Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 10.30 A.M. on the 2nd December it was learned that three motor fishing vessels were expected to return. There was a strong, broken sea at the harbour entrance, with a strong N.W. breeze and showers of rain, and there would be danger to the boats in making harbour. The No. 2 pulling life-boat Jacob and Rachel Valentine slipped her moorings at 11.45 A.M., and went to the harbour entrance.

The fishing boat Provider came in first, at about 1.30 P.M., followed by the Success and the Pilot Me. Each one was escorted in by the life-boat, which returned to her station at 2.30 P.M.— Rewards, £13 10s. 6d..