New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 1.30 P.M.

on the 2nd October, 1938, a small boat near the edge of the Burbo Bank in the Rock Channel was seen to be flying a distress signal. A fresh, squally west breeze was blowing, with a moderate and rising sea. The No. 1 motor lifeboat William and Kale Johnston put out at 1.42 P.M., and found the converted ship's boat Kestrel, of Liverpool, adrift in the channel. Two men were on board. The life-boat towed her into New Brighton, and returned to her station at 2.15 P.M.—Rewards, £6 18s..