New Quay and Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire.

—At 1.40 P.M. on the 31st May, 1938, the coastguard reported that the fishing boat Peggy, of New Quay, with two men on board, had put out at 2 A.M.

and was long overdue. A strong breeze to moderate gale was blowing from thesouth-west, the sea was rough and the weather thick. The New Quay pulling and sailing life-boat William Cantrell Ashley was launched at 1.45 P.M., and at 4 P.M. found the Peggy, about six miles E.N.E. of New Quay Head. She escorted her back to harbour, arriving there at 5.10 P.M. Meanwhile the Aberystwyth motor life-boat Frederick Angus had also been launched, at 2.42 P.M., to help in the search. She returned to her station at 7.45 P.M.

—Rewards: New Quay, £11 9*.; Aberystwyth, £13 11s..