Aith, Shetlands.—On the morning of the 23rd March, 1938, a message was received from Sandness that a woman on the island of Papa Stour was seriously ill and in need of a doctor. Owing to very bad weather the regular ferry service to the island had not been running for five days. A W.S.W. gale was now blowing, with a heavy sea, and the weather was thick with rain. The motor life-boat The Rankin was placed at the doctor's disposal, and she put out with him at 2.45 P.M., reached the island at 4.30 P.M., and arrived back at her station at 7.30 P.M.—Rewards, £19 15*. 6d., which, together with the value of the stores used, were paid by the Department of Health for Scotland.

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