Cromer, and Sberingham, Norfolk.— On the morning of the 7th August, 1938, the motor vessel John M., of London, ran ashore off Beeston Hill between Cromer and Sheringham, while bound from Blyth to Teignmouthladen with coal and carrying a crew of about eight. A moderate, but increasing, northerly breeze was blowing, with a choppy sea, and the weather was thick. The Sheringham motor lifeboat Foresters Centenary was launched at 8.24 A.M., followed by the Cromer No. 1 motor life-boat H. F. Bailey at 8.40 A.M., with the second coxswain in charge. The John M. was not in immediate danger, and the life-boats stood by until, at about 4 P.M., she refloated without help. The life-boats then returned to their stations, Cromer arriving at 4.15 P.M. and Sheringham at 4.35 P.M.—Rewards: Cromer, £4 6s. 6d.; Sheringham, £16 9*. 6d..