Torbay, Devon.—At 8.50 P.M. On the 12th August the coastguard reported that a motor boat with five persons on board was ashore between Blackpool sands and Dartmouth. A gentle S.E.

breeze was blowing, with a smooth sea. The reserve motor life-boat City of Bradford I, which was on temporary duty at the station, put out at 9.3 P.M., with the honorary secretary, Mr. H. M.

Smardon, on board. She could find no trace of the boat, but on arriving at Dartmouth found that the five persons on board her had got safely ashore. She also learned that anxiety was felt for the safety of the yacht lona with four men aboard, went in search of her, found her near Blackstone, and towed her back to Dartmouth, and eventually returned to her station at 1.35 A.M. on the 13th.— Rewards, £8 8s..