Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 2.55 A.M.

on the 25th August, 1938, the harbourmaster reported rockets near Black Rock Buoy in the Solent. The night was fine and the sea smooth. The motor life-boat S.G.E. put out at 3.17 A.M., and found the yacht Bryony, of Southampton, with two persons on board, dragging her anchor seawards.

She towed her into harbour and returned to her station at 4.15 A.M.— Rewards, £7 16*..