THE Hastings motor life-boat was one of the thirty-two life-boats which were launched during the exceptional gales at the end of May and the begin- ning of June, and was out for five hours hi the worst weather conditions she had ever experienced. The second-cox- swain, George Moon, was in command, as the coxswain was at sea, and on June 4th he spoke of his experiences that night on the wireless in the National Programme in the feature " In Town To-night." On 5th October, the day after a very severe gale had swept across Great Britain and Ireland, Captain E. S. Carver, R.D., R.N.R., superin- tendent of stores, and formerly eastern district inspector, spoke on the wireless in the National Programme in the radio magazine " The World Goes By." His subject was " Memories of Great Gales," and he described the service to the s.s. Hopelyn, in 1922, in which he took part, winning the Institution's silver medal for gallantry..