Amount collected by branch and Guild in 1936 £2,347, an increase of £156 on 1935.

Lantern lectures.

ELIE.—Whist drive.

EYEMOUTH. — Annual meeting, Sir Christopher Furness, Bt., president, in the chair. Presentation of the silver watch awarded by the Institution to Mr. William J.

Patterson, skipper of the Spes Bonn, for his gallant attempt to save the steam drifter Jacob George of Great Yarmouth, stranded at Eyemouth on 4th February, 1936. Efforts of the past year : Appeal for subscriptions.

Amount collected in 1936 £11.

GLASGOW.—Annual ball, arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

Lantern lecture.

GOURDON.—Annual meeting on 26th November, Mr. Thomas Johnston, chairman, presiding. Efforts of the past year ; Naming ceremony of the motor life-boat and life-boat day. Amount collected hi 1936 £22, an increase of £15 on 1935.

GOUROCK.—Life-boat ball, attended by the Earl of Glasgow. Lantern lecture.

INVERNESS.—Jumble sale at Rothie- murchus, Aviemore, arranged by Mrs. Briggs.

ISLE OF BUTE.—Whist drive and dance.

KEITH.—Special meeting, Provost Thom- son presiding, to form a Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Speaker: The Scottish organizing secretary. Badges presented to Guild mem- bers by Mrs. Gordon, of Buchromb.KIRKCUDBRIGHT.—Annual meeting on 18th December, Sir Charles D. Hope-Dunbar, Bt., president, in the chair. Efforts of the past year: Life-boat days, cake and candy sale, lecture, and appeal for subscriptions.

Amount collected in 1936 £169, an increase of £5 on 1935.

Lantern lecture.

LEVEN.—Whist drive.

NEWBURGH. — Children's fancy dress party.

PETERHEAD.—Annual dance, arranged by Mr. G. N. Craighead and committee.

TROON.—Annual meeting on 27th No- vember, Provost McAllister, president, in the chair. Efforts of the past year : Life-boat day, joint church service, and appeal for subscriptions. Amount collected in 1936 £108.

VALE OF LEVEN.—Annual meeting on 19th November, Mrs. William Scott, vice- president, in the chair, in the absence of the president. Speaker: The Scottish or- ganising secretary. Efforts of the past year : Life-boat day, whist drive and dance.

Amount collected in 1936 £69.

Bridge drive.

WICK.—Whist drive.

Lantern lectures at: Aberlady, Airdrie, Bellshill, Clackmannan, Cromarty, Dunoon, Falkirk, Greenock, Huntly, Lasswade, Lauder, Leith, Lochwinnoch, Musselburgh, Penicuik and Renfrew.

Ireland.

BANGOR.—Bridge drive. Presentation of prize won in the life-boat essay competition for elementary schools.

BELFAST.—The branch has suffered a severe loss by the death of Mr. Thomas Richardson, D.L., a member of the committee for many years and chairman since 1934.

Mr. R. E. Workman appointed chairman of branch in place of the late Mr. Thomas Richardson, D.L.

Annual life-boat ball. Dance. Proceeds of opening night of Ambassadors' Cinema given to the Institution by the proprietor, Mr. D. D. Young. Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club Lecture. Retiring collection given to the Institution.

BRAY.—Annual life-boat dance.

CORK.—Annual life-boat dance. Speech by district organizing secretary at Irish Cruising Club dinner.

DUN LAOGHAIRE.—Whist drive. Broad- cast on Christmas Day by the motor mechanic, A. F. Smith.

Mr. Dan Murphy, who died at the beginning of December, was coxswain of the life-boat for sixteen years, retiring in 1929.

HOWTH.—Arrival of new motor life-boat.

LETTERKENNY.—Presentation by the Most Rev. William MacNeely, D.D., Bishop of Raphoe, of the challenge shield for Ireland in the life-boat essay competition for elementary schools, won by Bartholomew Duggan of Meenamara School, Dungloe, Co.

Donegal. Mr. Eugene Mahony, M.C.C., pre- sided. Speakers : The chairman, the Bishop, the Very Rev. P. Kerr, B.A., B.D., and the Ven. Archdeacon McClenaghan, M.A.

NAAS.—Annual life-boat dance.

PORTRUSH.—Annual meeting. Dr. W.

Porter in the chair. Speakers : The chair- man, Mr. A. J. W. Christie (the honorary secretary), and the district organizing secre- tary. Amount collected in 1936, £174, an increase of £15 on 1935.

WESTMEATH (N).—Special performance by Jimmy O'Dea and company, organized by the honorary secretary.

WEXFORD.—Dance. Bridge drive.

YOUGHAL.—Whist drive.

Wales.

(Including Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, and Shropshire.) ABERAYRON.—Life-boat day and dance.

BARRY.—Whist and bridge drive and dance, organized by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

CARDIFF AND PENARTH.—Presenta- tion at a meeting of the Penarth Urban Dis- trict Council, by the chairman, of the framed letters of appreciation awarded by the In- stitution to Mr. Samuel Buckland and Mr.

Charles Langford for the rescue of three men from a capsized sailing boat off Penarth Pier on September 20th, 1936. Money awards made by the Institution had already been presented. Speaker : The district organizing secretary, supported by Mr. Dennis Morgan, branch secretary, and Miss B. N. Williams, honorary treasurer of the Penarth Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

CONWAY AND DISTRICT.—Annual meeting on 4th November. Mrs. Guyse Barker, chairman of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, presiding, supported by the Mayor.

Speaker : The district organizing secretary.

Efforts of the past year : Annual appeal for subscriptions, life-boat day. Amount col- lected in 1936, £129, an increase of £25 on 1935.

FERRYSIDE.—Dance.

GORSEINON.—Whist drive.

HEREFORD.—Annual meeting on 26th November, Vice-Admiral F. P. Loder- Symonds, C.M.G., J.P., chairman, presiding.

Speaker : The district organizing secretary.

Efforts of the past year : Annual appeal and subscriptions, life-boat day. Amount col- lected in 1936, £52, an increase of £25 on 1935.

LLANDYSSUL.—Life-boat day.

NEWPORT (Mon.).—The Ladies'Life-boat Guild has suffered a serious loss by the death of Mrs. J. Sadler, a member of the Guild for many years..