Lytham-St. Annes, Lancashire.—At 12.80 A.M. on the 4th November, 1937, it was reported that a mussel boat, with two men on board, had been expected in at 8 P.M. the previous evening, but had not arrived. A moderate S.S.E.

breeze was blowing and the sea was smooth. The motor life-boat J.H. W. was launched at 1.45 A.M., and eventually found - the two men stranded on a bucket dredger in the channel. She landed them and returned to her station at 3.45 A.M.—Rewards, £11 14s..